Five Long Years

by Eddie Boyd / Eric Clapton · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

 -6   7  -8 7  -8   7  -8  -9 
Have you ever been mistreated? 
-8   -9   9    9   -9   8  -8  -7 -8
You know just what I'm talking about.
 -8  -8  -9 -8  -6   6  -5  -4 
Have you ever- been mistreated? 
-8   -9   9    9   -9   8 -8   -7 -8
You know just what I'm talking about.
-8  -8    -8   -8   -8    7  -8  -8 7 -6
I worked five long years for one woman--, 
-8  -9  -9  -8  -10 -9 9 -9 -8 -5  6  -5 6 -5  
and she had the nerve--------- to put me out-


I got a job in a steel mill, 
shucking steel like a slave.
Five long years, every Friday 
I come straight back home with all my pay.
Have you ever been mistreated? 
You know just what I'm talking about.
I worked five long years for one woman, 
she had the nerve to put me out.

I finally learned my lesson, 
should a long time ago.
The next woman that I marry, 
she gonna work and bring me the dough.
Have you ever been mistreated? 
You know just what I'm talking about.
I worked five long years for one woman, 
she had the nerve to put me out.

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