James Reyne - The Boys Light Up Chords

[Intro]
G/D  A/C#
Bm      Bm    A x2
 
[Verse 1]
Bm                          G
  I wanna tell you about my mountain home,
A                       Bm
  Where all the ladies' names are Joan,
Bm                             G
  Where her husband works back late at night,
A
Hopes are up for trousers down,
         Bm
with the hostess on the business flight.
        G
Taxi in Mercedes drive,
A                      Bm
  I hope that driver's coming out alive,
    Bm
The garden it is Dorseted,
     G
That lady she's so corseted,
A                         Bm
She's got fifteen ways to lead that boy astray.
Bm
Thinks he's one and only,
         G
But that lovely she's so lonely,
    A
She pumps him full of breakfast,
        Bm
And she sends him on his way.
 
[Pre-Chorus]
       Bm
What a sing song dance,
       A
What a performance,
       G
What a cheap tent show,
   F#
Oh no no no no no
 
[Chorus]
A        Bm                      G
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up
         A                       Bm
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up, light up, light up
 
[Verse 2]
Bm           G
Silently she opens the drawer
A
Mother's little helper
   Bm
Is coming out for more,
    Bm                     G
Strategically positioned before the midday show,
     A
The back is arched, those lips are parched,
  Bm
Repeated blow by blow,
Bm                        G
Later at the party where all the MP's rave
          A
About the hummers she's been givin',
        Bm
And the money that they saved,
   Bm
To her it is skin lotion,
G
him promotion to
     A                        Bm
That flat in Surfers Paradise with the ocean view.
 
[Pre-Chorus]
       Bm
What a sing song dance,
       A
What a performance,
       G
What a cheap tent show,
   F#
Oh no no no no no
 
[Chorus]
A        Bm                      G
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up
         A                       Bm
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up, light up, light up
         Bm                      G
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up
         A                       Bm
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up, light up, light up
 
[Chorus Variation]
Bm
      Then the boys light up,
G
      Then the boys light up,
A
      Then the boys light up,
Bm
      Then the boys light up.
 
Bm
      Then the boys light up,
G
      Then the boys light up,
A
      Then the boys light up,
Bm
      Then the boys light up, light up.
 
[Solo]
Bm  G  A  Bm   x2
 
[Outro]
         Bm                      G
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up
         A                       Bm
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up, light up, light up
         Bm                      G
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up
         A                       Bm
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up, light up, light up
 
         Bm                      G
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up
         A                       Bm
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up, light up, light up
         Bm                      G
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up
         A                       Bm
Then the boys light up, then the boys light up