The Getting By Ii chords by The Killers

♫ Intro:

C  Em  G  C
Em  D  C  D



♫ Verse :
G
  When I get up she swears that she don’t hear it

Says that I’m as quiet as a mouse

I comb my hair and throw some water on my face
                                       G
And back out of the stillness of our house
G

Dishwater days

She says she doesn’t notice

Nothing’s changed but the sadness in her eyes
G
Maybe it’s something that I could have prevented

Or maybe the whole **** dream was just a lie

♫ Chorus:
     C                   Em
Or maybe it’s the getting by
 G                      C
Maybe it’s the getting by
       Em         D          C
It’d swallow up your every step
             D
Boy, if it could
     C                       Em
But maybe it’s the stuff it takes
    G                         C
To get up when the morning breaks
         Em
And hold on
              C
Can you hold on?
              D
Can you hold on?

Can you hold on
                     G   C  D   G   C  D
Till the getting’s good?



♫ Verse :
C
Ya know I believe
    G
Ya know I can’t deny it
      D                       G
But people were told they’d prosper in this land
      C                    G
Still I know some who’ve never seen the ocean
    D                                G
Or set one foot on a velvet bed of sand

♫ Bridge:
G
  They got their treasure laying way up high

But when I look up, all I see is sky
 G
Can you tell me
  C       D       G
Can you tell me why?

Can you tell me
C         D     Em
Can you tell me why?

Can you tell me
C        D       G
Can you tell me why?
                             G
When I look up all I see is sky
                             G
When I look up all I see is sky, sky
                             G
When I look up all I see is sky, sky
                       Em
Mother can you tell me why, why
         C             D            G
When I look up, all I see is sky, sky?

When I look up, all I see

♫ Chorus:
 C                     Em
Maybe it’s the getting by
 G                     C
Maybe it’s the getting by
       Em              D     C
It’d swallow up your every step
             D
Boy, if it could
You know it would

You know it
     C                       Em
But maybe it’s the stuff it takes
    G                        C
To get up when the morning breaks
        Em
And hold on
         D       C
Can you hold on?
              D
Can you hold on?

Can you hold on
                     C
Till the gettin’s good?

♫ Instrumental:
C  Em  G  C


♫ Outro:
Em     D         C
  Can you hold on?
              G
Can you hold on

Can you hold on
                     G
Till the gettin’s good?

Can you hold on?

Can you hold on?
                 G
Can you hold on?