I Get By

Honest Bob And The Factory-To-Dealer Incentives

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If I had you I'd hold you like a guitar

I could slay you with a well-placed F sharp barre

If you don't want to hear that tune I'll leave my fingers where they are

And every time I see your face I want to touch it

And I know I'll never touch it

I get by, I get by

And I can't tell how hard I tried

I can't reveal what I can't hide

I said that I was fine, I lied

But I can stick around and see you smile from the side

(same chords for verse and chorus 2)

I say William Shakespeare had the right idea

Put your passion in a poem she won't hear

If your heart is whole again you can publish it next year

And every time I see your neck I want to kiss it

And I know I'll never kiss it

I get by, I get by

And I've been in my head too long

To know when what I think is wrong

But I can write another song

And I can stick around and see you as you sing along

I had another set of words to use instead of what I'm singing here

The rhymes were intricate and every line was filled with alliteration and

the best poetic tricks

It demonstrated just how clearly I'm the perfect guy for you to hear

But in reality perfection isn't really what we want so we just

throw words at the page and we

Call it a masterpiece if any part of it sticks

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I've been waiting on another bright idea

(listen to the song to get the timing)

(repeat, slowly speeding up)

I've been working on a song that you won't hear

I've been working on a song for you, dear

And everybody tells me that I'm fine

And everybody tells me not to mind

And everybody says just toe the line

And everybody tells me that the world was made for me to play in

(^ low , high , )

but I don't believe them

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Readable chord sheet for I Get By by Honest Bob And The Factory-To-Dealer Incentives

[B] [E] [F#] [E] [B] x2

[B]  If I had you I'd hold [E]you like[F#] a [E]gui[B]tar
I could slay you with a [E]well-placed [F#]F sha[E]rp [B]barre
If you don't want to hear that [Eb]tune I'll leave my fingers where they are

[Ab]   And every [E]time I see your [Ab]face I want to [E]touch it
And I [Ab]know I'll never [E]touch it
I get [Ab]by, I get [E]by  [C#]

[Bb] [B] [Ab] [F#] [C#]
And I can't [F#]tell how hard I tried
[Bb] [B] [Ab] [F#] [C#]
I can't reve[F#]al what I can't hide
[Bb] [B] [Ab] [F#] [C#]
I said that [E]I was fine, I lied
[B]  [Bb]But I can [Ab]stick a[F#]round and [C]see you smile [E]from the side

(same chords for verse and chorus 2)

I say William Shakespeare had the right idea
Put your passion in a poem she won't hear
If your heart is whole again you can publish it next year
And every time I see your neck I want to kiss it
And I know I'll never kiss it
I get by, I get by

And I've been in my head too long
To know when what I think is wrong
But I can write another song
And I can stick around and see you as you sing along

[F#] [B] [E] [C#] [F#] [D] [E]
[F#] [B] [E] [C#] [F#] [D] [E] [F#] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab]

[F#]   I had a[B]nother [E]set of [C#]words to [F#]use in[D]stead of [E]what I'm [E]singing [F#]here
The rhymes were [B]intri[E]cate and [C#]every [F#]line was [D]filled [E]with a[F#]lliteration and
the [Bb]best po[Eb]etic [Ab]tricks
[F#]   It demon[B]strated [E]just how [C#]clearly [F#]I'm the [D]perfect [E]guy for [E]you to [F#]hear
But in [B]reali[E]ty per[C#]fection [F#]isn't [D]really [E]what we [F#]want so we just
[Bb]throw words [Eb]at the [Ab]page and we
[F#]Call it a m[C#]asterpiece [E]if any [B]part of it [F#]sticks

[F#] [C#] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]    < [F#], [C#], low [E], high [E], low [E], high [E], low [E]
[F#]   I've been [C#]waiting on a[E]no[E]ther[E] br[E]ight [E]i[F#]dea
(listen to the song to get the timing)

(repeat, slowly speeding up)

[B]  I've been [C#]working on a [F#]song[E] that you won't [B]hear
I've been [C#]working on a [F#]song[E] that you won't [B]hear
I've been [C#]working on a [F]song[E] for you, dear [B]
[C#]   [F#]And every[E]body tells me that I'm [B]fine
[C#]   [F#]And every[E]body tells me not to [B]mind
[C#]   [F#]And every[E]body says just toe the [B]line
[C#]   And [E]every[E]bo[F#]dy [E]tells me [E]that [F#]the [E]world was [E]made [F]for [E]me to play in
                               (^ low [E], high [E], [F#])
but I don't believe them

[B] [C#] [E] x3
       [B] [C#] [E] [B] [F#]