Lirik dan Chord Lagu I Got by in Time - The Jam

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “I Got by in Time” merupakan sebuah lagu yang dilantunkan oleh grup band asal Inggris, The Jam.

Lagu yang direkam di Stratford Place (London, W1) ini dirilis secara resmi pada 1977 melalui Polydor Records.

“I Got by in Time” muncul dalam debut album pertama The Jam yang bertajuk In the City.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “I Got by in Time” dari The Jam:

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