The Jam – I Got By In Time (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)

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[email protected] 27th December 2000, 7.15pm (Paul Weller) Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

[Chords]
B      = 799877 or x24442                C#m = 9-11-11-9-9-9

A      = 577655                          D#m = 11-13-13-11-11-11
G#m    = 466444 or x-11-13-13-12-11      B7  = xx9875
G#m/F# = x-9-13-13-12-x                  D#  = 11-13-13-12-11-11
B/A    = x04442 or xx7877                E*  = 12-14-14-13-12-12
E      = 022100 or x7999x                F#7 = x-9-11-9-11-9-9

G#m7 = 466474 Note: The G#m/F# is implied by the bass, so I've put it in brackets, but if you want to play it on the guitar, it's much easier to start by playing the G#m at the 11th fret then moving your index finger to the 9th fret. Another option that mimics that descending sound is to play G#m/F# as G#m7 = 464444 and B/A as B7 = 797877. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] B A G#m (G#m/F#) x2 B (B/A) G#m (G#m/F#) B A G#m (G#m/F#) F# [Verse 1]

B      (B/A)        G#m    (G#m/F#)
  Saw a girl that I used to know

      B      (B/A)           G#m  (G#m/F#)
I was deep in thought at the time

B             A        G#m    (G#m/F#)
  Didn't recognise her face at first

             B        A          G#m  (G#m/F#)
'Cause I was probably lookin' at mine

          E
Yeah, but she was the only girl I've ever loved,

       B           (B/A)       G#m
But my folks didn't dig her so much

      F#                    E
I was young (young), it was serious,

       F#             E
And to me she was the world (she was my world, now)

F#                    E
  I thought I'd never live without her, but

F#            G#m   G#m7
  I got by in time

N.C. Well, let me tell ya now [Verse 2]

B      (B/A)       G#m    (G#m/F#)
  Saw a guy that I used to know

B        (B/A)       G#m  (G#m/F#)
Man, he's changed so much

B            A           G#m   (G#m/F#)
  I think it hurt him to say hello

   B      A          G#m   (G#m/F#)
He hardly opened his mouth

            E
Yeah, well, he was my best friend a few years ago,

B               G#m
  Truly inseparable

        F#                E
We were young (young) and full of ideas

        F#              E
We were gonna rule this whole world,

    F#                    E
But something happened, I did't know why, and

F#                             G#m
  Well, that's the way that it goes

[Bridge]

           C#m           D#m
I suppose... what you say, what you do

           B                        B7
Don't mean nothing, nothing at all (nothing at all), yeah

C#m                     D#m
  And all the bonds you make between you can be

B                    B7
  Broken anytime you want, now

D#                        G#m
  Please tell me if my philosphy's wrong

     D#              G#m
I've got to know the truth

E*                B
  I don't mean to fail anyone, but

C#m                         F#7
  You know it's somethin' I do, oh-oh-oh

[Outro]

B    A       G#m     (G#m/F#)
  So nice to see ya tonight, and I'm

B    A             G#m  (G#m/F#)
  So glad that you came

B             (B/A)       G#m        (G#m/F#)
  I'm sure the people all standin' outside say,

B        (B/A)     G#m  (G#m/F#)
 "Sure, I feel the same,"

      E
Yeah, my point is, in a roundabout way,

      B             (B/A)   G#m
Given time, you will always forget

           F#                           E
'Cause the memories (memories) that are shouting me on

   F#                 E
To me they're... everything (they're everything, now)

F#                   E
  I know they always will be mine, and

F#                      G#m  F#
  No one can take them away

B (B/A) G#m (G#m/F#) x4 F# B