Chords for Eric Clapton "Five Long Years"
Tempo:
67.35 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
Am
E
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
years apparently with the Ardbergs all those years ago and I suppose it's been a part of my life
for a long time and I'm a big fan of Eddie Boyd's because we do third degree as well
and he's written some great songs but what brought that back for me was doing Five Long Years with
with Buddy at the Albert Hall one night he came on and just started that song in the most killer
way and it brought it back to life for me and I thought I really want to do [A] that.
[Am]
[D] [Am]
[D]
[A] [Am] [A]
[D] [E] [C] [D]
[Am] [A] [E]
[A] [Em] Have you ever [F#] been [D] mistreated?
[Am] [A] [E] You [Em] know [A] just what I'm talking [D] about.
[A]
[D] [Am] Have you ever [B] been [D] mistreated?
[Am] You know just [Em] what I'm talking [F#] about.
[E] I want five long [D] years for one [Am] woman.
[D]
[A] [D] I know [A] you put [E] me out.
[Am] Driving [A] [D] a steel mill, shucking steel just like a slave.
[A] Five long [F#] years every Friday I come.
[D] Hey, have you ever been mistreated?
[A] [E] You [A] know just what I'm talking about.
[D]
[E] Five long years for [D] one woman.
[A]
[D] She had enough [A] to put [Em] me out.
[E] [A]
[A] [D] [G] [Am]
[Em] [F#m] [Am]
[D] [Bm] [D] [Dm] [A]
[E] [Am] [D] [E]
[C] [G] [Am]
[D] [A] [Em] [A]
[D] [A]
[Am] [D] She had [Bm] enough to put me [Am] [D] [Am]
out.
My [E]
[Am]
[D] [A] [Em] [A]
[D] lesson should a long [D] time ago.
[A]
Next woman that I marry she gonna work [C] and bring me to [F#m] go.
[D]
Have you ever been mistreated?
[G] [A]
[E] You [Am] know just [A] what I'm talking about.
[D] [E]
I want five long [D#] years for one [D] woman.
She had enough.
She had enough.
She had enough.
[G] She had enough to put me [A] out.
[Am] [A#]
[A]
for a long time and I'm a big fan of Eddie Boyd's because we do third degree as well
and he's written some great songs but what brought that back for me was doing Five Long Years with
with Buddy at the Albert Hall one night he came on and just started that song in the most killer
way and it brought it back to life for me and I thought I really want to do [A] that.
[Am]
[D] [Am]
[D]
[A] [Am] [A]
[D] [E] [C] [D]
[Am] [A] [E]
[A] [Em] Have you ever [F#] been [D] mistreated?
[Am] [A] [E] You [Em] know [A] just what I'm talking [D] about.
[A]
[D] [Am] Have you ever [B] been [D] mistreated?
[Am] You know just [Em] what I'm talking [F#] about.
[E] I want five long [D] years for one [Am] woman.
[D]
[A] [D] I know [A] you put [E] me out.
[Am] Driving [A] [D] a steel mill, shucking steel just like a slave.
[A] Five long [F#] years every Friday I come.
[D] Hey, have you ever been mistreated?
[A] [E] You [A] know just what I'm talking about.
[D]
[E] Five long years for [D] one woman.
[A]
[D] She had enough [A] to put [Em] me out.
[E] [A]
[A] [D] [G] [Am]
[Em] [F#m] [Am]
[D] [Bm] [D] [Dm] [A]
[E] [Am] [D] [E]
[C] [G] [Am]
[D] [A] [Em] [A]
[D] [A]
[Am] [D] She had [Bm] enough to put me [Am] [D] [Am]
out.
My [E]
[Am]
[D] [A] [Em] [A]
[D] lesson should a long [D] time ago.
[A]
Next woman that I marry she gonna work [C] and bring me to [F#m] go.
[D]
Have you ever been mistreated?
[G] [A]
[E] You [Am] know just [A] what I'm talking about.
[D] [E]
I want five long [D#] years for one [D] woman.
She had enough.
She had enough.
She had enough.
[G] She had enough to put me [A] out.
[Am] [A#]
[A]
Key:
D
A
Am
E
Em
D
A
Am
years apparently with the Ardbergs all those years ago and I suppose it's been a part of my life
for a long time and I'm a big fan of Eddie Boyd's because we do third degree as well
and he's written some great songs but what brought that back for me was doing Five Long Years with
with Buddy at the Albert Hall one night he came on and just started that song in the most killer
way and it brought it back to life for me and I thought I really want to do [A] that.
_ _ _ [Am] _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [Em] Have you ever [F#] been [D] mistreated? _
_ [Am] _ [A] [E] You [Em] know [A] just what I'm talking [D] about.
[A] _
[D] _ _ [Am] Have you ever [B] been [D] mistreated? _ _
[Am] _ _ You know just [Em] what I'm talking [F#] about.
[E] I want five long [D] years for one [Am] woman.
[D] _
[A] _ _ [D] I know [A] you put [E] me out.
[Am] Driving [A] _ _ [D] a steel mill, shucking steel just like a slave.
[A] Five long [F#] years every Friday I come.
_ [D] Hey, _ _ have you ever been mistreated? _
[A] _ [E] You [A] know just what I'm talking about.
_ [D] _
[E] _ _ Five long years for [D] one woman.
[A] _ _
[D] She had enough [A] to put [Em] me out.
[E] _ [A] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ [D] _ [Dm] _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] She had [Bm] enough to put me [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
out.
My _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] lesson should a long [D] time ago.
[A] _
Next woman that I marry she gonna work [C] and bring me to [F#m] go.
[D] _
Have you ever been mistreated?
_ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ [E] You [Am] know just [A] what I'm talking about.
[D] _ [E]
I want five long [D#] years for one [D] woman.
She had enough.
She had enough.
She had enough.
[G] She had enough to put me [A] out.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
for a long time and I'm a big fan of Eddie Boyd's because we do third degree as well
and he's written some great songs but what brought that back for me was doing Five Long Years with
with Buddy at the Albert Hall one night he came on and just started that song in the most killer
way and it brought it back to life for me and I thought I really want to do [A] that.
_ _ _ [Am] _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [Em] Have you ever [F#] been [D] mistreated? _
_ [Am] _ [A] [E] You [Em] know [A] just what I'm talking [D] about.
[A] _
[D] _ _ [Am] Have you ever [B] been [D] mistreated? _ _
[Am] _ _ You know just [Em] what I'm talking [F#] about.
[E] I want five long [D] years for one [Am] woman.
[D] _
[A] _ _ [D] I know [A] you put [E] me out.
[Am] Driving [A] _ _ [D] a steel mill, shucking steel just like a slave.
[A] Five long [F#] years every Friday I come.
_ [D] Hey, _ _ have you ever been mistreated? _
[A] _ [E] You [A] know just what I'm talking about.
_ [D] _
[E] _ _ Five long years for [D] one woman.
[A] _ _
[D] She had enough [A] to put [Em] me out.
[E] _ [A] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ [D] _ [Dm] _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] She had [Bm] enough to put me [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
out.
My _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] lesson should a long [D] time ago.
[A] _
Next woman that I marry she gonna work [C] and bring me to [F#m] go.
[D] _
Have you ever been mistreated?
_ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ [E] You [Am] know just [A] what I'm talking about.
[D] _ [E]
I want five long [D#] years for one [D] woman.
She had enough.
She had enough.
She had enough.
[G] She had enough to put me [A] out.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _