Chords for I'm Just Gettin' By - John Prine

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_ _ [E] _ We've been in the studio trying to get a new record done.
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We _ _ [C#] make one every seven years, whether we [G] need to or not. _ _ _ _
_ There's a new song, it's called I'm Just Getting By.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ A man came to our house.
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[D] I believe it was [G] yesterday. _
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_ [D] _ _ Oh, we [G] have _ _
[Bm] invited him in, _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] but he didn't have a [G] lot to say. _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] His _ anticipation _ of [Em] me opening the door _ _ [B] outweighed my apprehension _ [Em] as it never had before, _ [B] and
so my _ concentration _ [Em] ran through that hardwood floor.
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I'm _ _ taking [G] a walk. _
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_ [D] _ I'm going _ [G] outside.
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_ [D] _ I'm taking [G] a walk. _
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_ [D] _ _ just getting [G] by.
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_ [G] _ There's a girl [Bm] in the White House.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ I don't [G] even know her name.
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_ [G] _ Her [A] disheveled [Bm] appearance _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
speaks [Dm] volumes of shame.
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_ [B] _ _ _ Embarrassing situation, [Em] but situation just the same. _
_ [B] The way she walks on [D] others _ [Em] and never takes the blame, _
_ [B] upsets my _ constitution.
[F#m] [Em] I think I need some more refrain. _
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_ [D] _ _ I'm _ _ taking a [G] walk. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ I'm going [G] outside. _ _ _ _ _
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I'm watching [G] the birds. _ _ _ _ _
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I'm just getting [G] by. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ Found a [Bm] card in the pocket.
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[D] Put my worn out _ [G] _ overalls on.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Put my girl in [Bm] Cedar Rapids.
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[D] Now residing in [G] Idaho Falls.
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ [B] I wish you could have been there _ [Em] when she opened up the door _ [G] [B] and looked me in the face _ [Em] like she never did before.
_ [B] I felt a bow and a welcome _ [Em] at the Walmart shipping store.
_ _ [C] _ Woo _ -hoo.
_ [D] Wow. _ _
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_ _ I'm taking [G] a walk. _
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_ [D] _ I'm going [G] outside. _
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[D] _ _ I'm taking [G] a walk. _
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_ [D] _ _ don't need [G] a ride. _
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[D] _ _ I'm watching [G] the birds. _
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_ [D] _ _ Flying [G] so high. _
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_ [G] _ I'm just getting by. _
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_ [G] _ I'm just getting by. _
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