Based on YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ComvXGgjkwM
6/8
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] [Abmaj9/Bb] [Fmaj9]
Tell your mama you're with Sue, baby, you bring some beans and I will find the wine
[Gm9] [Gm9] [Am9] [Am9] [Abm9]
Them neon lights were bright 'til 2:00, and sneaking back home with this girl 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] [Am9]
And now baby's got his bellyful y'all, and finally here's, that new bicycle
[G#m9] [G#m9] [C#m9] [Amaj9/B] [F#maj9]
Working, praying, June to June, and mama's got LA, gleaming in her eye
Chorus 3
[Amaj9/B]
Woaa..., and we got by...
[F#maj9]
We got by......., yeah
[Amaj9/B]
Hoooo, we got by
[C#m9] [Amaj9/B] [F#maj9]
Lord knows we got by
Bridge
[Amaj9/B] [Amaj9/B]
You see, we kept on walking and talking and hawking and ooing and cooing and wooing
[F#maj9] [F#maj9]
Loving and tugging and hugging and rubbing and sugging and fugging
[Amaj9/B] [Amaj9/B]
And laying, praying, swaying, letting and fretting and netting
[F#maj9] [F#maj9]
Begetting, lying and flying and trying and dying and sighing
[Scat Solo]
[Amaj9/B] [Amaj9/B] [F#maj9] [F#maj9]
[Amaj9/B] [Amaj9/B] [F#maj9] [F#maj9]
[Amaj9/B] [Amaj9/B] [F#maj9] [F#maj9]
We got by, yes, we got by
[Amaj9/B] [Amaj9/B] [F#maj9] [F#maj9]
Woa, we got by, yeah, let's now help me sing
Outro
[F#m7/B] [F#m6/B] [F#maj7] [F#6]
By.... and by, by... and by
[F#m7/B] [F#m6/B] [F#maj7] [F#6]
By.... and by, by... and by
[F#m7/B] [F#m6/B] [F#maj7] [F#6]
Ooh, we gonna sweet, sweet by, and didn't we get there?
[F#m7/B] [F#m6/B] [F#maj7] [F#6]
By, by, by, by
[F#m7/B] [F#m6/B] [F#maj7] [F#6]
Mmmmm, thank you mama, provided, thank you papa
[Bmaj9] [Amaj9/B]
'Causing me to tremble
