five short minutes  Jim Croce

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:18:28 +0100




Five Short Minutes
    Words and Music by JIM CROCE


    [A]


    Well, she was standing by my dressing room after the show
    She asked for my autograph and [A7] asked if she could go
    Back to my [D] motel room. But the rest is just a tragic [A] tale:
    Because [E7] five short minutes of love
    Done got me [D] twenty long years in [A] jail


    Well, like a fool in a hurry I took her to my room
    She cast at me a glass stare, while I sang her a tune
    Then I said, "Ooh,ooh ooh oowee!" Darlin' it's a tragic tale
    Because five short minutes of love
    Done got me twenty long years in jail


    Well, now the judge and the jury sat me in a room
    They say that robbin' the cradle is worse than robbin' the tomb
    Then I said "Ooh,ooh ooh oowee!" It was a tragic tale
    (Wasn't worth it, wasn't worth it!)
    Because five short minutes of love
    Done got me twenty long years in jail


    Now when I get out of this prison gonna be forty-five
    I'll know I used to like to do it but I won't remember why
    I'll say "Ooh,ooh ooh oowee! Sure was a tragic tale
    Because five short minutes of love
    done cost me twenty long years in jail"