Artist Name
Eric Clapton
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From: mklem@vax2.winona.msus.edu
Subject: TAB: Five Long Years - Buddy Guy
This was one of my favorite songs off of Buddy Guy's album "Damn
Right I got the Blues." It's an all time Buddy Guy classic so here is
Five Long Years.
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If you've
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ever been mistreated you know just what I'm talking about
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If you've
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ever been mistreated. You know just what I'm talking about
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I work five long years for one woman
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and she had the nerve to kick me out.
Section II:
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I gotta job at a steel mill trucking steel just like a slave.
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five long years of fright I'm running straight home with all of my pay.
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Mistreated! You know just what I'm talking about.
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I work
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five long years for one woman and she had the nerve.
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to kick me out. Have you
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out
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^
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And she hD the nerve to put me out.
Legend
/ Slide to indicated fret
b bend
h hammer on
p pull off
"Buddy Guy is by far, and without doubt, the best guitar player alive. . ."
------Eric Clapton------