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15 Years - Houndmouth
A fun song, listen to the song if you need help with the strum timing.
[Intro]
C  C  C C C C
[Verse 1]
C15 Years on the Ccounty line
CEnough to Cmake a CmCan CnCearly lose his miFnd
FDown in Arlington, Virginia where the law make us Cstay
CBall and chain never Cfelt so real
CWalls of Cstone fCifCty CbCars of steel
FWhen the warden gives me pardon darlin' I'll be coming home your Cway
[Chorus]
N.C.                                      F                       G  C  
And I wish you could have seen it when the good Lord spun me round
I should have known Fbetter than to think they could Gkeep a good man doCwn
GSo please don't you worry
GPlease don't you ever come see mCeC  C  C  C  C  
[Verse 2]
CLeaving out of CTexas for thaCt eCastCerCn CsuCnrise
Well now, I Fwas in a bad way Lord but not to my surpriCse
CJudge in a cornfield trCyin' a man
They saiCd let hiCm hang in the whitCe CdeCseCrt sand
When the Fwarden gives me pardon darlin' I'll be coming home your waCy
[Chorus]
N.C.                                      F                       G  C  
And I wish you could have seen it when the good Lord spun me round
I should have known Fbetter than to think they could Gkeep a good man doCwn
GSo please don't you worry
GPlease don't you ever come see mCeC  C  C  C  C  
The guitar solo is rather weird.  Sometimes my band just plays G but the chords go like this:
F           C           F           C
G      F      C      G G G G G G G G
[Verse 3] (They sing this acappella but you can play the same chords from above.)
N.C.
15 Years on the county line
N.C.
Enough to make a man nearly lose his mind
N.C.
Down in Arlington, Virginia where the law make us stay
Ball and chain never felt so real
Walls of stone fifty bars of steel
When the warden gives me pardon darlin' I'll be coming home your way
N.C.                                      F                       G  C  
And I wish you could have seen it when the good Lord spun me round
I should have known Fbetter than to think they could Gkeep a good man doCwn
GSo please don't you worry
G                             N.C
Please don't you ever come see me

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15 Years

by Houndmouth

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15 Years - Houndmouth

A fun song, listen to the song if you need help with the strum timing.

[Intro]

C C C C C C

[Verse 1]

C C

15 Years on the county line

C C C C C C F

Enough to make a man nearly lose his mind

F C

Down in Arlington, Virginia where the law make us stay

C C

Ball and chain never felt so real

C C C C C C

Walls of stone fifty bars of steel

F C

When the warden gives me pardon darlin' I'll be coming home your way

[Chorus]

F G C

N.C.

And I wish you could have seen it when the good Lord spun me round

F G C

I should have known better than to think they could keep a good man down

So please don't you worry

G C C C C C C

Please don't you ever come see me

[Verse 2]

C C C C C C C C

Leaving out of Texas for that eastern sunrise

F C

Well now, I was in a bad way Lord but not to my surprise

C C

Judge in a cornfield tryin' a man

C C C C C C

They said let him hang in the white desert sand

F C

When the warden gives me pardon darlin' I'll be coming home your way

[Chorus]

F G C

N.C.

And I wish you could have seen it when the good Lord spun me round

F G C

I should have known better than to think they could keep a good man down

So please don't you worry

G C C C C C C

Please don't you ever come see me

The guitar solo is rather weird. Sometimes my band just plays G but the chords go like this:

F C F C

G F C G G G G G G G G

[Verse 3] (They sing this acappella but you can play the same chords from above.)

N.C.

15 Years on the county line

N.C.

Enough to make a man nearly lose his mind

N.C.

Down in Arlington, Virginia where the law make us stay

Ball and chain never felt so real

Walls of stone fifty bars of steel

When the warden gives me pardon darlin' I'll be coming home your way

F G C

N.C.

And I wish you could have seen it when the good Lord spun me round

F G C

I should have known better than to think they could keep a good man down

So please don't you worry

G N.C

Please don't you ever come see me

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