05 November 2021

Boom, boom, boom, boom

22 July 2010


Words and music by Richard Homer 


4/4 155 bpm Intro CFGC FCGC CFGC FCGC 


CGC

go to the fridge, / get me a / beer

CGC 

I want to get me / into high / gear

FCGCGC 

where / I go / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

GCGC,CCCC syncopating CCCCGGCC 


get the aforementioned beer / into / me 

thinking what you / mean to / me

then / I go / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 


a mosquito in the / night time / air 

you don’t bite me, then / I don’t / care

if / you go / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 


a rat comes out, / scurrying / near 

you can do what you want, but / don’t touch my / beer

or / I’ll go / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 


Ch CFGC FCGC 

boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

CFGC FCGC 

boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

CCCCCGGCC, CCCCCGGCC FF CC GG CC, FF CC GG CC 


pepper grinder by the / Oolong / tea 

the crushed beer cans / dance for / me 

I’m / going / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 


take me, take me // away from / here 

take me to a place with / women and / beer 

where I / can go / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 


I’m in the shower when / Jim came / in 

with a bottle of whiskey, a / bottle of / gin

I’m / going / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 


one under-fridge gecko comes / out to / eat 

he sees me, beats a / quick // retreat 

I’m / thinking / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 


GCFC, GCFC 

are / you in / love with / me? / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh 

are / you in / love with / me? / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh 

GCFC, GCFC 

am / I in / love with / you? / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh  

am / I in / love with / you? / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh 

GCFC, GCFC 

I am / sure / that I / know / that one / day / you will / go 

GCFC, GCFC 

away, // away, // away from / me, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh 

GCFC, GCFC

a stripped bare, / pining, / autumn / tree, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh 


Ending Extra CGC 


I’ll walk alone in an / empty / room 

CGC 

hearing the echo / of boom, / boom / boom

CGC 

boom, boom, boom, boom / in my / brain, 

CGC 

boom, boom, boom, of the / thunder in the / rain, 

CGC 

boom, boom, boom, of the / Inter City / train, 

CGC, GC, GC, GC, GC 

boom, boom, boom, // again, // again, // again, // again // again, // again, // again, // again 

CFGC FCGC 

boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom CFGC FCGC 

boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom, / boom 

CCCCCGGCC, CCCCCGGCC FF CC GG CC, FF CC GG CC