500 Years Chords
by Against me
500 Years by Against me is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G C G C G C G
Em G C
I opened my eyes as sunlight broke over the marsh.
Em G C
My lungs were filled with sulphur, I was all washed up.
G D C
Caught in a storm drain and into a gutter.
G D C
I had no memory of who I was.
G C
500 years I was a ghost for you.
G C
500 years I was lost for you.
Em D C
There's nothing left of me,
C G C G C
I can't move on for 500 years. 500 years.
G C G C G C
Em G C
I followed coquina sidewalks down into the city,
Em G C
The palm rats danced on the telephone wires hanging up above me.
G D C
I knew that his black eyes were watching on me.
G D C
I could feel the heat of the flames reaching out for me.
G C
500 years I was a ghost for you.
G C
500 years I was lost for you.
Em D C
There's nothing left of me,
C G C G C
I can't move on for 500 years. 500 years.
Em G
Somewhere in the cemetery,
C
I know my corpse is rotting.
Em G C
With a cold heart in my chest and not a draw left in my breath
G D C
Sometimes it feels like I have always been here,
G D C
Sometimes it feels like I will never leave
G C
500 years I was a ghost for you.
G C
500 years I was lost for you.
Em D C
There's nothing left of me,
C G C G C
I can't move on for 500 years. 500 years.
G C G C G C