Chris LeDoux – Getting By A Quarter At A Time (Guitar)
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From the album "Paint Me Back Home In Wyoming" (1978)
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DfaWi0OxFZZNsDfOFYADk?si=5dc81daf05a946a4
[Intro]
| C | C | C | C |
| C | C | C | C |
[Verse 1]
C F C She's not a kid anymore F G7 C She can hide her age in these dim lights F G7 C Am Waitin' tables in this bar ain't what she's lookin' for F G G7 The short years fly by but oh, the long, long nights
[Verse 2]
C F C A bar tends to make a woman hard F G7 C Read a story in the lines beneath her eyes F G C Am As tips hit the table, they jingle and they jangle F G C Get her by a quarter at a time
[Chorus]
F G C Am She's getting by a quarter at a time F G7 C C7 A diamond in the rough has lost her shine F G7 C Am Slingin' drinks at least will pay the rent again F G7 C Get her by a quarter at a time
[Post-Chorus]
| C | C | C | C |
[Verse 3]
C F C Another man stands up to leave F G C She's always been left behind F G7 C Am The change she's waitin' for keeps walkin' out the door F G7 But her quarters are sliver lined
[Verse 4]
C F C C7 She's danced to everybody's tune F G7 C C7 But gettin' stepped on don't make her cry F G7 C Am But after work the jukebox brings a little teardrop F G7 C The memories cost a quarter at a time
[Chorus]
F G C Am She's getting by a quarter at a time F G7 C C7 A diamond in the rough has lost her shine F G7 C Am Slingin' drinks at least will pay the rent again F G7 C Get her by a quarter at a time F G7 C She's getting by a quarter at a time
[Outro]
| C | C | C | C | (repeat and fade)