Chords with lyrics
Difficulty: Novice
Allister
5 Years
Life Behind Machines
2012
Submitted by: daniel
Key: BB
Chords used:
BB - x24442
F#F# - 244322
G# minorG#m - 466444
E MajorE - 022100
B/Eb - x698xx
C# minorC#m - x46654
F#/Bb - x143xx
Intro: BB E MajorE F#F# x2
Verse 1:
BB
So they say there's
F#F#
a better way to make it
BB
A augmentedA 9 to 5 is the only
E MajorE
way you'll make it
BB
But I don't know if I
F#F#
can take another day of this
BB
Working overtime to
F#F#
save up for tomorrow
BB
While all their promises
E MajorE
keep ringing out so hollow
BB
Now they're taking all
F#F#
the bonuses away from me
and I've spent-
Refrain:
E MajorE
-a fucking lifetime
B/Eb F#F#
picking up the pieces
E MajorE
trying to get ahead
B/Eb F#/Bb
but I'm still defeated
E MajorE
I never even wanted
BB
this at all anyway
Cuz it's been-
Chorus 1:
BB
-5 years
C# minorC#m B/Eb
of medications
F#F#
5 years of
BB F#/Bb
accusations
G# minorG#m
5 years
E MajorE C# minorC#m
enslaved in misery
BB
5 years
C# minorC#m B/Eb
of dedication
F#/Bb
5 years of
aggravation
G# minorG#m
5 years
E MajorE C# minorC#m BB E MajorE F#F#
enslaved in misery
Post Chorus: B--E-F#-
Verse 2:
BB
It's all the same as
F#F#
we get a little older
BB
Nowhere to go and too
E MajorE
late to start all over
BB
You're just a number
when you're working
F#F#
for the company
BB
So play along while
they rave about the stock
F#F# BB
price And pretty soon
you'll be buying into their
E MajorE BB
lies Conformity is now
F#F#
rewarded with the guarantee
That I'll spend-
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
E MajorE
Nowhere to run to and
now there's nothing
B/Eb
that will make
C# minorC#m
everything be alright
E MajorE
Once you know that
you're never as
important as the
F#F#
bottom line
Bass Solo: E MajorE F#F# G# minorG#m BB F#/Bb x4, F#(hold)
whoa whoa whoa
Chorus 2:
BB
5 years
of medications
F#F#
5 years of
accusations
G# minorG#m
5 years
E MajorE F#F#
enslaved in misery
BB
5 years
of dedication
F#F#
5 years of
aggravation
G# minorG#m
5 years
E MajorE F#F# BB E MajorE F#F#
enslaved in misery
Outro:
BB C# minorC#m B/Eb
5 years 5 years
F#/Bb BB F#/Bb
5 years 5 years
G# minorG#m
5 years
E MajorE C# minorC#m B(hold)
enslaved in misery