Five Years

C
pushing through the market square
Am
so many mothers sighing
Dm
news had just come over, we have
F
Five years left of crying
 
C
news guy wept and told us
        Am
he said earth, was really dying
Dm
cried so much his face was wet
       F
then i knew, he was not lying
 
         C
i heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies
           Am
there were boys toys, electric guns and TVs
 F
my brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare
         Dm
i had to cram so many things to store everything in there
               F
and all the fat, skinny people
Dm                        F
and all the tall short, people
Dm                   C
and all the nobody people
F                       G
and all the somebody people
                                Dm      F
never thought i'd need, so many people
 
C
girl my age went off her head
Am
hit some tiny children
Dm
and if the black hadn't have pulled her off
        F
then i think, she would have killed them
 
C
soldier with a broken arm
Am
used to stare into the wheels of a cadillac
Dm
cop knelt to kiss the feet of a priest
       F
and a queer threw up at the sight of that, well
 
C
think i saw you in an ice-cream parlour
Am
drinking milkshakes cold and long
Dm
smiling and waving and looking so fine
F
don't think you knew you were in this song
 
C
and it was cold, and it rained, so i felt like an actor
Am
and i thought of ma, and i wanted to get back there
Dm
your face, your waist, the way that you talk
F
i miss you you're beautiful
 
C
we got five years stuck on my eyes
Am
five years, what a surprise, we got
Dm
five years, my brain hurts alot
F
five years, that's all we got
C               C
we got, five years