{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2893718,"song":"Just Getting By","artist":"Joshua Davis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11651259-just-getting-by-chords-by-joshua-davis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2893718?type=chord","rating":0.09505,"votes":0,"content":"The C and C/G chords are played as Cadd9 with the E hammered on with the middle finger immediately after.\r\nSame for many of the Am7 chords, which are sometimes Am11 with the E hammered on.\r\nSame for the F chords, which are almost always Fsus2 with the A hammered on.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere were days, I swear there were, when the colors were a little brighter,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDodging cars on handlebars, and my heart couldn't've been lighter.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as the sun settled down, for a long nights rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStreetlights came on and I tried to do my best[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo get on home.  To get on home.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo get on home before my mother called my name.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow I cruise around my hometown, tryin to force a smile.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll the neighborhood kids are tryin' to make it on the skids, and they've been gone for a long while.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nempty facto-ries, empty streets and empty sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Truth is, we're doing our best to just get on by.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust getting by.  Just getting by.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWell there's something that we've lost along the way.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGetting by.  We're getting by.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's something that we're losing every day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe had my heart right from the start, we drank and carried on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe sang and read in a broken bed and stayed up until the dawn.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe'd send me with a song each night out on the road.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe was stuck there in my head, jus-a calling me back home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow get on home.  Get on home.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGet on home before your darlin' sails away.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\noh wooh ooh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo the days and nights keep sailing by, just like they like to do.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe and I sang that lullaby til our children saw them true.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSometimes we sit together when all the house is dark,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDust off our favorite records, just-a searching for that spark.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe're getting by.  We're getting by.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C/G[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWell there's something that we've lost along the way.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGeting by.  Getting byyy.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDoes the spirit of the past get cast away?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\noooOOOHH\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said there's more to this, I know there is, I get a glimpse of it sometimes.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBaby when we're driving late at night, we got the windows open wide.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBaby when you hold me, ba-aby when you smile,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am7[/ch]              [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe're not just getting by, for just a little while.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\noh oo OO  oh oo OO  wa-oh ooo  OoOo ooo[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\noh oo OO  oh oo OO  wa-oh ooo  OoOo ooo[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust getting by.  Just getting byyy.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIs there so-omething that we've lost along the way?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust getting by.  Getting by.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou know you can't go back the way you came.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou've got to find your home along the way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro woah-oohs]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwoah ooo OOO   woah oo OOO   wa-oh ooo  OoOo ooo[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwoah ooo OOO   woah oo OOO   wa-oh ooo  OoOo ooo[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwoah ooo OOO   woah oo OOO   wa-oh ooo  OoOo ooo[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwoah ooo OOO   woah oo OOO   wa-oh ooo  OoOo ooo[/tab]","plain_text":"The C and C/G chords are played as Cadd9 with the E hammered on with the middle finger immediately after.\nSame for many of the Am7 chords, which are sometimes Am11 with the E hammered on.\nSame for the F chords, which are almost always Fsus2 with the A hammered on.\n\n\n[Intro]\nC/G F\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nF\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nF C F\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\noooOOOHH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC F Am7 G C\n\n\n[Outro woah-oohs]","chords":["C","C/G","Cadd9","E","F","Fsus2","A","Am7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}