Artist: Kellermensch
Song: How To Get By
From the (fantastic) album Goliath (2017).
The riff he plays on Bb - Bb/A
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Bb F
Far across the ocean
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In China or Japan
Bb F
People live so differently
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But what I'm trying to understand
[Chorus]
Cm F
Is when you're struck with trouble
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When you feel the pain of life
Cm
Oh please tell me
F Bb
How do you get by?
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[Verse 2]
Bb F
Today you are not with me
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No, you had to go
Bb F
But you left with him so quickly
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As if you wanted me to know
[Chorus]
Cm F
That without you I am nothing
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That without you I would fall
Cm F
But now I've learned my lesson
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So it's time for you to call
Cm
Call me up
F Bb
And tell me how to get by
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[Chorus]
Gm F Bbsus4 Bb Bb/A
Because it raises up from underground
Gm F Bbsus4 Bb Bb/A
Swallows me up pound for pound
Gm F Bbsus4 Bb Bb/A
Dragging me on down to hell
Gm F Bbsus4 F Bb
The way I feel I might as well
[Verse 3]
Bb F
I've read books on mind and matter
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On philosophy and art
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I've read poems, songs and fables
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That may tell you about the heart
[Chorus]
Cm F
Oh, but when you're struck with trouble
Bb Bb/A Gm
When you feel the pain of life
Cm F
There's only one thing that I can tell you
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And you will know this when you fall
Cm F
That when you're tired of living
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It's best to be afraid to die
Cm
So for now
F Bb
That's how I'll get by
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