The Jam – I Got By In Time (Ukulele)

G#m:    466444
G#m/F#: 466444 (F# implied by the bass)

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

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

B                    G#m
Didn't recognize her face at first

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'Cos I was probably looking at mine

          E
Yeah well 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, it was serious

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

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

            G#m
I got by in time

n.C.
Well let me tell ya now

B       B/A        G#m
I saw a guy that I used to know

B        B/A        G#m
Man he's changed so much

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

   B      B/A        G#m
He hardly opened his mouth

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

B     B/A     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 didn't know why

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And well that's the way that it goes

B
I suppose

C#m           D#m
What you say, what you do

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

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And all the bonds you make between

       B                  B7
Can be broken anytime you want, now

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

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I've got to know the truth

E               B
I don't mean to fail anyone but

C#m                       F#             B
You know it's somethin' I do o-o-oh

   B/A     G#m
So nice to see you tonight

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And I'm so glad that you came

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I'm sure the people all standing outside say

B     B/A      G#m
'Sure feel the same'

     E
Yeah my point is in a roundabout way

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In time you will always forget

         F#                           E
'Cos 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

    F#                    G#m
And no-one can take them away