Jerry Jeff Walker – Getting By (Guitar)

Capo 2
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[Intro] D [Verse 1]
G            Am                       C                   D                     G
 Hi Buckaroos  Scamp walker time again  Yeah I'm trin' to slide one by you once more

G                          Am                           D
 Don't matter how you do it  just do it like you know it  I've been down that road

                G
once or twice before
[Chorus]
            C            D                G
Just gettin by on gettin by's my stock in trade

C                 G   C               D                   G
Livin' it day to day    pickin up the peices wherver they fall

C                D                Em                   C
 just lettin' it roll lettin' the high times carry the low

G                D                   G
  Just livin' my life easy come easy go
[Verse 2]
G                        Am                       C                       D                  G
 Last week I was thinkin'   it's record time again   And I could see Mike Matelin pacin' the floor

G                        Am                             D
 Ah Mike don't you worry   something's bound to come out   Besides I've been down this road

       G
once before
[Chorus]
            C            D                G
Just gettin by on gettin by's my stock in trade

C                 G   C               D                   G
Livin' it day to day    pickin up the peices wherver they fall

C                D                Em                   C
 just lettin' it roll lettin' the high times carry the low

G                D                   G
  Just livin' my life easy come easy go
[Instrumental] G Am C D G G Am D G [Chorus]
            C            D                G
Just gettin by on gettin by's my stock in trade

C                 G   C               D                   G
Livin' it day to day    pickin up the peices wherver they fall

C                D                Em                   C
 just lettin' it roll lettin' the high times carry the low

G                D                   G
  Just livin' my life easy come easy go
[Verse 3]
G                     Am                       C                       D
 Income tax is overdue  and I think she is too   Been busted  and I'll probally get

           G
busted some more

G                           Am
 But I'll catch it all later   Can't let 'em stop me now

D                                 G
 I've been down this road once or twice before
[Chorus]
            C            D                G
Just gettin by on gettin by's my stock in trade

C                 G   C               D                   G
Livin' it day to day    pickin up the peices wherver they fall

C                D                Em                   C
 just lettin' it roll lettin' the high times carry the low

G                D                   G
  Just livin' my life easy come easy go

            C            D                G
Just gettin by on gettin by's my stock in trade

C                 G   C               D                   G
Livin' it day to day    pickin up the peices wherver they fall

C                D                Em                   C
 just lettin' it roll lettin' the high times carry the low

G                D                   G
  Just livin' my life easy come easy go

G           D                   G  D  G
  livin' my life easy come easy go