The Boss Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays399

The Boss by Turin Brakes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Dsus2, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Note: You can use a standard D chord instead of the Dsus2 

Intro: A G x5 

Verse: 

A                             G 
Saturday night and where am I going 

A                          G 
I'm going to work inside a kitchen  

A                                             G 
I'll be making you mush and cleaning deep fat fryers  

A                                G 
Here he comes now the king of irony 




      Dsus2       
Who's good to you 

              G  
I am I am the boss  

      Dsus2  
Who's good to you 

              G                A         G 
I am I am the boss of the century 


Verse: 

A                              G 
Having a good steak or feeling fancier   

A                                    G 
Hopping around like the pig that you are  

A                                        G 
I'm stuck to this sink like a twisted barfly 

A                                              G  
A good view from the window but I ain't got no wings 


      Dsus2       
Who's good to you 

              G  
I am I am the boss  

      Dsus2  
Who is good to you 

              G                A         G 
I am I am the boss of the century 

Slide Solo: 
A       G       A (same timing as the verses) 




      Dsus2       
Who is good to you 

              G  
I am I am the boss  

      Dsus2  
Who is good to you 

              G                A         G 
I am I am the boss of the century 


Outro: 

      G                A 
Who's good to you  

      G                A 
Who's good to you 

      G               A 
Who's good to you  

      G               A 
Who is good to you yeah 

FADE OUT 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante