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27th December 2000, 7.15pm
I GOT BY IN TIME
(Paul Weller)
Chords used:
B: x2444x
B/A: x0444x
G#m: 466444
G#m/F#: 466444 (F# implied by the bass)
F#: 244322
C#m: x46654
D#m: x68876
B7: x24242
D#: x6888x
B B/A G#m G#m/F# (x4)
F#
B B/A G#m
Saw a girl that I used to know
B B/A G#m
I was deep in thought at the time
B G#m
Didn’t recognize her face at first
B B/A G#m
‘Cos I was probably looking at mine
E
Yeah well she was the only girl I’ve ever loved
B B/A G#m
But my folks didn’t dig her so much
F# E
I was young, it was serious
F# E
And to me she was the world (she was my world now)
F# E F#
I thought I’d never live without her but
G#m
I got by in time
n.c.
Well let me tell ya now
B B/A G#m
I saw a guy that I used to know
B B/A G#m
Man he’s changed so much
B B/A G#m
I think it hurt him to say hello
B B/A G#m
He hardly opened his mouth
E
Yeah well he was my best friend a few years ago
B B/A G#m
Truly inseparable
F# E
We were young (young), and full of ideas,
F# E
We were gonna rule this whole world
F# E
But something happened I didn’t know why
F# G#m
And well that’s the way that it goes
B
I suppose
C#m D#m
What you say, what you do
B B7
Don’t mean nothing (nothing) (nothing at all) yeah
C#m D#m
And all the bonds you make between
B B7
Can be broken anytime you want, now
D# G#m
Please tell me if my philosophy’s wrong
D# G#m
I’ve got to know the truth
E B
I don’t mean to fail anyone but
C#m F# B
You know it’s somethin’ I do o-o-oh
B/A G#m
So nice to see you tonight
B B/A G#m B
And I’m so glad that you came
B/A G#m
I’m sure the people all standing outside say
B B/A G#m
‘Sure feel the same’
E
Yeah my point is in a roundabout way
B B/A G#m
In time you will always forget
F# E
‘Cos the memories (memories) that are shouting me on
F# E
To me they’re everything (they’re everything now)
F# E
I know they always will be mine
F# G#m
And no-one can take them away
B B/A G#m G#m/F# (x4) F# B