Fontaines D.C. – Boys In The Better Land (Guitar)

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[Chords] D is sometimes played as a slide up to xx777x [Intro] E D A Asus4 A E x12 [Verse 1]
E                      D         A Asus4 A
You're not alive until you start kicking

         E                        D           A Asus4 A   E        D A Asus4 A   E      D A Asus4 A
When the room is spinning and the words ain't sticking

        E                    D       A Asus4 A    E                   D            A Asus4 A      E
And the radio is all about a runaway model with a face like sin and a heart like a James Joyce novel
E D A Asus4 A E D A Asus4 A [Pre-Chorus]
        E                     D          A Asus4 A
Saying "Sister, sister, how I missed ya, missed ya

         E                           D              A Asus4 A   E        D A Asus4 A   E      D A Asus4 A
Let's go wrist to wrist and take the skin off of my blister"

            E                   D          A Asus4 A      E
If you're a rockstar, pornstar, superstar, doesn't matter what you are

               D         A Asus4 A E        D A Asus4 A   E      D A Asus4 A
Get yourself a good car, get outta here
[Chorus] Well
E
But the boys in the better land

                                D           A            E
You're always talking 'bout the boys in the better land

E                                D      A   E
The boys in the better land

E
But the boys in the better land

                                D           A            E
You're always talking 'bout the boys in the better land

E                              D      A
The boys in the better land
[Verse 2]
E                     D               A Asus4 A
Driver's got names to fill two double barrels

   E                      D                A Asus4 A   E        D A Asus4 A   E      D A Asus4 A
He spits out "Brits out", only smokes      Carrolls

           E                     D              A Asus4 A
And he's refreshing the world in mind, body and spirit

E
Mind body and spirit

           D           A Asus4 A   E
You better hear it and fear it

    D          A Asus4 A          E  D A Asus4 A
Oh, that's the spirit
[Pre-Chorus]
        E                     D          A Asus4 A
Saying "Sister, sister, how I missed ya, missed ya

         E                           D              A Asus4 A   E  D A Asus4 A   E  D A Asus4 A
Let's go wrist to wrist and take the skin off of my blister"

            E         N.C.
If you're a rockstar, pornstar, superstar, doesn't matter what you are

                                         E        D A Asus4 A   E      D A Asus4 A
Get yourself a good car, get outta here
[Chorus] Well
E
But the boys in the better land

                                D           A            E
You're always talking 'bout the boys in the better land

E                                D      A   E
The boys in the better land

E
But the boys in the better land

                                D           A            E
You're always talking 'bout the boys in the better land

E                              D      A
The boys in the better land
[solo] E D A E x4 [Verse 3]
E
Driver's got names to fill two double barrels

   E                      D                A Asus4 A   E        D A Asus4 A   E      D A Asus4 A
He spits out "Brits out", only smokes      Carrolls

           E                     D              A Asus4 A
And he's refreshing the world in mind, body and spirit

E
Mind body and spirit

           D           A Asus4 A   E
You better hear it and fear it

    D          A Asus4 A          E        D A Asus4 A
Oh, that's the spirit
[Pre-Chorus]
        E                     D          A Asus4 A
Saying "Sister, sister, how I missed ya, missed ya

         E                           D              A Asus4 A   E  D A Asus4 A   E  D A Asus4 A
Let's go wrist to wrist and take the skin off of my blister"

            E                   D          A Asus4 A      E
If you're a rockstar, pornstar, superstar, doesn't matter what you are

               D         A Asus4 A E      E        D A Asus4 A   E      D A Asus4 A
Get yourself a good car, get outta here
[Chorus] Well
E
But the boys in the better land

                                D           A            E
You're always talking 'bout the boys in the better land

E                                D      A   E
The boys in the better land

E
But the boys in the better land

                                D           A            E
You're always talking 'bout the boys in the better land

E                              D      A
The boys in the better land
[Outro] E D A E x8