Chords for Mose Allison - Gettin' There (1989)

_ [Bb] _ [Eb] People ask me questions [Ab] about the way I've [F] spent my life.
_ [Db] 30 years [Eb] in show [Gb] biz, only had one [C] wife.
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_ [Ab] Limousines and swimming pools, I didn't get my [Gb] share. _
_ [Bbm] But I'm not [Eb]
downhearted.
[Bb] I am [Eb] not downhearted.
[Em] _ I'm [Fm] not downhearted, but [Bbm] I'm getting there.
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[Bbm] I'm getting there. _ _
[Bb] I'm getting [Eb] there.
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[Db] Did you ever get [Eb] the feeling [Gb]
you've been taken for a ride?
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The big [Dbm] ones eat [Eb] the little ones [Gb] and there's no place left [F] to hide. _
Just [Ab] don't drink the water, [Db] try not to [G] breathe [Gb] the air. _ _
[Bb] But I'm [Eb] not discouraged.
[Bbm] I am not discouraged.
_ [Em] _ I'm [Fm] not discouraged, but [Bb] I'm getting there.
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[Bb] I'm getting there.
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[Bb] I'm getting [Eb] there. _
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_ _ No [Db] matter how [Eb] I'm feeling, [Gb] I still propose [F] a toast.
[E] If [Db] you're almost [Eb] successful, _ [Gb] you're better [E] off than most.
[Bb] If I was [Ab] selling fantasy, _ [Db] I'd be a [Gb] millionaire. _ _ _
But [Bbm] _ I'm not [Eb] _
[Bbm] disillusioned.
I am not [Eb] disillusioned.
_ _ [Em] I'm [Fm] not disillusioned, [Bb] but I'm getting [Db] there. _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] I'm getting there.
_ [Eb] _ _ I'm getting there.
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