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I'll Get By

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners17 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D6Diagram coming soon
GdimDiagram coming soon
F#7Diagram coming soon
Em○○○○
BDiagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
CdimDiagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
E9Diagram coming soon
C#mDiagram coming soon
A7×○○○
FdimDiagram coming soon
A9Diagram coming soon
D××○
F#m7Diagram coming soon
G9Diagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              D6   Gdim   D6   Gdim  D6     C#m5-/7  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     darkness, 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#m5-/7  F#7          Em   B+  Em7  Em6 
Poverty       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: 
A7/13- Em7       A7 Fdim  D6    Bm7  Em7  A7 
As  long as I     have you. 
Last Time: 
A7/13- Em7       A7 Fdim  D6    D9   B7M   Gdim   D 
As  long as I     have you. 
 
Also recorded by Kay Starr

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Chord set

D6 · Gdim · F#7 · Em · B · Em7 · Cdim · Bm7 · E9 · C#m · A7 · Fdim · A9 · D · F#m7 · G9 · D9

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.