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BOY ABOUT TOWN
THE JAm
[Verse 1]
GSee me walking aDround I'm the boy about Ctown that you heard ofD  
GSee me walking the Dstreets I'm on top of the Cworld that you heard ofD  
AmOh like Gpaper caught in wind
I Dglide upGstreet, I Dglide downGstreet
AmOh and it Gwon't let you go
DTill you finally come to rest or someone picks you up
GUpstreet downstreet and Cputs you C/Bin the Dbin
GSee me walking Daround I'm the boy about Ctown that you heard ofD  
GSee me walking the Dstreets I'm on top of the Cworld that you heardD  
AmLa la la lah, Gla la la lah
AmLa la la la Cla Gla DlaH
AmLa Gla la laH, la la la lah
AmThere's more than you can Fhope for in this Dworld
[Solo]
G D C D
G D C D
[Verse 2]
AmOh I'm sGitting watching rainbows
DAnd waGtching the Dpeople go Gcrazy
AmOh please leave me asGide
DI want to do what, I want to it, I want to live now, I want to live now
GUpstreet downstreet like paper caught in wind
Upstreet downstreet it Cwon't let C/Byou Dgo
GSee me walking Daround I'm the boy about Ctown that you heard ofD  
GSee me walking Daround I'm the boy about Emtown that you heard of
Around Amtown that you heard of
Around Ctown that you heard of
DOoh ooh oh oh oh oh Gooooh  

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Boy About Town

by The Jam

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Chords in this song · guitar

C/B

BOY ABOUT TOWN

THE JAm

[Verse 1]

G D C D

See me walking around I'm the boy about town that you heard of

G D C D

See me walking the streets I'm on top of the world that you heard of

Am G

Oh like paper caught in wind

D G D G

I glide upstreet, I glide downstreet

Am G

Oh and it won't let you go

Till you finally come to rest or someone picks you up

G C C/B D

Upstreet downstreet and puts you in the bin

G D C D

See me walking around I'm the boy about town that you heard of

G D C D

See me walking the streets I'm on top of the world that you heard

Am G

La la la lah, la la la lah

Am C G D

La la la la la la laH

Am G

La la la laH, la la la lah

Am F D

There's more than you can hope for in this world

[Solo]

G D C D

[Verse 2]

Am G

Oh I'm sitting watching rainbows

D G D G

And watching the people go crazy

Am G

Oh please leave me aside

I want to do what, I want to it, I want to live now, I want to live now

Upstreet downstreet like paper caught in wind

C C/B D

Upstreet downstreet it won't let you go

G D C D

See me walking around I'm the boy about town that you heard of

G D Em

See me walking around I'm the boy about town that you heard of

Around town that you heard of

D G

Ooh ooh oh oh oh oh ooooh

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