Lirik dan Chord Lagu Five Short Minutes - Jim Croce

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Five Short Minutes" merupakan lagu keluaran tahun 1973 yang diluncurkan oleh Jim Croce.

Lagu ini dimuat dalam album I Got a Name bersama sepuluh lagu lain yang rilis di bawah naungan label BMG Rights Management.

Album tersebut menjadi album kelima sekaligus terakhir dari penyanyi dan pencipta lagu, Jim Croce.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu I Got a Name - Jim Croce

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Five Short Minutes" dari Jim Croce.

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