Chords for We Got By
Tempo:
73.4 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
F
A
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] Oh, [G] I hardly had a belly full, [Am] never knew a new [G] bicycle.
Hand me down [Gm] the missing shoes, they [Cm] brought the yuletides in [F] July.
I [G]
rode a bus, a [Gm] train, sometimes [Am] strolling for miles to a movie show.
[G]
Singing the songs you'd be doing while [Cm] birds and rich folks flew right [F] on by.
But [D#] we got by, [G#] [F] we got by, [A#] we got by, [Cm] Lord knows we [F] got by.
[Gm]
Winter wishes wait till June, we [Am] brighten July with that hot dog [Gm] fun.
Tell your mama [G] you're with Sue, baby, you [C] bring some beans and I will [F] find the wine.
[Gm] Them neon [Dm] lights were brighter too, and sneaking [Em] back home [Am] with this girl named Jo.
[Gm] I hurried down to say I do, and instead [Cm] my first man shived [F] in the eye.
[D#] But we got by, [C] we got [F] by, [D#]
we got [Cm] by, Lord knows we got [F] by.
Sometimes I [Gm] sing.
[Am]
[Gm]
[Cm]
[Fm] And [G#m] now baby's got a belly full of y'all, and [A#m] finally hears that new bicycle.
[G#m] Working great in June to June, and [C#m] mama's got LA gleaming in her [F#] eyes.
But we got by, [E] we [C#] got [F#] by, [B]
we got by, [C#m] Lord knows we [F#] got by.
She kept [A] on walking and talking and honking and ooing and cooing and [F#] ooing.
Loving and tugging and hugging and rubbing [A#m] and sugging and hugging.
[A] And yelling and praying, swinging and lifting and stretching [F#] and dancing,
and dancing, lying and flying and trying [C#] and dying [B] inside.
[F#]
[A#m] [B]
[E] [F#] [C#]
[A]
[F#] We got by, [A] we got by, [F#] we got by, we got by, Lord knows we got by.
[A] By [B]
[C#] [F#] and by, [A] by [B]
and [C#] by, by [F#]
and by.
[A] Oh, [B]
and the sweet, [D#] sweet love, [F#]
didn't we get [A] that?
By, [B]
by, [C#] [F#] by, by.
[A] Mmm, [B]
thank you mama, [C#] for providing.
[F#]
Thank you papa,
[B] for causing me to [B] tremble.
[F#]
Hand me down [Gm] the missing shoes, they [Cm] brought the yuletides in [F] July.
I [G]
rode a bus, a [Gm] train, sometimes [Am] strolling for miles to a movie show.
[G]
Singing the songs you'd be doing while [Cm] birds and rich folks flew right [F] on by.
But [D#] we got by, [G#] [F] we got by, [A#] we got by, [Cm] Lord knows we [F] got by.
[Gm]
Winter wishes wait till June, we [Am] brighten July with that hot dog [Gm] fun.
Tell your mama [G] you're with Sue, baby, you [C] bring some beans and I will [F] find the wine.
[Gm] Them neon [Dm] lights were brighter too, and sneaking [Em] back home [Am] with this girl named Jo.
[Gm] I hurried down to say I do, and instead [Cm] my first man shived [F] in the eye.
[D#] But we got by, [C] we got [F] by, [D#]
we got [Cm] by, Lord knows we got [F] by.
Sometimes I [Gm] sing.
[Am]
[Gm]
[Cm]
[Fm] And [G#m] now baby's got a belly full of y'all, and [A#m] finally hears that new bicycle.
[G#m] Working great in June to June, and [C#m] mama's got LA gleaming in her [F#] eyes.
But we got by, [E] we [C#] got [F#] by, [B]
we got by, [C#m] Lord knows we [F#] got by.
She kept [A] on walking and talking and honking and ooing and cooing and [F#] ooing.
Loving and tugging and hugging and rubbing [A#m] and sugging and hugging.
[A] And yelling and praying, swinging and lifting and stretching [F#] and dancing,
and dancing, lying and flying and trying [C#] and dying [B] inside.
[F#]
[A#m] [B]
[E] [F#] [C#]
[A]
[F#] We got by, [A] we got by, [F#] we got by, we got by, Lord knows we got by.
[A] By [B]
[C#] [F#] and by, [A] by [B]
and [C#] by, by [F#]
and by.
[A] Oh, [B]
and the sweet, [D#] sweet love, [F#]
didn't we get [A] that?
By, [B]
by, [C#] [F#] by, by.
[A] Mmm, [B]
thank you mama, [C#] for providing.
[F#]
Thank you papa,
[B] for causing me to [B] tremble.
[F#]
Key:
F#
B
F
A
Gm
F#
B
F
_ _ [F] _ Oh, [G] I hardly had a belly full, [Am] never knew a new _ [G] bicycle.
Hand me down [Gm] the missing shoes, they [Cm] brought the yuletides in [F] July.
I _ [G]
rode a bus, a [Gm] train, sometimes [Am] strolling for miles to a movie show.
[G]
Singing the songs you'd be doing while [Cm] birds and rich folks flew right [F] on by.
But [D#] we got by, _ _ [G#] _ [F] we got _ by, _ [A#] we got by, _ [Cm] Lord knows we [F] got by.
_ [Gm]
Winter wishes wait till June, we [Am] brighten July _ with that hot dog [Gm] fun.
Tell your mama [G] you're with Sue, baby, you [C] bring some beans and I will [F] find the wine.
[Gm] Them neon [Dm] lights were brighter too, and sneaking [Em] back home [Am] with this girl named Jo.
[Gm] I hurried down to say I do, and instead [Cm] my first man shived [F] in the eye.
_ [D#] But we got by, _ _ [C] we got _ [F] _ by, [D#] _
we got [Cm] by, Lord knows we got [F] by.
Sometimes I [Gm] sing.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Fm] _ And [G#m] now baby's got a belly full of y'all, and [A#m] finally hears that new bicycle.
[G#m] Working great in June to June, and [C#m] mama's got LA gleaming in her [F#] eyes.
But we got by, _ [E] we _ _ _ _ [C#] got [F#] by, _ _ [B] _ _
we got by, [C#m] Lord knows we [F#] got by.
She kept [A] on walking and talking and honking and ooing and cooing and [F#] ooing.
Loving and tugging and hugging and rubbing [A#m] and sugging and hugging.
[A] And yelling and praying, swinging and lifting and stretching [F#] and dancing,
and dancing, lying and flying and trying [C#] and dying [B] inside. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] We got by, [A] _ _ we got by, [F#] _ we got by, we got by, Lord knows we got by.
[A] By _ [B] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] and by, [A] by _ [B]
and [C#] by, by _ [F#]
and by.
[A] _ Oh, [B]
and the sweet, [D#] sweet love, [F#]
didn't we get [A] that?
By, _ [B] _
by, _ [C#] _ [F#] by, by.
[A] _ Mmm, [B]
thank you mama, [C#] for providing.
[F#]
Thank you papa, _ _ _ _
_ [B] for causing me to [B] tremble. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Hand me down [Gm] the missing shoes, they [Cm] brought the yuletides in [F] July.
I _ [G]
rode a bus, a [Gm] train, sometimes [Am] strolling for miles to a movie show.
[G]
Singing the songs you'd be doing while [Cm] birds and rich folks flew right [F] on by.
But [D#] we got by, _ _ [G#] _ [F] we got _ by, _ [A#] we got by, _ [Cm] Lord knows we [F] got by.
_ [Gm]
Winter wishes wait till June, we [Am] brighten July _ with that hot dog [Gm] fun.
Tell your mama [G] you're with Sue, baby, you [C] bring some beans and I will [F] find the wine.
[Gm] Them neon [Dm] lights were brighter too, and sneaking [Em] back home [Am] with this girl named Jo.
[Gm] I hurried down to say I do, and instead [Cm] my first man shived [F] in the eye.
_ [D#] But we got by, _ _ [C] we got _ [F] _ by, [D#] _
we got [Cm] by, Lord knows we got [F] by.
Sometimes I [Gm] sing.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Fm] _ And [G#m] now baby's got a belly full of y'all, and [A#m] finally hears that new bicycle.
[G#m] Working great in June to June, and [C#m] mama's got LA gleaming in her [F#] eyes.
But we got by, _ [E] we _ _ _ _ [C#] got [F#] by, _ _ [B] _ _
we got by, [C#m] Lord knows we [F#] got by.
She kept [A] on walking and talking and honking and ooing and cooing and [F#] ooing.
Loving and tugging and hugging and rubbing [A#m] and sugging and hugging.
[A] And yelling and praying, swinging and lifting and stretching [F#] and dancing,
and dancing, lying and flying and trying [C#] and dying [B] inside. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] We got by, [A] _ _ we got by, [F#] _ we got by, we got by, Lord knows we got by.
[A] By _ [B] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] and by, [A] by _ [B]
and [C#] by, by _ [F#]
and by.
[A] _ Oh, [B]
and the sweet, [D#] sweet love, [F#]
didn't we get [A] that?
By, _ [B] _
by, _ [C#] _ [F#] by, by.
[A] _ Mmm, [B]
thank you mama, [C#] for providing.
[F#]
Thank you papa, _ _ _ _
_ [B] for causing me to [B] tremble. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _