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JUST GETTING BY - Del Amitri
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Tabbed by: Kengus

Standard tuning
Capo on second fret!
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   D= (xx0232@1)xx0232    DM7sus2/C# = x42230    Bm/A= (x04440@1)x04432        C= (x32010@1)x32010 
F#m7= (131141@2)244220         Gsus2= (3x0233@1)300033      A7= (x02020@1)x02223       Em= (022000@1)022000
  Bm= (x24432@1)x24432             A= (x02220@1)x02225      A6= (x04xxx@1)x02222        E= (022100@1)022100
   G= (320003@1)320033           F#7= (242352@1)242352      G6= (320000@1)355430    Esus4= (022200@1)022200
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INTRO
D (xx0232@1)VERSE1
D (xx0232@1)   F#m7 (131141@2)  Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)    DM7sus2/C#    F#m7 (131141@2)  Look at me,   I'm the one who got away, the one who could've shone
G (320003@1)                          D (xx0232@1)            DM7sus2/C#         G (320003@1)  I tried to do my best, but  I guess your best don't last for long
Gsus2  G  Gsus2

VERSE2
D (xx0232@1)   F#m7 (131141@2) Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)   DM7sus2/C#          F#m7 (131141@2)  Look at me,  standing with my tattered pride of toothless little lions
G (320003@1)                            D (xx0232@1)          DM7sus2/C#         G (320003@1)Gsus2 (3x0233@1)A (x02220@1)  We try to make a difference,  do something no-one else had tried

CHORUS
           Bm (x24432@1)   G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1) DM7sus2/C#  GBut (320003@1)if you see me walking and you're wondering   why
     F#7 (242352@1)                     BmWell (x24432@1)it's just the business of life
          Bm/A (x04440@1)        G (320003@1)Gsus2 (3x0233@1)A (x02220@1)                     D (xx0232@1)DM7sus2/C# 
If you're not getting lucky,         you're just getting by
Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)A7 (x02020@1)A6 (x04xxx@1)VERSE3
D (xx0232@1)   F#m7 (131141@2) Bm (x24432@1)     G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)     DM7sus2/C#     F#m7 (131141@2)  Look at me,  is it written on my face, the luxuries I've known?
G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)             DM7sus2/C#     G (320003@1)   Gsus2 (3x0233@1)A (x02220@1)  Am I a foreign presence,  some place that used to be my home?

CHORUS
           Bm (x24432@1)  G (320003@1)             DDM7sus2/C# (xx0232@1) GSo (320003@1)if you see me walking, just a regular       guy
     F#7 (242352@1)                     BmWell (x24432@1)it's just the business of life
          Bm/A (x04440@1)        G (320003@1)Gsus2 (3x0233@1)A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)DM7sus2/C# 
If you're not getting lucky,         you're just getting by
Bm (x24432@1)BRIDGE
             G6 (320000@1)          C (x32010@1)                   BmAnd (x24432@1)in that weightlessness    that comes with good luck
F#7 (242352@1)                 Em (022000@1)         E (022100@1)                   Esus4 (022200@1)   The one thing you don't expect   is feeling the drop

VERSE4
D (xx0232@1)   F#m7 (131141@2) Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)    DM7sus2/C#     F#m7 (131141@2)  Look at me, I'm the one who got away, and then came crawling back
G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)       DM7sus2/C#      G (320003@1)   Gsus2 (3x0233@1)A (x02220@1)  I try to do my best, but  I guess I never had the knack

CHORUS
          Bm (x24432@1)   G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1) DM7sus2/C#  GSo (320003@1)if you see me walking and you're wondering   why
     F#7 (242352@1)                     BmWell (x24432@1)it's just the business of life
         Bm/A (x04440@1)         G (320003@1)Gsus2 (3x0233@1)A (x02220@1)                        G (320003@1)Gsus2 (3x0233@1)AIf (x02220@1)you're not getting lucky,         if you're not getting lucky
          D (xx0232@1)DM7sus2/C#  Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)A7You're (x02020@1)just getting by,                 you're just getting by
        A6 (x04xxx@1)  D (xx0232@1)DM7sus2/C#  BmJust (x24432@1)getting by
G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)A7 (x02020@1)A6Just (x04xxx@1)getting by.

OUTRO (fade-out)
D  DM7sus2/C#  Bm  G  A  A7  A6 (continue this until end)

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