I'll Get By

Words & Music by Roy Turk & Fred Ahlert
Recorded by Kay Starr, 1944


D6   Gdim   D6   Gdim  D6     C#m7-5  F#7       Em    B+   Em7   Em6
I'll get    by    as  long  as  I         have you;

Cdim  Em7       Bm7-5   E9
Though there be rain      

C#m A7sus4         A7
And  dark - ness, too,

Fdim  A7           A9
I'll not complain,

A7   D       F#m6    Gdim   Em7   A9
I'll see it through.


D6   Fdim  D6 A7   D      C#m7-5  F#7          Em   B+  Em7  Em6
Pov - er - ty may come to  me          that's true;

Fdim  Em7      F#7 
But  what care I?

Cdim  Bm7     F#m7  G9
Say,  I'll get by


First Time:

A7+5 Em7       A7 Fdim  D6    (Bm7     Em7       A7)
As  long as I     have you.


Last Time:

A7+5 Em7       A7 Fdim  D6    D9   BM7   Gdim   D
As  long as I     have you.



 
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