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Gmajor

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 10Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Chords]
e|---G3-----Em0---A7sus4--0-----A70-----C90----D/F#-x----GM7-2-----Am0----C/G-0----C/B-0---|
B|---0-----0-----3-----2-----3-----3-----0-----1-----1-----1---|
G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-----1-----0-----0---|
D|---0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0---|
A|---2-----2-----0-----0-----3-----x-----2-----0-----3-----2---|
E|---3-----0-----x-----x-----x-----2-----3-----x-----3-----x---|
[Verse 1]
 GPushing through the market square,                       Emso many mothers sighing
 A7sus4News had just come A7over,                        we had C9five years  left to cry in
 GNews guy wept when he told us,                    G       D/F#  Emearth  was really dying
 A7sus4Cried so much his face was A7wet,                 then I C9knew he was not lying
[Pre-Chorus 1]
 I heard Gtelephones, opera house, GM7favorite melodies
 I D/F#saw  Emboys, toys, electric irons and T.V.'s
 My A7sus4brain hurt like a warehouse, it had A7no room to spare
 I had to C9cram so many things to store everything in there
 And all the Amfat-skinny people,C/B  C/G  
 and all the tall-C/Bshort Ampeople,C/G  
 and all the nobody Gpeople,C/G  
 and all the somebody D7people
 I never thought I'd need   so many AmpeopleC/G  
[Verse 2]
 GA girl my age went off her head,                 G       D/F#    Emand hit some tiny children
 A7sus4If the black hadn't a-pulled her A7off,               I C9think  she would have killed them
 GA soldier with a GM7broken arm                Gfixed D/F#his  Emstare to the wheels of a Cadillac
 A7sus4A cop knelt and kissed the A7feet of a priest,    and then a C9queer threw up at the sight of that
 GI think I saw you in an GM7ice-cream parlor,        G       D/F#  Emdrinking milk shakes cold and long
 A7sus4Smiling and waving and A7looking so fine,             I C9don't think you knew you were in this song
[Pre-Chorus 2]
 And it was Gcold and it rained so I felt like an actorD/F#  
 And I Emthought of Ma and I wanted to get back there
 Your A7sus4face, your race, the A7way that you talk
 I C9kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk
[Chorus]
 We've got Gfive years, stuck on my eyesD/F#  
 EmFive years, what a surprise
 We've got A7sus4five years, my A7brain hurts a lot
 C9Five years, that's all we've got
 We've got Gfive years, stuck on my eyesD/F#  
 EmFive years, what a surprise
 We've got A7sus4five years, my A7brain hurts a lot
 C9Five years, that's all we've got
[Outro]
 We've got Gfive yearsG  D/F#  
 EmFive years
 A7sus4Five yearsA7  
 C9Five years, that's all we've gotG  

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Five Years

by Flyte

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A7sus4

D/F#

GM7

C/G

C/B

[Chords]

G Em A7sus4 A7 C9 D/F# GM7 Am C/G C/B

e|---3-----0-----0-----0-----0-----x-----2-----0-----0-----0---|

B|---0-----0-----3-----2-----3-----3-----0-----1-----1-----1---|

G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-----1-----0-----0---|

D|---0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0---|

A|---2-----2-----0-----0-----3-----x-----2-----0-----3-----2---|

E|---3-----0-----x-----x-----x-----2-----3-----x-----3-----x---|

[Verse 1]

G Em

Pushing through the market square, so many mothers sighing

A7sus4 A7 C9

News had just come over, we had five years left to cry in

G G D/F# Em

News guy wept when he told us, earth was really dying

A7sus4 A7 C9

Cried so much his face was wet, then I knew he was not lying

[Pre-Chorus 1]

G GM7

I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies

D/F# Em

I saw boys, toys, electric irons and T.V.'s

A7sus4 A7

My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare

I had to cram so many things to store everything in there

Am C/B C/G

And all the fat-skinny people,

C/B Am C/G

and all the tall-short people,

G C/G

and all the nobody people,

and all the somebody people

Am C/G

I never thought I'd need so many people

[Verse 2]

G G D/F# Em

A girl my age went off her head, and hit some tiny children

A7sus4 A7 C9

If the black hadn't a-pulled her off, I think she would have killed them

G GM7 G D/F# Em

A soldier with a broken arm fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac

A7sus4 A7 C9

A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest, and then a queer threw up at the sight of that

G GM7 G D/F# Em

I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlor, drinking milk shakes cold and long

A7sus4 A7 C9

Smiling and waving and looking so fine, I don't think you knew you were in this song

[Pre-Chorus 2]

G D/F#

And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor

And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there

A7sus4 A7

Your face, your race, the way that you talk

I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk

[Chorus]

G D/F#

We've got five years, stuck on my eyes

Five years, what a surprise

A7sus4 A7

We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

Five years, that's all we've got

G D/F#

We've got five years, stuck on my eyes

Five years, what a surprise

A7sus4 A7

We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

Five years, that's all we've got

[Outro]

G G D/F#

We've got five years

Five years

A7sus4 A7

Five years

C9 G

Five years, that's all we've got

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