Gettin' Good at Gettin' By chords by Doug McCormick

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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This livin' week to week
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has sure been killin' me
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I've been bustin' my back
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and gettin' nowhere fast it seems
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So it seems
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But somehow I survive
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on just prayers and loose change
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I've been broke since last week
and the bills are late
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My mistake,
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but I ain't tryin' to complain
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Cause there's a  woman at home
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Who will love me till I die
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An d I ain't got much,
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but at least it's mine
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Yeah, it's mine
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It don't always go my way
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But it's going just fine
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I guess you'd say I'm
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hanging in there
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And I'm getting good,
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yeah I'm getting good
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And getting by
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Sometimes I feel
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The only thing I own
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Is this beat up six string
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My last name and a few songs
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See y sing along
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They say times are getting tough
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Well, I know that's true
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Uncle Sam wants a little more
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and the bank does too.
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Yes, they do
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But I still ain't singing the blues
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Cuz there's a  woman at home
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Who will love me till I die?
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And I ain't got much,
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but at least it's mine
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Yeah, it's mine
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Don't always go my way
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But it's going just fine
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As you say, I'm hanging in there
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And I'm getting good
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Yeah, I'm getting good at getting by
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They say time is
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money and money is time
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But the best things in life,
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money just can't buy
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Like that woman at home
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Who will love me till I die
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I ain't got much,
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but at least it's mine
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The dang house is mine
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Don't always go my way
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But it's goin' just fine
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They should say I'm
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hangin' in there
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And I'm gettin' good
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Yeah, I'm gettin' good
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At gettin' by
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I'm getting good at getting by
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I'm getting good at getting by
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