Les Boys chords by Dire Straits

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Start
 D   Ddim D  G/D D      D   Em/D D  G/D   D7
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----2---1---2---|3---2-----------|----2---0---2---|3-------5-------|
B|----------------|------3---------|----------------|----------------|
G|----2---1---2---|4---2-----------|----2---0---2---/4-------5-------|
D|0---------------|--------0-------|0---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|------------0---|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 G                 D       Dsus2
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3-------------3h|5---3---2---1---/2-------------2p|0---------------|
B|------------3---|----------------|----3-------3---|----3-----------|
G|4-----4---4---4h|5---4---2---1---/2-----2---2-----|--------2-------|
D|----5---5-------|----------------|--------4-------|------------4---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

CHORDS
   E-A-D-G-B-e
A13  x-0-2-0-2-2

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Verse 1:
D  Ddim D G D
 Les Boys do cabaret
D  Em/D D  G  D7  G
 Les Boys are glad to be gay
    Ddim D     Dsus2
They're not afraid now

Verse 2:
D   Ddim D G D
Disco bar in Germany
D  Em/D D  G  D7 G
 Les Boys are glad to be
 Ddim D     Dsus2
Upon parade now

Verse 3:
D  Ddim D  G D
 Les Boys got leather straps
D  Em/D D  G D7 G
 Les Boys got S S caps
     Ddim  D     Dsus2
But they got no gun now

Verse 4:
D      Ddim D   G   D
Get dressed up, get a little risqué
    D      Em/D D G D7  G
Got to do a little S&M   these days
   Ddim  D     Dsus2
It's all in fun now

Chorus:
G
 Les Boys come on again
    G
For the high-class whores and the businessmen
  C         E7
Who drive in their Mercedes Benz
   A7      A13
To a disco bar in old München

Interlude:
| D | % | % | % |

Verse 5:
D       Ddim D    G D
 They get the jokes that the D.J. makes
D     Em/D  D    G  D7 G
 They get nervous and they make mistakes
    Ddim  D     Dsus2
They're bad for business

Verse 6:
D   Ddim   D   G D
 Some tourists take a photograph
D  Em/D D   G  D7 G
 Les Boys don't get one laugh
  Ddim     D     Dsus2
He says they're useless

Chorus:
G
Les Boys come on again
G
For the high-class whores
G
And the businessmen
  C         E7
Who drive in their Mercedes Benz
   A7
To a disco bar in old München

Interlude:
| D | % | % | % |

Guitar Solo:
| D  Ddim D | G/D D   | D  Em/D D | G/D D7 |
| G | % | D | % |
| D  Ddim D | G/D D   | D  Em/D D | G/D D7 |
| G | % | D | %

Middle 8:
= chorus variation
G
Late at night when they've gone away
G
Les Boys dreams of Jean Genet
C           E7
High heel shoes and a black beret
    A7
And the posters on the wall that say ...

Outro:
D  Ddim D G D
 Les Boys do cabaret
D  Em/D D  G  D7  | G | % |
 Les Boys are glad to be gay
D  Ddim D G D
 Les Boys do cabaret
D  Em/D D  G  D7  | G | % |
 Les Boys are glad to be gay

D  Ddim D G D
 Les Boys do cabaret
D  Em/D D  G  D7  | G | % |
 Les Boys are glad to be gay, yeah
D  Ddim D G D
 Les Boys do cabaret
D  Em/D D  G  D7  | G | % |
 Les Boys are glad to be gay

D  Ddim D G D
 Les Boys do cabaret
D  Em/D D  G  D7  | G | % |
 Les Boys are glad to be gay, yeah
D  Ddim D G D
 Les Boys do cabaret
D  Em/D D  G  D7  | G | % |
 Les Boys are glad to be gay

Coda:
D  Ddim D G D
 Les Boys do cabaret
D  Em/D D G   A13  D
 Les Boys do ca ... ba ... ret