{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":345559,"song":"Five Years","artist":"Placebo","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11554722-five-years-chords-by-placebo/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/345559?type=chord","rating":4.8514,"votes":55,"content":"There are only a handful of chords in this song, but it's important to get the rhythm\r\n& timing right to get an accurate sound. Practise along with the song; it helps!\r\nHere's the chords if you need them:\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|---3---  |---0---  |---0---  |---0---  |---2---\r\nb|---3---  |---0---  |---1---  |---1---  |---3---\r\ng|---0---  |---0---  |---2---  |---0---  |---2---\r\nd|---0---  |---2---  |---2---  |---2---  |---0---\r\na|---2---  |---2---  |---0---  |---3---  |---0---\r\ne|---3---  |---0---  |---x---  |---x---  |---x---[/tab]\r\n\r\none thing to note beforehand is that in the song the G & E minor chords are linked\r\nby two notes; G & F#. this link should be played as follows:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---3-------0---\r\nb|---3-------0---\r\ng|---0-------0---   and so on. this is the case every time these two chords \r\nd|---0-------2---   are played together. let the G chord ring on as you\r\na|---2-------2---   fret the two notes, and play them strongly.\r\ne|---3--3-2--0---[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  pushing through the market square[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  so many mothers sighing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  news had just come over, we have[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Five years left of crying[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  news guy wept and told us[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  he said earth, was really dying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  cried so much his face was wet[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  then i knew, he was not lying[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  i heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  there were boys toys, electric guns and TVs[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  my brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  i had to cram so many things to store everything in there[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  and all the fat, skinny people[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  and all the tall short, people[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  and all the nobody people[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  and all the somebody people[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  never thought i'd need, so many people[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  girl my age went off her head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  hit some tiny children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  and if the black hadn't have pulled her off[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  then i think, she would have killed them[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  soldier with a broken arm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  used to stare into the wheels of a cadillac[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  cop knelt to kiss the feet of a priest[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  and a queer threw up at the sight of that, well[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  think i saw you in an ice-cream parlour[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  drinking milkshakes cold and long[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  smiling and waving and looking so fine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  don't think you knew you were in this song[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  and it was cold, and it rained, so i felt like an actor[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  and i thought of ma, and i wanted to get back there[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  your face, your waist, the way that you talk[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  i miss you you're beautiful[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  we got five years stuck on my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  five years, what a surprise, we got[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  five years, my brain hurts alot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  five years, that's all we got[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    (ending chords are Gs)   \r\n  we got, five years[/tab]","plain_text":"There are only a handful of chords in this song, but it's important to get the rhythm\n& timing right to get an accurate sound. Practise along with the song; it helps!\nHere's the chords if you need them:\n\n\n\none thing to note beforehand is that in the song the G & E minor chords are linked\nby two notes; G & F#. this link should be played as follows:","chords":["G","Em","Am","C","D","E","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}