Intro:
A5  D5

VERSE 1:
E5
Well, I got a lot, Lord, I got a lotta losin? 

A5
Friends and heroes packin? up and movin? 
B5
And one of these days I?ll be left with nothin? 
C#5
But memories and no time  
B5
So I better get Yeah, I better get accustomed 
A5
?Cause, I got a lot Lord, I got a lotta losin? 
E5             A5            E5           B5
By and by and by and by and by 


VERSE 2:
E

Well, we never got laid  But we had a lotta laughs, so 

A5
Runnin? like thieves through the streets of Chicago 

B5
Look at me now, I?m leanin? out of open windows, singin?

C#5
I still miss someone 

B5
So I better get,  Yeah, I better get accustomed 
A5
?Cause, I got a lot Lord, I got a lotta losin? 
E5             A5            E5           B5
By and by and by and by and by 


Chorus:
C#5        

Pickin? up speed   Pickin? up the pieces 

B5
Losin? leaves in every season  
A5
The winter ends right at my feet with 

B5
Flowers creepin? up through the crack in the concrete 



VERSE 1

Chorus

Outro

E5                        A5                       G5                       D5             E5
By and by and by and by and by and by and by and by and by