Getting By A Quarter At A Time Cifras

From the album "Paint Me Back Home In Wyoming" (1978)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/Are0Ka6o25I
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DfaWi0OxFZZNsDfOFYADk?si=5dc81daf05a946a4
 
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C            F      C
 She's not a kid anymore
        F           G7            C
She can hide her age in these dim lights
        F              G7        C                  Am
Waitin' tables in this bar ain't what she's lookin' for
    F                                         G     G7
The short years fly by but oh, the long, long nights
 
 
[Verse 2]
  C            F            C
A bar tends to make a woman hard
        F           G7                C
Read a story in the lines beneath her eyes
   F            G           C               Am
As tips hit the table, they jingle and they jangle
F             G            C
 Get her by a quarter at a time
 
 
[Chorus]
      F            G            C    Am
She's getting by a quarter at a time
  F              G7                 C    C7
A diamond in the rough has lost her shine
F                   G7         C             Am
 Slingin' drinks at least will pay the rent again
F             G7           C
 Get her by a quarter at a time
 
 
[Post-Chorus]
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[Verse 3]
 C           F           C
Another man stands up to leave
F        G                C
 She's always been left behind
    F                    G7        C               Am
The change she's waitin' for keeps walkin' out the door
        F                   G7
But her quarters are sliver lined
 
 
[Verse 4]
      C         F           C    C7
She's danced to everybody's tune
             F        G7              C    C7
But gettin' stepped on don't make her cry
    F              G7     C                Am
But after work the jukebox brings a little teardrop
    F               G7           C
The memories cost a quarter at a time
 
 
[Chorus]
      F            G            C    Am
She's getting by a quarter at a time
  F              G7                 C    C7
A diamond in the rough has lost her shine
F                   G7         C             Am
 Slingin' drinks at least will pay the rent again
F             G7           C
 Get her by a quarter at a time
      F            G7           C
She's getting by a quarter at a time
 
 
[Outro]
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(repeat and fade)
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