James - Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) Chords

_ _ I was basically a street person.
I [Dm] was a bad guy.
I lived basically sleeping over street crates.
It was in the middle of the winter [F] in 1990 on 47th Street outside this electronics store.
And I looked [C] up and I saw him.
I went inside to watch before they threw me out.
[G] I had a little bit of a chance to hear what he was going to say.
And they told me about a seminar that he [Dm] was going to have.
_ Well, I got myself up off the _ [F] canvas.
I stopped just being a loser.
And I [C] decided I would go to college and reform my life.
I ended up getting [G] an MBA over at the Wharton School of Business.
And I became a [Dm] stockbroker on Wall Street. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ Getting away [C] with it all, mister. _ _
That's [G] the living. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ Daniel's [F] saving grace.
_ She's out in deep [C] water.
_ Hope he's a [G] good _ _ swimmer.
Well, I would say [Dm] the main thing was when I was on the [F] verge of losing my job
and I went home and focused [C] and concentrated on James _ for a [G] full night.
That's all I did.
_ And somebody [Dm] else got laid off instead of me.
Getting away [F] with it all, mister.
_ Getting away with [C] _ it _ all, _
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_ [C] _ _ mister. _ _
That's [G] the living. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ It worked for me.
And I was a basket gate, [F] so it didn't work for anybody.
It made me want to be more of [C] myself.
_ _ I certainly feel better.
[G] Before I met him, I was poor and I had [Dm] no wife and no social life. _
And [F] I had no home.
_ After I met him, I'm [C] rich.
I own a company of my own.
I have a [G] waterfront house.
I have a beautiful wife.
And it's all [Dm] thanks to him.
_ Getting away _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ with _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] it all, mister.
_ Getting _
_ [C] _ away with it all, mister. _ _
That's [G] the living. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] It's like having a direct line to the absolute truth.
I [F] finally seem to like my personality more.
I'm happier, [C] healthier, and more vibrant.
Toda mi vida busco por [G] algo especial.
Tennis is my thing.
I started meeting a lot more [Dm] girls.
I can't hear music now.
Getting away with [F] it all, _ _ getting away _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] with it all, mister.
There's breath in me, where there was no [Dm] breath before.
_ _ Getting away with [F] it all, _ _ getting away with [C] it all, _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] mister.
_ Pleased to meet you.
Pleased to meet you.
Pleased to meet [Dm] you.
Pleased to meet you.
Getting away with [F] it.
_ _ Getting away _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ with it.
That's [G] the living. _ _ _ _ _
That's [Dm] the living.
_ _ _ I think [D] you should follow him and do whatever he says. _ _ _ _
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