We Got Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]I ha[Gsus4]rdly had a[D] bel[Em]lyful
Never [F#m]knew a new bicycle
[Em]Hand-me-down books books
books and shoes
They brought [A]the yule [Am]tides in [G]July[D]

[Verse 2]
I [Em]rode a bus, a train and sometimes
Strolling [F#m]for miles to a movie [Fdim]show
[Em]Singing a song "Shoobedoo
"While birds an[Am]d rich folks flew
[G]Right on [D]by

[Verse 3]
But we [G]got [Gsus4]by[D][G][Gsus4]
[Am]Lord knows we [G]got [D]by

[Verse 4]
[Em]Winter wishes wait till June
We brightened [F#m]July with
That hot dog [Fdim]fun
[Em]Tell your mama you're with Sue
You bring [A]the beans and I'll
[G]Find the [D]wine
Them [Em]neon lights were bright
Till 2:00
And sneaking back [F#m]home with
This girl named Jo
I [Em]hurried down to say do"
And stared my [Am]first man-child
[G]In In the [D]eye

[Verse 5]
[Gsus4]But we got by
Lord [G]knows [D]we got by

[Interlude 1]
[D][A][G][Gsus4][Am][Gsus4]
[D][Em][F#m][Fdim]
[Em][Am][Gsus4][Dm]
[Ebm]And no[Em]w

[Verse 6]
[Fm]baby's got his bellyful
And fi[Gm]nally here's that new bicycle
[Gbm]Workin[Fm]g, praying, June to June
And mama's [Bbm]got LA gleaming
In [Eb]her eye

[Verse 7]
[Absus4]An d we got by[Gb][Eb]
[Absus4][Gb][Absus4]
[Bbm]Lord knows we g[Ab]ot by

[Verse 8]
[Eb]You see we kept on walki[Absus4]ng
And [Gb]talking, hawking
Oo[Absus4]ing, cooing, [Gb]wooing
[Eb]Loving, tugging, hugging, [Gm]rubbing
Sug[Gb]ging, fugging, laying,
praying, [Absus4]swaying
Letting, fretting, beget[Eb]ting, lying
Flying, trying, [Absus4]sigh ing,[Gb][Bbm]
[Eb]dy i[Gm]ng.[Absus4][Gb][Absus4][Gb][Eb]

[Outro 1]
[Eb][Absus4][Gb][Absus4]
[Gb][Eb][Absus4][Gb][Absus4][Eb]
[Absus4][Gb][Ab][Eb]
[Absus4][Gb][Ab][Ebm]
[Eb][Absus4][Gb][Absus4][Ab][Eb]
[Absus4][Gb][Ab][Eb][Gb]
[Ab][Eb][Ab][Ab]
[Gb]