Five Long Years (Eddie Boyd / Buddy Guy)

by Buddy Guy , Eddie Boyd

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3  <-3 4 <-3  3   <-3  5  6 
If you ever- been mistreated?
 5  <-5   -6   -6  <-5 -5  4   -3 4
You know just what I'm talking about.
5   5  <-5 4  3   -2 <-1  1 
If you ever- been mistreated?
 4  <-5   -6   -6  <-5  -5  4  -3 4
You know just what I'm talking about.
4    4    4    4     4   <-3  4  4 <-3 3 
I worked five long years for one woman--,
 4  <-5 <-5  5  7 6 -6 6 5 2  -2  2  -2 2   
and she had the nerve----- to put me out-.

3  3  <-3  4 <-3 3  <-3   5    6
I got a-- job--- in a-- steel mill, 
<-5   6   -6   <-5  -5  4 -3   4
trucking steel just like- a- slave.
 5    5   <-5 4  3 -2  <-1 1
Five long years, every Friday
   4     <-5   -6  -6  <-5 -5 4 -3  4
Straight home with all of- my----- pay.
5   5  <-5 4  3   -2 <-1  1 
If you ever- been mistreated?
 4  <-5   -6   -6  <-5  -5  4  -3 4
You know just what I'm talking about.
4    4    4    4     4   <-3  4  4 <-3 3 
I worked five long years for one woman--,
 4  <-5 <-5  5  7 6 -6 6 5 2  -2  2  -2 2   
and she had the nerve----- to put me out-.