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Paper Lace – The Black-Eyed BoysChords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsA D E

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[Intro]
A  D    E  A  D  A


[Chorus]
D
Oh, the black-eyed
boys
D
They motor-cycled
 into town
           E
The people cried,
 it's
    A
the black-eyed gang
E
All in white, a
A
super bang
D
Oh, the black-eyed
 boys
D
They laid a rockin'
rhythm down
             E
You feel the time
starts
   A
to come alive
E
Ev'rytime the
A
black-eyed boys
 D     A
arrive

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[Verse 1]
             D
Well now the leader
of the band,
he was the drummer
         E
He did a rhythm like
a big tattoo
A
And you can see
he put all his
          D
heart and soul
   A
in
         D
The lead guitar,
he's set
 astride and
roared
         E
And in behind
 there was
a bass boy, too
A
They pretty soon
 had
 the hole town
         D
rock and rollin'
A
Ev'rybody



[Chorus]
D
Oh, the black-eyed
 boys
D
They had 'em dancin'
in the street
             E
They rocked along
from
    A
the mornin' light
E           A
On and on into the
 night
    D
And oh, the
black-eyed boys
D
They kept the
 people
 on their feet
       E
Cryin' oh, let it
A
never end
E
Wanna hear the
A
black eyed-boys
 D
again


[Interlude]
D


[Bridge]
E       A
Oh, the black-eyed
 boys
E             A
Layin' down a rockin'
       D
 noise
E       A
Oh, the heart right
           D
black-eyed boys



[Chorus]
D
Oh, the black-eyed
 boys
D
They had 'em dancin'
in the street
             E
They rocked along
from
    A
the mornin' light
E           A
On and on into the
 night
    D
And oh, the
black-eyed boys
D
They kept the
people on their
feet
       E
Cryin' oh, let it
A
never end
E
Wanna hear the
A
black eyed-boys
 D
again

[Outro]
D
Oh, the black-eyed
boys
D
Oh, the black-eyed
 boys
E
Rock and rollin' -
A
rock and rollin' -
E
rock and rollin'
A
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
D
Oh, the black-eyed
boys
D
Oh, the black-eyed
boys
E
Rock and rollin' -
A
rock and rollin' -
E
rock and rollin'
A
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

How to play The Black-Eyed BoysChords: key, chords and progression

The Black-Eyed BoysChords by Paper Lace is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 3 chords: A, D and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – D – E – A (I – IV – V – I in A major), the I–IV–V–I, the backbone of gospel, blues and folk. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.