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Rough Boys

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Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 16:43:31 -0400
Rough Boys
By Pete Townshend
>From Empty Glass, 1980
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 Cadd9x32033
   G/Bx20033
[Intro]
e|-Gsus25-5----Gsus43-----G67-7---Gsus43-----B52-2--Gsus43-----G67-7--Gsus43-----B52-2--Gsus43-----G67-7--Gsus3-------|
B|-3-3----1-----5-5---1-----0-0--0-----5-5--1-----0-0--0-----5-5--1-------|
G|-0-0----0-----0-0---0-----4-4--1-----0-0--0-----4-4--1-----0-0--0-------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D
GRough DBoys
GRunning the Dstreets
Cadd9Come a little G/Bcloser
Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows her
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I very nearly missed you
Tough boys
Come over here
I want to bite and kiss you
A F C G D A D/A A
I wanna see what I can find
Tough kid
Take a bottle of wine
when your deal is broken
Ten quid
She's so easy to blind
Not a word is spoken
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I feel pretty blissed here
Tough boy
I wanna carry you home
You got pretty pissed dear
A  F  C  G  D
A   G    A    G
DGonna get inside you
DGonna get inside....your bitter mind
A
I wanna see what I can find
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I wanna buy your leather
Make noise
Try and talk me away
We can't be seen together
Tough kids
What can I do?
I'm so pale and weedy
Rough fits
In my hush puppy shoes
But I'm still pleadin'; bleedin',
 needin', fightin', winin', chimin'
D   Cadd9  G/B   A  Asus  A
I wanna see what I can find
Tough boys
Running the streets
Come a little closer
Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows her
Rough boys
Don't you walk away
I very nearly missed you
Tough boys
Come over here
I want to bite and kiss you
A  F   C  G/B  D  C
[these chords are ascending triads with open D bass]
|   F#    Bb     E    Ab|    Eb    G    F   Bb|
|    D     D    Eb     F|     G    A    B    C|
|    C     D     D     G|     G    C    C    D|
     I wanna see what I can find!
|                          D    D|
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Rough Boys

by Pete Townshend

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

G/B

Gsus2

Gsus4

Gsus

D/A

Asus

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 16:43:31 -0400

Rough Boys

By Pete Townshend

>From Empty Glass, 1980

==============

Cadd9

x32033

G/B

x20033

[Intro]

Gsus2 Gsus4 G6 Gsus4 B5 Gsus4 G6 Gsus4 B5 Gsus4 G6 Gsus

e|-5-5----3-----7-7---3-----2-2--3-----7-7--3-----2-2--3-----7-7--3-------|

B|-3-3----1-----5-5---1-----0-0--0-----5-5--1-----0-0--0-----5-5--1-------|

G|-0-0----0-----0-0---0-----4-4--1-----0-0--0-----4-4--1-----0-0--0-------|

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G D

Rough Boys

G D

Running the streets

Cadd9 G/B

Come a little closer

Rough toys

Under the sheets

Nobody knows her

Rough boys

Don't walk away

I very nearly missed you

Tough boys

Come over here

I want to bite and kiss you

A F C G D A D/A A

I wanna see what I can find

Tough kid

Take a bottle of wine

when your deal is broken

Ten quid

She's so easy to blind

Not a word is spoken

Rough boys

Don't walk away

I feel pretty blissed here

Tough boy

I wanna carry you home

You got pretty pissed dear

A F C G D

A G A G

Gonna get inside you

Gonna get inside....your bitter mind

I wanna see what I can find

Rough boys

Don't walk away

I wanna buy your leather

Make noise

Try and talk me away

We can't be seen together

Tough kids

What can I do?

I'm so pale and weedy

Rough fits

In my hush puppy shoes

But I'm still pleadin'; bleedin',

needin', fightin', winin', chimin'

D Cadd9 G/B A Asus A

I wanna see what I can find

Tough boys

Running the streets

Come a little closer

Rough toys

Under the sheets

Nobody knows her

Rough boys

Don't you walk away

I very nearly missed you

Tough boys

Come over here

I want to bite and kiss you

A F C G/B D C

[these chords are ascending triads with open D bass]

F# Bb E Ab Eb G F Bb

| | |

D D Eb F G A B C

| | |

C D D G G C C D

| | |

I wanna see what I can find!

D D

| |

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