just getting by

Lucky enough to have two versions of this submitted; I have posted both versions.


capo 4th fret

chords
C/B - 020010
Em7 - 0220030

(also, sometimes during the F chords, the note on the G string is oscillated (pulled off and hammered back on)
(if fingered correctly, it would be your middle finger). I've put a * next to the ones that do this, 
 you'll be able to hear it. The same goes for the Em7 note, but the note on the B string is just pulled off)

C     C/B   Am        F                   C
look at me, I'm the one who got away
      C/B                       Em7
the one who could've shone
F*
I tried to do my best but
C                 C/B                       F*
I guess your best don't last for long


Look at me, standing with my tattered pride
Of toothless little lions
We tried to make a difference
C                 C/B                       F*          G
Do something no one else had tried

chorus
                Am        F*             C             C/B            F                             
But if you see me walking and you're wondering why
         E                                    Am
Well, it's just the business of life
                                 F*           G
If you're not getting lucky
                               C     C/B    Am      F     (G    C) *see below
You're just getting by

      (G                        C) *
E----3---1----1----0-----0-------
B----3---3----3----3-----1-------
G----0---0----0----0-----0-------
D----0---0----0----0-----2-------
A----2---2----2----2-----3-------
E----3---3----3----3-----0-------
(play this variation before going into third verse)

Look at me, is it written on my face
The luxuries I've known
Am I a foreign presence someplace that used to be my home

So you see me walking, just a regular guy
well, it's just the business of life
If you're not getting lucky
You're just getting by

           F                 Dm                                   Am             E                     
In that weightlessness that comes with good luck
                              Dm                 D              
The one thing you don't expect
                                  Dsus    
Is feeling the drop

Look at me, I'm the one who got away
And then came crawling back
I tried to do my best but
I guess I never had the knack

So you see me walking and you're wondering why
well, it's just the business of life
                                 F             G
If you're not getting lucky
                                 F              G
If you're not getting lucky
                               C      C/B     Am
You're just getting by
           F                 G      
You're just getting by
                  C     C/B      Am
just getting by
F                G
just getting by

C   C/B    Am     F   G
(…to fade out)


Transcribed by Troy Heffelfinger
(wynterfire@hotmail.com)




Capo on 4th fret

C   G/b    F			 C 	  G/b   	   Em	 F
Look at me, I'm the one who got away, the one who could've shone 
		    	C  	      G/h		  F
I try to do my best, but I guess your best don't last for long 

C   G/b    Am	     F		      C        G/b		Em	F
Look at me, standing with my tattered pride of toothless little lines 
			    C		  G/h		  F	G
We try to make a difference, do something no one else had tried 

	   Am	  F		     C    G/b	    F
But if you see me walking and you're wondering why 
     E			       Am
Well it's just the business of life 
			F   G			 C G/b Am F G G
If you're not getting lucky, you're just getting by 

(as 2nd)
Look at me, is it written on my face, the luxuries I've known? 
Am I a fallen presence, someplace that used to be my home? 


So if you see me walking, just a regular guy 
Well it's just the business of life 		 C G/b Am
If you're not getting lucky, you're just getting by     

	    F		  Bb		       Am	E
And in that weightlessness that comes with good luck 
		  Dm	      D
The one thing you don't expect is feeling the drop 

(as 2nd)
Look at me, I'm the one who got away, and then came crawling back 
I try to do my best, but I guess I never had the knack 


So if you see me walking, and you're wondering why 
Well it's just the business of life 
		      F	   G			   F	 G
If you're not getting lucky, If you're not getting lucky,
		    C G/b Am
you're just getting by, 
	F	    G
you're just getting by, 
		    C G/b Am
you're just getting by,
F	     G  (repeat and fade)
just getting by

submitted by Jakob Lose