Excitable Boy Chords
by Warren Zevon
Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, B, C#, G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
F# B
Well he came down to dinner in his Sunday best,
B F# B F#
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy.)
F# B
And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest,
B F# B F#
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy.)
C# F#
Well he's just an excitable boy.
He took in the four a.m. show at the Clark,
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy.)
And he bit the usherette's leg in the dark,
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy.)
Well he's just an excitable boy.
He took little Suzie to the junior prom,
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy.)
And he raped her and killed her and he took her home,
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy.)
Well he's just an excitable boy.
After ten long years, they let him out of the home,
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy.)
And he dug up her grave and made a cage with her bones,
Excitable boy, they all said. (Excitable boy.)
Well he's just an excitable boy.
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To play easy open chords, use G for F#, C for B, and D for C#