Jim Croce – Five Short Minutes (Guitar)

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Verse 1

A
Well she was standing by my dressing room

After the show asking for my autograph and

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asked if she could go back to my motel room

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But the rest is just a tragic tale

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Because five short minutes of love

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Will cost me twenty long years in jail

Verse 2

            A
Well like a fool in a hurry I took her to my room

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She casted me in plaster while I sang her a tune

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Then I said ooh ooee sure was a tragic tale 

        E
Because five short minutes of lovin'

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Done brought me twenty long years in jail

Verse 3

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Well then a judge and a jury sat me in a room

They say that robbin' the cradle

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Is worse than robbin' the tomb 

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Then I said ooh ooee sure was a tragic tale

(wasn't worth it, wasn't worth it)

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Because five short minutes of love

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Will cost me twenty long years in jail

Verse 4

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When I get out of this prison gonna be forty five

I'll know that I used to like to do it

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But I won't remember why 

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I'll say ooh ooee sure was a tragic tale

(wasn't worth it, wasn't worth it)

        E
Because five short minutes of love

             D7                   A
Will cost me twenty long years in jail

        E
Because five short minutes of love

             D7                   A
Will cost me twenty long years in jail