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Whatever Gets You Through The Night

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Waylon Jennings - 1984
Written by Bob McDill, not to be confused with the John Lennon song of the same title.
Use alternate bass note picking on this, except for the strums and hold at the end of the chorus,
and the holds at the end of verses 2 & 4.  Also, use these shapes for the G and F#.
G   x-5-4-3-3-x
F#  x-4-3-2-2-x
[Chorus]
AWhatever gets you through the Dnight
Whatever makes everything all Aright
I'm not the kind to judge you Esee
What you do is all right with me
Whatever gets you through the AnightG  F#  A  
[Verse 1]
Well,some guys just don't care they Esay
Play all night and sleep all Aday
Then some work 'til the day they Edie
Some get rich and some get Aby
[Verse 2]
Some spend their lifetime having Dfun
Some say they're gonna wait 'til Jesus Acomes
Some say that girls are their Edownfall
Some boys don't like girls at AallG  F#  A  
[Chorus]
Whatever gets you through the Dnight
Whatever makes everything all Aright
I'm not the kind to judge you Esee
What you do is all right with me
Whatever gets you through the AnightG  F#  A  
[Verse 3]
Well, some like cars and fancy Eclothes
Some live fast and some live Aslow
Some spend their life searching for Etruth
Some come to church in a three piece Asuit
[Verse 4]
Well, I've heard a good woman is all you Dneed
I've heard some guys need two or Athree
Some want to save the world I'm Etold
Some just want to rock'n'ArollG  F#  A  
[Chorus]
Whatever gets you through the Dnight
Whatever makes everything all Aright
I'm not the kind to judge you Esee
What you do is all right with me
Whatever gets you through the Anight

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Whatever Gets You Through The Night

by Waylon Jennings

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Waylon Jennings - 1984

Written by Bob McDill, not to be confused with the John Lennon song of the same title.

Use alternate bass note picking on this, except for the strums and hold at the end of the chorus,

and the holds at the end of verses 2 & 4. Also, use these shapes for the G and F#.

G x-5-4-3-3-x

F# x-4-3-2-2-x

[Chorus]

A D

Whatever gets you through the night

Whatever makes everything all right

I'm not the kind to judge you see

What you do is all right with me

A G F# A

Whatever gets you through the night

[Verse 1]

Well,some guys just don't care they say

Play all night and sleep all day

Then some work 'til the day they die

Some get rich and some get by

[Verse 2]

Some spend their lifetime having fun

Some say they're gonna wait 'til Jesus comes

Some say that girls are their downfall

A G F# A

Some boys don't like girls at all

[Chorus]

Whatever gets you through the night

Whatever makes everything all right

I'm not the kind to judge you see

What you do is all right with me

A G F# A

Whatever gets you through the night

[Verse 3]

Well, some like cars and fancy clothes

Some live fast and some live slow

Some spend their life searching for truth

Some come to church in a three piece suit

[Verse 4]

Well, I've heard a good woman is all you need

I've heard some guys need two or three

Some want to save the world I'm told

A G F# A

Some just want to rock'n'roll

[Chorus]

Whatever gets you through the night

Whatever makes everything all right

I'm not the kind to judge you see

What you do is all right with me

Whatever gets you through the night

About Whatever Gets You Through The Night Chords by Waylon Jennings

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The chords for "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" show the original chord names (including G, F, A, D, E, F#). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.