The Getting By Ii chords by The Killers

♫ Intro:

C Em G C
Em D C D



♫ Verse :
G
 When I get up she swears that she don’t hear it

Says that I’m as quiet as a mouse

I comb my hair and throw some water on my face
                    G
And back out of the stillness of our house
G

Dishwater days

She says she doesn’t notice

Nothing’s changed but the sadness in her eyes
G
Maybe it’s something that I could have prevented

Or maybe the whole **** dream was just a lie

♫ Chorus:
   C          Em
Or maybe it’s the getting by
 G           C
Maybe it’s the getting by
    Em     D     C
It’d swallow up your every step
       D
Boy, if it could
   C            Em
But maybe it’s the stuff it takes
  G             C
To get up when the morning breaks
     Em
And hold on
       C
Can you hold on?
       D
Can you hold on?

Can you hold on
           G  C D  G  C D
Till the getting’s good?



♫ Verse :
C
Ya know I believe
  G
Ya know I can’t deny it
   D            G
But people were told they’d prosper in this land
   C          G
Still I know some who’ve never seen the ocean
  D                G
Or set one foot on a velvet bed of sand

♫ Bridge:
G
 They got their treasure laying way up high

But when I look up, all I see is sky
 G
Can you tell me
 C    D    G
Can you tell me why?

Can you tell me
C     D   Em
Can you tell me why?

Can you tell me
C    D    G
Can you tell me why?
               G
When I look up all I see is sky
               G
When I look up all I see is sky, sky
               G
When I look up all I see is sky, sky
            Em
Mother can you tell me why, why
     C       D      G
When I look up, all I see is sky, sky?

When I look up, all I see

♫ Chorus:
 C           Em
Maybe it’s the getting by
 G           C
Maybe it’s the getting by
    Em       D   C
It’d swallow up your every step
       D
Boy, if it could
You know it would

You know it
   C            Em
But maybe it’s the stuff it takes
  G            C
To get up when the morning breaks
    Em
And hold on
     D    C
Can you hold on?
       D
Can you hold on?

Can you hold on
           C
Till the gettin’s good?

♫ Instrumental:
C Em G C


♫ Outro:
Em   D     C
 Can you hold on?
       G
Can you hold on

Can you hold on
           G
Till the gettin’s good?

Can you hold on?

Can you hold on?
         G
Can you hold on?