Key: C
Introduction: Cm9 F9M
Gm7
I hardly had a bellyful
Am7 Abm7
Never knew a new bicycle
Gm7
Hand-me-down books and shoes
Gm7 Cm9 Ab7M F9M
They brought the yule tides in July
verse 2
Gm7
I rode a bus, a train and sometimes
Am7 Abm7
Strolling for miles to a movie show
Gm7
Singing a song "Shoobedoo
Gm7 Cm9 Ab7M
"While birds and rich folks flew
F9M
Right on by
Ab7M F9M Ab7M
But we got by
Cm9 A7M F9M
Lord knows we got by
verse 3
Gm7
Winter wishes wait till June
Am7
We brightened July with
Abm7 Gm7
That hot dog fun
Tell your mama you're with Sue
Cm9
You bring the beans and I'll
Ab7M F9M
Find the wine
verse 4
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"
Cm9
And stared my first man-child
Ab7M F9M
In the eye
Ab7M F9M Ab7M
But we got by
Cm9 A7M Fm7
Lord knows we got by
Verse 5
Gbm7 Gm7 Abm7
And now baby's got his bellyful
Abm7 Bb7M Am7
And finally here's that new bicycle
Abm7
Working, praying, June to June
Dbm9 A7M/B
And mama's got LA gleaming
Gb9M
In her eye
A7M/B Gb9M A7M/B
And we got by
Dbm9 A7M/B Gb9M
Lord knows we got by
Outro
A7M/B
You see we kept on walking
A7M/B
And talking, hawking
A7M/B
Ooing, cooing, wooing
Gb9M
Loving, tugging, hugging, rubbing
Gb9M Ab7M/B
Sugging, fugging, laying, praying, swaying
Ab7M/B Gb9M
Letting, fretting, begetting, lying
Gb9M
Flying, trying, sighing, dying
A7M/B Gb9M
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