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Hey everyone here's the chords for The Enemy's cpver of David Bowie's Five Years
 GpushinF#mg thru' the market square
 Emso Cmany mother sighing
 ANews had just come over
 CWe had GfAmive years left ti cry in
 News guy wept and told us
 earth eas really dying
 Cried so much, his face was wet
 Then i knew he was not lying.
 GI AmhearGd telephones, opera house, favorite melodies
 I Bmsaw Emboys, toys, electric irons and T.V's
 My Abrain hurt like a ware house, it had no room to spare
 I hCad to cram so many things to store ev'ry thing in there
 AnAmd all the fat skinny people
 CAnd Amall the tall short people
 CAnd all Gthe AmnoGbody  people
 CAnd GalAml tD7he somebody  people
 I nevAmer thoCugGht Ami'd need so many people
 A girl my age went off her head
 Hit some tiny children
 If the black had not puled her off
 I think she would have killed them
 A soldier with a broken arm
 Fixed his state to the wheels of a Cadilac
 A cop Knelt and kissed the feet of a priest
 And a queer threw up at at the sight of that
 GI think F#mi saw you in an ice cream parlour
 EmDrinking milkshakes cold and long
 Asmiling and waving and looking so fine
 CDon't think you knew you were in this song
 And Git Amwas Gcold, and it rained, so i felt like an actor
 F#mAnd i Emthoought of Ma, and i wanted to get back there
 Your Aface, Your race, the way that you talk
 I Ckiss you, yGou'Amre beautifull, I want you to walk. we got
Gfive yBmears stuck on my eyes
Emfive years what a surprise we got
Afive years my brain hurts a lot
Cfive years that's all we got we've got

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Five Years

by The Enemy

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F#m

Hey everyone here's the chords for The Enemy's cpver of David Bowie's Five Years

G F#m

pushing thru' the market square

Em C

so many mother sighing

News had just come over

C G Am

We had five years left ti cry in

News guy wept and told us

earth eas really dying

Cried so much, his face was wet

Then i knew he was not lying.

G Am G

I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies

Bm Em

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

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

I had to cram so many things to store ev'ry thing in there

And all the fat skinny people

C Am

And all the tall short people

C G Am G

And all the nobody people

C G Am D7

And all the somebody people

Am C G Am

I never thought i'd need so many people

A girl my age went off her head

Hit some tiny children

If the black had not puled her off

I think she would have killed them

A soldier with a broken arm

Fixed his state to the wheels of a Cadilac

A cop Knelt and kissed the feet of a priest

And a queer threw up at at the sight of that

G F#m

I think i saw you in an ice cream parlour

Drinking milkshakes cold and long

smiling and waving and looking so fine

Don't think you knew you were in this song

G Am G

And it was cold, and it rained, so i felt like an actor

F#m Em

And i thoought of Ma, and i wanted to get back there

Your face, Your race, the way that you talk

C G Am

I kiss you, you're beautifull, I want you to walk. we got

G Bm

five years stuck on my eyes

five years what a surprise we got

five years my brain hurts a lot

five years that's all we got we've got

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