Chords for Buddy Guy - Five Long Years
Tempo:
125.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
F#
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I feel the presence of the late Muddy Waters, the Howlin' Wolfs and people like that and
the T-Bone Walkers and I just have to let it all hang out because a lot of times I will
even tell my audience that [F] as long as I'm alive I'm going to try and like the devil
to keep [G] Muddy's and the people that I love so well, music alive.
[A#] [D]
[Gm]
[Dm] [Gm]
[F] [A]
[F#m] [G] [D#m]
[Dm] [G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[A] [D]
[G]
[D] You ought to know just what I'm talking about.
[G] [Dm]
[G] [D]
[G#] I had [D] a
[G] [B] long ass time.
[F#] [G] I too.
[C#] [F#] You need to know just what I'm talking about.
I [A] [G]
[D] [Am]
[C] [G] [A]
worked my [G] long years for one [F#m] woman.
[G] And she had the nerve [D] to kick me out.
[Dm]
[D] [Am] She got [A]
[D]
a job at a steel mill.
[Cm] [Dm] [G] She took the [Bm] steel just like a slave.
[A#] [F] [Am]
Five long years every [D] Friday I went straight [Gm] home.
[D#] [G] [F#]
[D] She got a job [F#] [E] [C#] [F#] [G]
[Dm]
[A] at [B]
a [F#]
[A] [C#]
[D]
[A] [Em] steel mill.
[B]
[D] [G]
[D]
[A] [F#] [B]
[F#] [Fm] [B]
[D] [G]
[D] I'll be your [Bm] jealous [C#] [Bm] Sweet [Dm] sixteen
[G]
I
the T-Bone Walkers and I just have to let it all hang out because a lot of times I will
even tell my audience that [F] as long as I'm alive I'm going to try and like the devil
to keep [G] Muddy's and the people that I love so well, music alive.
[A#] [D]
[Gm]
[Dm] [Gm]
[F] [A]
[F#m] [G] [D#m]
[Dm] [G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[A] [D]
[G]
[D] You ought to know just what I'm talking about.
[G] [Dm]
[G] [D]
[G#] I had [D] a
[G] [B] long ass time.
[F#] [G] I too.
[C#] [F#] You need to know just what I'm talking about.
I [A] [G]
[D] [Am]
[C] [G] [A]
worked my [G] long years for one [F#m] woman.
[G] And she had the nerve [D] to kick me out.
[Dm]
[D] [Am] She got [A]
[D]
a job at a steel mill.
[Cm] [Dm] [G] She took the [Bm] steel just like a slave.
[A#] [F] [Am]
Five long years every [D] Friday I went straight [Gm] home.
[D#] [G] [F#]
[D] She got a job [F#] [E] [C#] [F#] [G]
[Dm]
[A] at [B]
a [F#]
[A] [C#]
[D]
[A] [Em] steel mill.
[B]
[D] [G]
[D]
[A] [F#] [B]
[F#] [Fm] [B]
[D] [G]
[D] I'll be your [Bm] jealous [C#] [Bm] Sweet [Dm] sixteen
[G]
I
Key:
G
D
A
F#
Dm
G
D
A
_ _ _ _ I feel the presence of the late Muddy Waters, the Howlin' Wolfs and people like that and
the T-Bone Walkers and I just have to let it all hang out because a lot of times I will
even tell my audience that _ [F] as long as I'm alive I'm going to try and like the devil
to keep [G] Muddy's and the people that I love so well, music alive.
[A#] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ You ought to know just what I'm talking about.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] I had [D] a _
[G] _ _ [B] _ long ass time. _ _
[F#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ I too.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] You need to know just what I'm talking about.
I [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
worked my [G] long years for one [F#m] woman.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ And she had the _ nerve _ _ [D] to _ _ kick me out.
[Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Am] She got _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
a job at a steel mill. _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Dm] [G] She took the [Bm] steel just like a slave.
[A#] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
Five long years every [D] Friday I went straight [Gm] home. _ _
[D#] _ [G] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[D] She got a job [F#] _ [E] _ [C#] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[A] at [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
a _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ steel _ mill.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] I'll be your [Bm] _ jealous [C#] _ [Bm] Sweet _ [Dm] sixteen _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the T-Bone Walkers and I just have to let it all hang out because a lot of times I will
even tell my audience that _ [F] as long as I'm alive I'm going to try and like the devil
to keep [G] Muddy's and the people that I love so well, music alive.
[A#] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ You ought to know just what I'm talking about.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] I had [D] a _
[G] _ _ [B] _ long ass time. _ _
[F#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ I too.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] You need to know just what I'm talking about.
I [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
worked my [G] long years for one [F#m] woman.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ And she had the _ nerve _ _ [D] to _ _ kick me out.
[Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Am] She got _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
a job at a steel mill. _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Dm] [G] She took the [Bm] steel just like a slave.
[A#] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
Five long years every [D] Friday I went straight [Gm] home. _ _
[D#] _ [G] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[D] She got a job [F#] _ [E] _ [C#] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[A] at [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
a _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ steel _ mill.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] I'll be your [Bm] _ jealous [C#] _ [Bm] Sweet _ [Dm] sixteen _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _