Keane - The Boys: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Boys" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Bm                                      E  A
The boys are grinning from the photograph
It's Friday night and they're trying so hard
The sun is dropping and they want to go
Driving into town to see some girls they know

Chorus:
     E                         G
The boys, blazing on a summer night
                               D
Girls they want to watch them ride
                         F#m
Is that the way it was before?
     A#dim7
Cause I don't remember
 G                             E
Boys, friends at every bar in town
                           D
Running all the good days down
                         F#m
Is that the way it was before?
     A#dim7
Cause I don't remember

We felt like fighters when we caught the plane
Until that day we'd never heard its name
We did some things we didn't understand
And now we feel like strangers in our own land

Chorus:
The boys, blazing on a summer night
Girls they want to watch them fight
Is that the way it was before?
Cause I can't remember
Boys, friends at every bar in town
Running all the good days down
Is that the way it was before?
Cause I can't remember

G                   D               A
This photograph, I hold it when I sleep
G                        D     F#
Because people soon stop asking
G                 D                A
When I cannot explain what I have seen
                    G
And at the bars in town
                 E
All the boys in town
                               G
Are running all the good days down
                           E
Running all the good days down
                           G  E
Running all the good days down
                   Bm
All the good days down



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Boys" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Boys" by Keane.