Five Short Minutes Chords

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Five Short Minutes by Jim Croce is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, A7, D7 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			verse 1 
A 
Well she was standing by my dressing room  
After the show asking for my autograph and  
A7                               D7 
asked if she could go back to my motel room 
                              A 
But the rest is just a tragic tale 
        E 
Because five short minutes of love 
             D7                   A 
Will cost me twenty long years in jail 
verse 2 
            A 
Well like a fool in a hurry I took her to my room 
                                 A7 
She casted me in plaster while I sang her a tune 
            D7                         A 
Then I said ooh ooee sure was a tragic tale  
        E 
Because five short minutes of lovin? 
                D7                   A 
Done brought me twenty long years in jail 
verse 3 
            A 
Well then a judge and a jury sat me in a room 
They say that robbin? the cradle 
              A7 
Is worse than robbin? the tomb  
            D7                         A 
Then I said 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 
verse 4 
       A 
When I get out of this prison gonna be forty five  
I?ll know that I used to like to do it  
      A7 
But I won?t remember why  
         D7                         A 
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 
    	

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