Pete Townshend – Rough Boys (Ukulele)

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 16:43:31 -0400 By Pete Townshend >From Empty Glass, 1980 ============== transcribed by [email protected] ============== Cadd9 x32033 G/B x20033

[intro - let open D ring throughout]
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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

D
Gonna get inside you

D
Gonna 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 | ============= [email protected]