Societys Got Us By The You Know What chords by Donna Fargo

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

♫ Intro:

| G | Am G |



♫ Chorus:
  C                     G
Societies got us by the you-know-what
      D              G
We’re living way too high
       C                     G
We got champagne taste and a beer pocketbook
         D                    G
And it's all we can do to get by

♫ Verse 1:
G
I keep sayin' I'll never bring it up again
                      D
But I just can't keep still
D
Who ever heard of people poor as us
                         G
Drive a Cadillac Coupe Deville
G
We wear fancy clothes
                                                  C
That we can't anyway afford than anything else we do
                             G
There outta be a law against living this way
        D                       G
When we need little things like food
        F                      G
And I'm gonna have to spend my birthday money
C            D         G
  To pay the telephone bill
F                     G                   A
That's what I get for feeling the kind of hopes
                  D
I can't afford to fill

♫ Chorus:
         C                     G
'Cause society's got us by the you-know-what
      D              G
We’re living way too high
       C                     G
We got champagne taste and a beer pocketbook
         D                    G   F  G  G
And it's all we can do to get by

♫ Verse 2:
G
And we can't afford this kind of rent
                        D
But I know you wouldn't move
                                   D7
And who am I kidding I wouldn't either
                           G
This is what you call in a groove
G
Oh, it's our little way of feeling big
                          C
When you can't be big for real
                          G
And we do deserve these material things
   D                  G
We just can't pay the bills
      F                         G
We're afflicted with a love and high class dreams
    C          D       G
And we can't afford to dream
    F                    G
But knowing all that and doin' something 'bout it
    A             D
Are two different things

♫ Chorus:
         C                     G
'Cause societies got us by the you-know-what
      D              G
We’re living way too high
       C                     G
We got champagne taste and a beer pocketbook
         D                    G
And it's all we can do to get by

♫ Chorus:
       C                     G
Yes, societies got us by the you-know-what
      D              G
We’re living way too high
       C                     G
We got champagne taste and a beer pocketbook
         D                    G  D#  G#
And it's all we can do to get by

♫ Chorus:
       C#                    G#
Yes, societies got us by the you-know-what
      D#             G#
We’re living way too high
       C#                    G#
We got champagne taste and a beer pocketbook
         D#                   G#
And it's all we can do to get by

♫ Outro:
       C#                    G#
Yes, societies got us by the you-know-what
      D#             G#
We’re living way too high
       C#                    G#
We got champagne taste and a beer pocketbook