Fifteen Years

												
From: Sagi Assaf 

Chords for : Levellers - Fifteen Years
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Opening : Am Am G Am
Verse :
  Am       
I never was a violent man
         G              Am
Said the man in the bar with his head in his hands

Be's trying his best to understand
    G               Am
The cause of his dismay

But years of gin have broken him
And left him cold where he fitted in
And it's too late now to turn around
And find another way.

Chorus :
        Dm              F
All the laughs in the late night lock-in
     Am             G
They fade away when he gets in
    Dm                F
The girl from fifteen years ago
    Am
Bas packed and gone away.

Verse :
That's never how it used to be
What happened to all that energy ?
You took one too many liberties
I'm tired of being afraid

So after a fight she took flight
Biding swollen eyes and a wounded pride
The best years of her life denied
And sold for liquid shares.

Chorus :
And the laughs in the late night lock-in
They fade away when he gets in
The girl from fifteen years ago
Bas packed and gone away.

Bridge :
        Am              G
And the victims of this world
        Am            G
They're advertised on posters
       Am                 G
Just a beach and a pretty girl
Am                 G
You just take this potion.

Verse :
It's another week 'till his cheque comes through
Be's got a fiver left now to spend on food
But the doors of the bar are open
And he breaks another rule

Be sits on the stool that bears his name
Be's got a favorite glass now that's called the same
And he's never been kept waiting
'Cause he pays the landlord's wage.

Chorus :
And the laughs in the late night lock-in
They fade away when he gets in
The girl from fifteen years ago
    Am               G
Bas packed and gone away
All the laughs in the late night lock-in
They fade away when he gets in
The girl from fifteen years ago
Bas packed and gone away.


-Transcribed by Assaf Sagi, 19/10/94-