Fifteen Years

Chords for : Levellers - Fifteen Years

--------------------------------------

Opening : Am Am G Am

I never was a violent man

Said the man in the bar with his head in his hands

He's trying his best to understand

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.

All the laughs in the late night lock-in

They fade away when he gets in

The girl from fifteen years ago

Has packed and gone away.

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

Hiding swollen eyes and a wounded pride

The best years of her life denied

And sold for liquid shares.

And the laughs in the late night lock-in

They fade away when he gets in

The girl from fifteen years ago

Has packed and gone away.

And the victims of this world

They're advertised on posters

Just a beach and a pretty girl

You just take this potion.

It's another week 'till his cheque comes through

He's got a fiver left now to spend on food

But the doors of the bar are open

And he breaks another rule

He sits on the stool that bears his name

He'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.

And the laughs in the late night lock-in

They fade away when he gets in

The girl from fifteen years ago

Has 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

Has packed and gone away.

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