Gettin By High And Strange chords

Kris Kristofferson

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C                     C7 
New York City was a stitch in time 
         F                   C 
When I stood all I could of L.A. 
C                            C7 
Patchin' up the pieces of my tangled mind 
D                                  G    G7 
Diggin' somethin' different every day, yeah. 

C                           C7 
Soon as I was better I was movin' on 
E7                            F 
Gettin' it together, gettin' good and gone 
    C                 G 
And by (gettin' by), high (good and high) 
       C            F          C 
And strange (gonna get some strange.) 

F 
New ain't nothin' but a state of mind 
C 
Keeps a man from missin' what he left behind 
D7 
I'll take anything that I can find 
    G        F       Em       D 
Anyhow, anywhere, anyway, anytime. 

C                         C7 
I'll keep livin' till the day I die 
E7                              F 
As long as I can get it up for one more try 
        C                 G 
Gettin' by (gettin' by), high (good and high) 
       C            F          C 
And strange (gonna get some strange.)  

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F 
New ain't nothin' but a state of mind 
C 
Keeps a man from missin' what he left behind 
D7 
I'll take anything that I can find 
    G        F       Em       D 
Anyhow, anywhere, anyway, anytime. 

C                         C7 
I'll keep livin' till the day I die 
E7                                F 
If I can keep it gettting up for one more try 
        C                 G 
Gettin' by (gettin' by), high (good and high) 
       C            F          C 
And strange (gonna get some strange.)  
        C                 G 
          (gettin' by),     (good and high) 
       C            F          C 
And strange (gonna get some strange.)  
        C                 G 
Gettin' by (gettin' by), high (good and high) 
       C            F          C 
And strange (gonna get some strange.)