Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Gary Louris - We'll Get By

Capo II

D.............D/C
everyone said

G...............................Em
take a sip from your tea of tears

D..........D/C
nobody cried

G...............................Em
for the passing of the lonely years
flat on my back
as I heard them calling out my name
lady in black
at the gathering for all who came

A..A/G

G............................Em........................A...A/G
we'll get by but we don't know how

G.............................Em
we'll get by but we don't know how

when I was young
little children how we used to play
chased the blues and the shadow lights away
oh how our laughter filled the air
even to the other fools to care

we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how

wallpapered halls
looking back at what it cost
the factory calls
finding days that we thought were lost
our little men
did they really expect to win when
morning it stands
between the piety and truth

we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how

2 comments:

Jeffrey said...

Thanks so much, appreciate it!

Unknown said...

The first few lines do not include the move from D to D/C but stay on the D for two measures, and then the chord progression as written above is correct. But later in the song the verses have a D - D/C - D/B - D/A# progression, and toward the end there is a modulation where the A - A/G - G - Em structure becomes Bm - Bm/A - G - Em.