I'll Get By Chords
I'll Get By by Billie Holiday is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D6, Gdim, C#m5-/7, F#7, Em, Em7, Em6, Cdim, Bm7/5-, E9, C#m, A7sus4, A7, Fdim, A9, D, F#m6, Bm7, F#m7, G9, A7/13-, D9 and B7M. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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