Jesse Welles – Dont We Get By (Guitar)

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As recorded by Jesse Welles (2025 release) [Intro] C G Am F C Dm E7 Am F C Dm G C [Verse 1]
          C           G     Am
Will the astonishment kill me

      F              C      Dm   E
Can I die from being blown aghast

          Am                            F   C
Somewhere out there a whale is swimmin. Hey!

           Dm             G       C
And when I find it I will know at last

          F
I seenthe silversmiths in baghdad and bosra

       Dm            G   E
I laid eyes on them alone

                   Am
I'm talking bout dimensions

                 F
I'm talkin bout ascending

   C/E          Dm              G           C
My soul's gonna know to come to me when i'm home
[Verse 2]
C               G        Am
Trace me back a thousand mothers

      F              C   Dm  E7
Maybe time is just a magazine

             Am
I wanna tell all the things i know

      F               C/E
How a mind can really grow

                Dm      G    C
But then again, I ain't ever been

     F
Unconditional love has conditions, love

       Dm             G   E7
Ask anyone, they know best

               Am                 F
I thought that Jesus was for everyone

C/E          Dm           G        C    G
I picked the wrong flavor Christ I guess
[Chorus]
    C
But don't we get by

C7
Don't we get by

F            Fm   C    G C G
Don't we get by alright?

Am           Em
Don't we get by

F            G    C
Don't we get by alright
[Harmonica Solo] C G Am F C/E Dm E7 Am F C Dm G C [Verse 2]
C                    G            Am
The skeletons of the living dead amongst us

          F                    C     Dm E7
Lived and laughed and loved so bitterly

           Am
They said "you had better hate

        F      C
All the people that I hate"

                 Dm       G
"you better wear the same skin

   C
As me"

          F
I've seen camels weave themselves through needles

          Dm                           G   E
I've seen angels avoid the eyes of the dead

      Am
Still blessed are the meek

    F             C/E
The geeks and the freaks

    Dm      G        C   G
Blessed are cursed instead
[Chorus]
    C
But don't we get by

C7
Don't we get by

F            Fm   C    G 
Don't we get by alright?

C            G
Don't we get by

Am           Em
Don't we get by

F            G    C
Don't we get by alright
[Bridge]
          F
There are Mesopotamian visions

          Dm                         G     E
And then again, there are midwestern dreams

             Am
I built a trebuchet to jump the wall and see 'em

                F                  C/E
While they were quarrying the Colosseum

                    G      C G
I saw a copy of the facsimile
[Chorus]
    C
But don't we get by

C7
Don't we get by

F            Fm   C    G 
Don't we get by alright?

C            G
Don't we get by

Am           Em
Don't we get by

F            G    C
Don't we get by alright
[Harmonica Solo] C G Am F C/E Dm E7 Am F C/E Dm G C Cmaj7