Verse:
It s best to play this song with bass accompaniment, but
you can do the bass part on guitar like so:
(repeat through verses)
E|
B|
G|320
D|53
A|33
E|
occasionally, the guitar kicks in (listen for timing):
E|568
B|568
G|679
D|
A|
E|
Chorus:
alternate between
E|
B|1035
G|1035
D|1035
A|813
E|
(obviously, you can do the Bb and C at the 6th and
8th frets if you prefer, but this way you can add a
bit of slide)
and
E|
B|1012
G|1012
D|101210
A|81010
E|8
then, over "girl, there s a better life...", strum and hold:
E|1
B|3
G|2
D|0
A|
E|
and then repeat 2x before returning to the verse
(single strums):
E|
B|10835
G|10835
D|10835
A|8613
E|
WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE
(Weil/Mann)
In this dirty old part of the city
Where the sun refused to shine
People tell me there ain t no use in tryin
Now my girl you re so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true
You ll be dead before your time is due, I know
Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin
Watched his hair been turnin grey
He s been workin and slavin his life away
Oh yes I know it
(Yeah!) He s been workin so hard
(Yeah!) I ve been workin too, baby
(Yeah!) Every night and day
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)
We gotta get out of this place
If it s the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
cause girl, there s a better life for me and you
Now my girl you re so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true, yeah
You ll be dead before your time is due, I know it
Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin
Watched his hair been turnin grey, yeah
He s been workin and slavin his life away
I know he s been workin so hard
(Yeah!) I ve been workin too, baby
(Yeah!) Every day baby
(Yeah!) Whoa!
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)
We gotta get out of this place
If it s the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
Girl, there s a better life for me and you
Somewhere baby, somehow I know it
We gotta get out of this place
If it s the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
Girl, there s a better life for me and you
Believe me baby
I know it baby
You know it too
