We Got By - Al Jarreau Chords

Chords: Cm9, Fmaj9, Gm9, Am9, Abm9, Fm7, F#m7, Gm7, G#m9, A#m9

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Genre: funk, r&b, jazz

74 bpm

[Intro]

Cm9 Abmaj9/Bb Fmaj9
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[Verse 1]

Gm9 Gm9 Am9 Am9
Oh, I hardly had a bellyful, never knew, a new bicycle

Gm9 Gm9 Cm9 Abmaj9/Bb Fmaj9
Hand-me-down books and shoes, they brought the yule tides in July, mmmm

Gm9 Gm9 Am9 Am9 Abm9
I rode a bus, a train and sometimes, sStrolling for miles, to a movie show

Gm9 Gm9 Cm9 Abmaj9/Bb Fmaj9
Singing a song "Shoobedoo", while birds and rich folks flew right on by

[Chorus 1]

N.C. Abmaj9/Bb
But, we got by...

Fmaj9
We got by..., yeah

Abmaj9/Bb
We got by......

Cm9 Amaj9/Bb Fmaj9
Lord knows we got by

[Verse 2]

Gm9 Gm9 Am9 Am9 Abm9
Winter wishes wait 'til June, we brightened July with that hot dog fun

Gm9 Gm9 Cm9
Tell your mama you're with Sue, baby, you bring some beans and I will

Abmaj9/Bb Fmaj9
find the wine

Gm9 Gm9 Am9 Am9
Them neon lights were bright 'til 2:00, and sneaking back home with this girl

Abm9
named Jo

Gm9 Gm9 Cm9 Abmaj9/Bb Fmaj9
I hurried down to say "I do", and stared my first man-child in the eye

[Chorus 2]

Abmaj9/Bb
Woa..., but we got by...

Fmaj9
We got by.......

Abmaj9/Bb
Woa, we got by

Cm9 Amaj9/Bb Fmaj9
Lord knows we got by, sometimes I sing

[Solo]

Gm9 Gm9 Am9 Am9 Abm9
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Gm9 Gm9 Cm9 Abmaj9/Bb Fm7
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[Verse 3]

F#m7 Gm7 G#m9 G#m9 A#m9 A#m9
And now baby's got his bellyful y'all, and finally here's, that new

Am9
bicycle

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