We Got By Chords by Al Jarreau

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[G#] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _
_ [G#] _ [Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ I hardly had a belly full, _ [Am] never [Em] knew a new [D#m] bicycle.
[Gm] Hand-me [F]-downs and shoes, [G] they brought [Cm] the [G#] yuletides in [F] July.
I _ rode a [Gm] bus, sometimes strolling [Am] from mine [C] to a [B] movie [F] show.
Singing the song, shooby doo, while [D#] birds and rich [G#] folks flew right [F] on by.
But [Cm] we got by, _ we _ [F] got by, _ _ _ [G#] _ [Gm] and _ _ [Cm] all I know is [F] that _ winter wishes heat to [C] June.
We [Gm] brightened [C] July with [Am] that hot [B] dog [G] flood.
I tell your mama [F] you're with Sue, baby.
[A#] [G] You bring some beans, girl, [G#] and I'll [F] find us some wine.
And [A#] then neon [Dm] lights were bright to tune.
[Gm] I'm sneaking [Am] back home with this girl [B] named [A#] Jo.
I hurried down to say adieu.
[D#] And I stared my first [G#] man [F] child in the [Cm] eye, oh.
Oh, [G#] but we got by, _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ yeah, [C] [Fm] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[A#] _ [Cm] I ride a lorry, _ _ [F] sometimes I do say doo, doo, doo, [A#] doo, [C] doo, _ [Em] _ [C] doo.
[B] _ [G] _
_ [A#] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [D#] _
[G#] _ _ [Fm] _ [E] [F] And [B] now baby's got his belly [F] full, y'all.
And finally [Fm] here he is, that new bicycle.
[C] _
[B] Working, praying June to [D#m] June.
And [C#m] mama's got [A] LA green in [D#m] her eyes.
[A] Oh,
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[F#] _ we got by, _ [A#m] _ _
[A] _ _ _ got by, [C#m] I [A] know that we [F#] got by.
You see, we [A] kept on walking and talking and hopping and moving and moving and [D#m] wooing.
Loving and tugging and [F#] hugging and rubbing and sucking and [A] bugging.
Leaning and waiting and shooting and lifting and pressing and [D#m] kissing.
And lying and crying and [F#] dying and dying and [Am] crying [A] inside. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [G#] We [A] got by, yeah, yeah, _ yeah, yeah, _ _
[G#m] _ _ [A#m] _ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ yeah.
[F#] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [Bm] Oh, _ _ _
[F#] but _ we got [E] by, yeah, yeah, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah.
And finally here he is, that new bicycle.
[F#] _ _ _ _ And with a little bit of [E] help _ from my heart.
[F#] _ _ _ _ A little bit of [A#m] help from my [C#m] friends.
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With [F#] _ a little bit of help from the songs.
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_ [F#m] _ [D#] [C#] We all out there, come on, friends.
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Woo.
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_ [C#] Bye.
[A] Bye.
Bye.
[F#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ Thank you very much.
Good night.
God bless [F#m] you.
We'll see you again. _
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