We Got By chords by Al Jarreau

Chords with lyrics

Intro: Cm9Cm9 Abmaj7/Bb FMaj9Fmaj9


verse 1
          Gm7Gm7
I hardly had a bellyful
   Am7Am7       Abm7Abm7
Never knew a new bicycle
Gm7Gm7
Hand-me-down books and shoes
Gm7Gm7         Cm9Cm9 Abmaj7/Bb FMaj9Fmaj9
They brought the yule tides in July


verse 2
 Gm7Gm7
I rode a bus, a train and sometimes
       Am7Am7      Abm7Abm7
Strolling for miles to a movie show
Gm7Gm7
Singing a song "Shoobedoo
Gm7Gm7         Cm9Cm9   Abmaj7/Bb
"While birds and rich folks flew
     FMaj9Fmaj9
Right on by

N.C.    Abmaj7/Bb FMaj9Fmaj9 Abmaj7/Bb
But we got by
Cm9Cm9  Amaj7/Bb FMaj9Fmaj9
Lord knows we got by


verse 3
Gm7Gm7
Winter wishes wait till June
       Am7Am7
We brightened July with
     Abm7Abm7 Gm7Gm7
That hot dog fun

Tell your mama you're with Sue
       Cm9Cm9
You bring the beans and I'll
Abmaj7/Bb FMaj9Fmaj9
Find the wine


verse 4
   Gm7Gm7
Them neon lights were bright
Gm7Gm7
Till 2:00
         Am7Am7
And sneaking back home with
     Abm7Abm7 Gm7Gm7
This girl named Jo

I hurried down to say do"
       Cm9Cm9
And stared my first man-child
Abmaj7/Bb FMaj9Fmaj9
In the  eye

N.C.    Abmaj7/Bb  FMaj9Fmaj9 Abmaj7/Bb
But we got by
Cm9Cm9  Amaj7/Bb  Fm7Fm7
Lord knows we got by


Verse 5
Gbm7Gbm7   Gm7Gm7         Abm7Abm7
And now baby's got his bellyful
Abm7Abm7    Bbmaj7Bbmaj7     Am7Am7
And finally here's that new bicycle
Abm7Abm7
Working, praying, June to June
      Dbm9Dbm9  Amaj7/B
And mama's got LA gleaming
    GbMaj9Gbmaj9
In her eye


N.C.    Amaj7/B  GbMaj9Gbmaj9 Amaj7/B
And we got by
Dbm9Dbm9   Amaj7/B GbMaj9Gbmaj9
Lord knows we got by


Outro
          Amaj7/B
You see we kept on walking
Amaj7/B
And talking, hawking
Amaj7/B
Ooing, cooing, wooing
GbMaj9Gbmaj9
Loving, tugging, hugging, rubbing
GbMaj9Gbmaj9      Abmaj7/B
Sugging, fugging, laying, praying, swaying
Abmaj7/B            GbMaj9Gbmaj9
Letting, fretting, begetting, lying
GbMaj9Gbmaj9
Flying, trying, sighing, dying
Amaj7/B            GbMaj9Gbmaj9
ad lib scat
Amaj7/B            GbMaj9Gbmaj9
Amaj7/B            GbMaj9Gbmaj9