Five Years
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
D
e|---3--- |---0--- |---0--- |---0--- |---2---
b|---3--- |---0--- |---1--- |---1--- |---3---
g|---0--- |---0--- |---2--- |---0--- |---2---
d|---0--- |---2--- |---2--- |---2--- |---0---
a|---2--- |---2--- |---0--- |---3--- |---0---
e|---3--- |---0--- |---x--- |---x--- |---x---
one thing to note beforehand is that in the song the G & E minor chords are linked
by two notes; G & F. this link should be played as follows:
e|---3-------0---
b|---3-------0---
g|---0-------0--- and so on. this is the case every time these two chords
d|---0-------2--- are played together. let the G chord ring on as you
a|---2-------2--- fret the two notes, and play them strongly.
e|---3--3-2--0---
pushing through the market square
so many mothers sighing
news had just come over, we have
Five years left of crying
news guy wept and told us
he said earth, was really dying
cried so much his face was wet
then i knew, he was not lying
i heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies
there were boys toys, electric guns and TVs
my brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare
i had to cram so many things to store everything in there
and all the fat, skinny people
and all the tall short, people
and all the nobody people
and all the somebody people
never thought i'd need, so many people
girl my age went off her head
hit some tiny children
and if the black hadn't have pulled her off
then i think, she would have killed them
soldier with a broken arm
used to stare into the wheels of a cadillac
cop knelt to kiss the feet of a priest
and a queer threw up at the sight of that, well
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
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
your face, your waist, the way that you talk
i miss you you're beautiful
we got five years stuck on my eyes
five years, what a surprise, we got
five years, my brain hurts alot
five years, that's all we got
G (ending chords are Gs)
we got, five years
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Readable chord sheet for Five Years by Placebo
[G] [Em] [Am] [C] [D] e|---3--- |---0--- |---0--- |---0--- |---2--- b|---3--- |---0--- |---1--- |---1--- |---3--- g|---0--- |---0--- |---2--- |---0--- |---2--- d|---0--- |---2--- |---2--- |---2--- |---0--- a|---2--- |---2--- |---0--- |---3--- |---0--- e|---3--- |---0--- |---x--- |---x--- |---x--- one thing to note beforehand is that in the song the G & E minor chords are linked by two notes; G & F e|---3-------0--- b|---3-------0--- g|---0-------0--- and so on. this is the case every time these two chords d|---0-------2--- are played together. let the G chord ring on as you a|---2-------2--- fret the two notes, and play them strongly. e|---3--3-2--0--- [G] pushing through the market square [Em] so many mothers sighing [Am] news had just come over, we have [C] Five years left of crying [G] news guy wept and told us he said [Em]earth, was really dying [Am] cried so much his face was wet then i knew[C], he was not lying i heard t[G]elephones, opera house, favourite melodies there were [Em]boys toys, electric guns and TVs m[C]y brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare i had to [Am]cram so many things to store everything in there and all the fat[C], skinny people [Am] and all the tall short[C], people [Am] and all the nobody peo[G]ple [C] and all the somebody peo[D]ple never thought i'd need, so many [Am]people [C] [G] girl my age went off her head [Em] hit some tiny children [Am] and if the black hadn't have pulled her off then i t[C]hink, she would have killed them [G] soldier with a broken arm [Em] used to stare into the wheels of a cadillac [Am] cop knelt to kiss the feet of a priest and a q[C]ueer threw up at the sight of that, well [G] think i saw you in an ice-cream parlour [Em] drinking milkshakes cold and long [Am]smiling and waving and looking so fine [C] don't think you knew you were in this song [G]and it was cold, and it rained, so i felt like an actor [Em]and i thought of ma, and i wanted to get back there [Am]your face, your waist, the way that you talk [C] i miss you you're beautiful [G] we got five years stuck on my eyes [Em] five years, what a surprise, we got [Am] five years, my brain hurts alot [C] five years, that's all we got G (ending chords are Gs) we got, five years