Allister – 5 Years (Ukulele)

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Life Behind Machines 2012 Submitted by: [email protected] Chords used: B - x24442 F# - 244322 G#m - 466444 E - 022100 B/Eb - x698xx C#m - x46654 F#/Bb - x143xx Intro: B E F# x2 Verse 1:
B
  So they say there's

                     F#
a better way to make it

B
  A 9 to 5 is the only

                E
way you'll make it

B
  But I don't know if I

                        F#
can take another day of this

B
  Working overtime to

                 F#
save up for tomorrow

B
  While all their promises

                       E
keep ringing out so hollow

B
  Now they're taking all

                      F#
the bonuses away from me
and I've spent- Refrain:
E
  -a fucking lifetime 

B/Eb           F#
picking up the pieces

E
  trying to get ahead 

    B/Eb        F#/Bb
but I'm still defeated

E
  I never even wanted 

B
this at all anyway
Cuz it's been- Chorus 1:
B
  -5 years 

   C#m B/Eb
of medications

F#
  5 years of 

B   F#/Bb  
accusations

G#m
   5 years 

   E            C#m
enslaved in misery

B 
  5 years

   C#m B/Eb
of dedication

F#/Bb
     5 years of
aggravation
G#m
   5 years 

   E        C#m B E F#
enslaved in misery
Post Chorus: B--E-F#- Verse 2:
B
  It's all the same as

                  F#
we get a little older

B
  Nowhere to go and too

                   E
late to start all over

B
  You're just a number
when you're working
             F#
for the company

B
  So play along while
they rave about the stock
F#   B
price And pretty soon
you'll be buying into their
E   B
lies Conformity is now

                        F#
rewarded with the guarantee
That I'll spend- (Repeat Refrain) (Repeat Chorus 1) Bridge:
E
  Nowhere to run to and
now there's nothing
B/Eb
that will make

                C#m
everything be alright

         E
Once you know that
you're never as important as the
       F#
bottom line

Bass Solo: E  F#  G#m  B F#/Bb  x4, F#(hold)
whoa whoa whoa
Chorus 2:
B
  5 years
of medications
F#
  5 years of
accusations
G#m
   5 years 

   E            F#
enslaved in misery

B 
  5 years
of dedication
F#
  5 years of
aggravation
G#m
   5 years 

   E        F#  B E F#
enslaved in misery
Outro:
B        C#m  B/Eb
  5 years   5 years

F#/Bb       B   F#/Bb
     5 years 5 years

G#m
   5 years 

   E            C#m B(hold)
enslaved in misery