The Killers – The Getting By Ii (Guitar)

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[Intro] Eb F Bb Eb Gm F Eb F [Verse]
Bb
When I get up she swears that she don't hear it

Bb               Bb/Eb
Says that I'm as quiet as a mouse

Bb
I comb my hair and throw some water on my face

                    Bb/Eb
And back out of the stillness of our house
Bb Bb/Eb Bb F
Bb
Dishwater days

    Bb/Eb
She says she doesn't notice

Bb                        Bb/Eb
Nothing's changed but the sadness in her eyes

Bb                        Bb/Eb
Maybe it's something that I could have prevented

   Bb
Or maybe the whole damn dream was just a lie
[Chorus]
   Eb                     Gm
Or maybe it's the getting by

Bb                     Eb
Maybe it's the getting by

     Eb              Gm    Eb
It'd swallow up your every step

           F
Boy, if it could

    Eb                      Gm
But maybe it's the stuff it takes

   Bb                      Eb
To get up when the morning breaks

Eb               Gm
Can you hold on?

        F
Can you hold on?

Eb
Can you hold on?

F
Can you hold on

                   Bb    Bb/Eb F  Bb Bb/Eb  F
Till the getting's good?
[Verse]
   Eb
Ya know I believe

   Bb
Ya know I can't deny it

    F                       Bb
But people were told they'd prosper in this land

      Eb                 Bb
Still I know some who've never seen the ocean

   F
Or set one foot on a velvet bed of sand

Bb             Bb/Eb                  Bb
They got their treasure laying way up high

           Bb/Eb                 Bb
But when I look up, all I see is sky

                Bb/Eb
Can you tell me

        F       Bb
Can you tell me why?

                Bb/Eb
Can you tell me

        F       Gm
Can you tell me why?

                Bb/Eb
Can you tell me

        F        Bb
Can you tell me why?
[Bridge]
N.C.                        Bb
When I look up all I see is sky

       Bb/Eb                Bb
When I look up all I see is sky, sky

       Bb/Eb                Bb
When I look up all I see is sky, sky

Bb/Eb                  Gm
Mother can you tell me why, why

       Bb/Eb                 Bb
When I look up, all I see is sky, sky?

Bb      Bb/Eb
When I look up, all I see
[Chorus]
   Eb                     Gm
Or maybe it's the getting by

Bb                     Eb
Maybe it's the getting by

     Eb              Gm    Eb
It'd swallow up your every step

           F
Boy, if it could you know it would you know it

    Eb                      Gm
But maybe it's the stuff it takes

   Bb                      Eb
To get up when the morning breaks

Eb          Gm
And hold on

        F
Can you hold on?

Eb
Can you hold on?

F
Can you hold on

                   Gm    Eb    Bb    Eb
Till the getting's good?
[Outro]
Gm      F         Eb
Can you hold on?

                  F
Can you hold on?
Can you hold on?
                   Bb    Bb/Eb Bb Bb/Eb
Till the getting's good?

Bb
Can you hold on?

Bb/Eb
Can you hold on?

Bb                 Bb/Eb   Bb
Can you hold on?