Les Boys
Dire Straits
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Tom : G
D
D° D G D
les boys do cabaret
G6 D G D7 G
les boys are glad to be gay
Am G
D D° D
they're not afraid now
D° D G D G/D
a disco bar in germany
D G6 D G D7 G
les boys are glad to be
Am G
D D° D
upon parade now
A D
D° D G D
les boys got leather caps
Em/A D G D7 G
les boys got s.s. caps
Am G
D° D
but they got no gun now
A+ D D° D G D
get dressed up get a little risque
B° D Em D6 D7 G Am/G G
got to do a little s & m these days
D7 G
it's all in fun now
Em7 D G Gm G
les boys come one again
D+
for the high class whores
G Am/G G
and the businessmen
C Em/G E7/B E7
who drive in their mercedes benz
A D
to a disco bar in old munchen
D
D° D G D
they get the jokes that the d.j. makes
Em/A D G D7 G
they get nervous and they make mistakes
Am/G G
D° D
they're bad for business
A+ D D° D G D B°
some tourist take a photograph
D Em D6 D7 G
les boys don't get one laugh
Am/G G D7 G
he says they're useless
D7 G
late at night when they've gone away
(spoken)
les boys dream of jean genet
C E7
high heel shoes and black beret
A7+
and the posters on the wall that say
D° D G D
les boys do cabaret
G6 D G G
les boys are glad to be gay
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