The Getting By chords by The Killers

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

| A | A |



🎸 Verse 1:
   A        Dsus2        A
When I get up, she swears that she don't hear it
 Dsus2
Says that I'm as quiet as a mouse
  A         Dsus2        A
I comb my hair and throw some water on my face
   Dsus2              A
And back out of the stillness of our house
      E        F#m   Dsus2
Lately, my patience is in short supply
           E       F#m
Nothing good seems to ever come from all this work
  Dsus2       A  Asus2
No matter how hard I try

🎸 Verse 2:
   A          Dsus2        A
You know I believe in the Son, I ain't no backslider
    Dsus2                  A
But my people were told they'd prosper in this land
              Dsus2     A
Still, I know some who've never seen the ocean
  Dsus2              A
Or set one foot on a velvet bed of sand
            E       F#m  Dsus2
But they've got their treasure laying way up high
       E
Where there might be many mansions
     F#m    Dsus2     A  Asus2
But when I look up, all I see is sky


🎸 Chorus:
        F#m       E        Dsus2
Maybe it's the getting by that gets right underneath you
           E    F#m       Dsus2
It'd swallow up your every step, boy, if it could
                     E
But maybe it's the stuff it takes to get up
    A   Dsus2        E    F#m
In the mor---ning and put another day in, son
             E     A  E/G#
That holds you till the getting's good


🎸 Bridge:
F#m            E
 Green ribbon front doors, dishwater days
A                  Dsus2           E
 This whole town is tied to the torso of God's mysterious ways


🎸 Chorus:
        F#m       E        Dsus2
Maybe it's the getting by that gets right underneath you
           E    F#m       Dsus2
It'd swallow up your every step, boy, if it could
                     E
But maybe it's the stuff it takes to get up
    A   Dsus2        E    F#m
In the mor---ning and put another day in, son
   A          Dsus2   A
That keeps you standing where you should
        E    F#m   A        Dsus2   A  Dsus2
So put another day in, son, and hold on till the getting's good


Ending:
| A  Dsus2 | A |