The Getting By Ii Cifras

[Intro]
Bb Eb Gm F
 
[Verse]
Bb                Bbsus4
When I get up she swears that she don't hear it
Bb               Bbsus4
Says that I'm as quiet as a mouse
Bb                            Bbsus4      Bb
I comb my hair and throw some water on my face
                    Bbsus4
And back out of the stillness of our house
 
Bb Bbsus4 x2
 
Bb
Dishwater days
    Bbsus4
She says she doesn't notice
Bb                        Bbsus4
Nothing's changed but the sadness in her eyes
Bb                        Bbsus4
Maybe it's something that I could have prevented
   Bb
Or maybe the whole damn dream was just a lie
 
[Chorus]
   Gm                     F
Or maybe it's the getting by
Bb                     Eb
Maybe it's the getting by
     Ebsus2
It'd swallow up your every step
           F
Boy, if it could
    Gm                      F
But maybe it's the stuff it takes
   Bb                      Eb
To get up when the morning breaks
Ebsus2
And hold on
Ebsus2
Can you hold on?
Ebsus2
Can you hold on?
F
Can you hold on
                   Bb    Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
Till the getting's good?
 
[Verse]
   Eb
Ya know I believe
   Bb
Ya know I can't deny it
    F                       Bb
But people were told they'd prosper in this land
      Eb                 Bb
Still I know some who've never seen the ocean
   F
Or set one foot on a velvet bed of sand
 
Bb             Bbsus4                 Bb
They got their treasure laying way up high
           Bbsus4                Bb
But when I look up, all I see is sky
                Bbsus4
Can you tell me
                Bb
Can you tell me why?
                Bbsus4
Can you tell me
                Bb
Can you tell me why?
                Bbsus4
Can you tell me
                Bb
Can you tell me why?
 
[Bridge]
N.C.                        Bb
When I look up all I see is sky
                            Bb
When I look up all I see is sky, sky
                            Bb
When I look up all I see is sky, sky
                       Gm
Mother can you tell me why, why
                             Bb
When I look up, all I see is sky, sky?
Bb
When I look up, all I see
 
[Chorus]
   Gm                     F
Or maybe it's the getting by
Bb                     Eb
Maybe it's the getting by
     Ebsus2
It'd swallow up your every step
           F
Boy, if it could
    Gm                      F
But maybe it's the stuff it takes
   Bb                      Eb
To get up when the morning breaks
Ebsus2
And hold on
Ebsus2
Can you hold on?
Ebsus2
Can you hold on?
F
Can you hold on
                   Gm    Bb
Till the getting's good?
 
[Outro]
Ebsus2
Can you hold on?
Ebsus2
Can you hold on?
F
Can you hold on?
                   Bb    Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4
Till the getting's good?
Bb
Can you hold on?
Bbsus4
Can you hold on?
Bb
Can you hold on?
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