500 Years Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays495

500 Years by Ralfe Band is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D, E, Am, Em, A and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: C G C 

          G       C         G           D            C 
Fifteen hundred years ago I found you lying in the sun, 
D               C    E      G                                   D       C 
underneath your gun. I will come and find you when the blood has run. 

                                G        D 
In mining cave I misbehave with guns and glass and 
Am         C            D           C  
broken knives while tending to your hives. 
Em          G                               D 
I will come and find you when the blood has run 

C G C 

                               G                   A 
Yodelay-ee-o yodelay-ee-eh the engineers wife ran away 
                        G 
with all my hard earned pay.. 

C G Am G  

    C 
She jumped on me from a weeping tree, 
 G           D       A     C          Dm 
I howled and took my final bow and escaped on my old 
    C    Em     G                                    Dm     C 
tin cow. I will come and find you when the blood has run. 

                                G   
Yodelay-ee-oh yodelay-ee-ay the engineers wife ran 
  Am                          G 
away, with all my hard earned pay... 


C G Am G C G Am G C G Am G C 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante