Gettin' By, High and Strange
From the album Border Lord
[INTRO]
C
[VERSE 1]
C C7
New York City was a stitch in time
F C
When I'd stood all I could of L.A.
C C7
Patchin' up the pieces of my tangled mind
D7 G G7
Diggin' somethin' different every day, yeah.
[VERSE 2]
C C7
Soon as I was better I was movin' on
E7 F
Gettin' it together, gettin' good and gone
C G
And by (gettin' by), high (good and high)
C F C
And strange (gonna get some strange)
[CHORUS]
F
New ain't nothin' but a state of mind
C
Keeps a man from missin' what he left behind
D7
I'll take anything that I can find
G F Em Dm
Anyhow, anywhere, anyway, anytime
[VERSE 3]
C C7
I'll keep livin' till the day I die
E7 F
As long as I can get it up for one more try
C G
Gettin' by (gettin' by), high (good and high)
C F C
And strange (gonna get some strange)
[SOLO]
C C7 E7 F
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[CHORUS]
F
New ain't nothin' but a state of mind
C
Keeps a man from missin' what he left behind
D7
I'll take anything that I can find
G F Em Dm
Anyhow, anywhere, anyway, anytime
[VERSE 4]
C C7
I'll keep livin' till the day I die
E7 F
If I can keep it gettting up for one more try
C G
Gettin' by (gettin' by), high (good and high)
C F C
And strange (gonna get some strange)
[OUTRO]
C G
(gettin' by), (good and high)
C F C
And strange (gonna get some strange)
C G
Gettin' by (gettin' by), high (good and high)
C F C
And strange (gonna get some strange)
