Lirik dan Chord Lagu We Got By - Al Jarreau

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Al Jarreau adalah musikus jaz kenamaan asal Amerika yang aktif di industri musik sejak era 60-an hingga 2017.

Ia melantunkan lagu bertajuk "We Got By" yang dirilis pada 1975 silam

Lagu tersebut dimuat dalam album debutnya yang berjudul sama.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu L Is For Lover - Al Jarreau

Simak lirik dan chord lagu "We Got By" milik Al Jarreau.

                        Gm7
I hardly had a bellyful
Am7                           Abm7
Never knew a new bicycle
Gm7
Hand-me-down books and shoes
Gm7                           Cm      Ab   F
They brought the yule tides in July

Gm7
I rode a bus, a train and sometimes
                   Am7                      Abm7
Strolling for miles to a movie show
Gm7
Singing a song "Shoobedoo
Gm7                   Cm         Ab
"While birds and rich folks flew
F
Right on by

             Ab     F   Bb
But we got by
Cm      Ab           F
Lord knows we got by

Gm7
Winter wishes wait till June
                        Am7
We brightened July with
              Abm7 Gm7
That hot dog fun

Tell your mama you're with Sue
                     Cm
You bring the beans and I'll
Ab            F
Find the wine

        Gm7
Them neon lights were bright
Gm7
Till 2:00
                            Am7
And sneaking back home with
              Abm7      Gm7
This girl named Jo

I hurried down to say do"
                        Cm
And stared my first man-child
Ab     F
In the eye

         Ab       F   Bb
But we got by
Cm       Ab          Fm7
Lord knows we got by

Gbm7    Gm7                      Abm7
And now baby's got his bellyful
Abm7             Bb                      Am7
And finally here's that new bicycle
Abm7
Working, praying, June to June
             Dbm       A
And mama's got LA gleaming
Gb
In her eye

       A         Gb     A
And we got by
Dbm             A       Gb
Lord knows we got by

                                 A
You see we kept on walking
A
And talking, hawking
A
Ooing, cooing, wooing
Gb
Loving, tugging, hugging, rubbing
Gb                                 Ab
Sugging, fugging, laying, praying, swaying
Ab                                      Gb
Letting, fretting, begetting, lying
Gb
Flying, trying, sighing, dying