Excitable Boy Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	E
Capo:	no capo

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Excitable Boy chords **
Warren Zevon  1977
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitable_Boy
 
E  A  F#m E  A  E  2x
B7*  E
 
         E                          A
Well, he went down to dinner in his Sunday best,
  F#m     E             A   E
Excitable boy, they all said.  
       E                        A
And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest,
  F#m     E             A   E
Excitable boy, they all said.  
           B7*                E
Well, he's just an excitable boy.
 
   E                     A
He took in the four A.M. show at the Clark,
  F#m     E             A   E
Excitable boy, they all said.  
       E                   A
And he bit the usherette's leg in the dark,
  F#m     E             A   E
Excitable boy, they all said.  
           B7                E
Well, he's just an excitable boy.
 
E         A    F#m E   A         E
Ooo, Wah, Ooo, Ooo-ooo excitable boy  2x
 
B7  E   B
 
   E                        A
He took little Suzie to the junior prom,
  F#m     E             A                E
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy)
       E                               A
And he raped her and killed her, then he took her home,
  F#m     E             A                E
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy)
           B7                E
Well, he's just an excitable boy.
 
      E                            A
After ten long years, they let him out of the home,
  F#m     E             A                E
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy)
       E                             A
And he dug up her grave and built a cage with her bones,
  F#m     E             A                 E
Excitable boy, they all said.  (Excitable boy)
           B7                E     A
Well, he's just an excitable boy.
 
E         A    F#m E   A         E
Ooo, Wah, Ooo, Ooo-ooo excitable boy  4x
 
*  It has been suggested that B sounds better then B7 here
 
** Alternate:
 
Capo II
 
E   = D
A   = G
F#m = Em
B7  = A7
B   = A
 
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8 comments

Great job, but you have a few chords over the wrong words, especially in the 2nd and 4th lines of each verse--the A and E go over "(excitable boy)", not "all said". And in the "Ooo, Wah, Ooo, Ooo" part, the A goes over the second "Ooo" and the E goes over the third "Ooo" (which should really be "Ooo-oo".

I think b7 is just a B. sounds better to me.

Awesome tab!