By And By Chords

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Standard tuning with capo - Chords to play along to album version with lyrics.

Difficulty:	absolute beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	A
Capo:	2nd fret

Author kylemcarthur [pro] 92.

5 contributors total, last edit on Aug 11, 2024

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[Intro]
G  G
 
 
[Verse 1]
G                      D
  Driving through West Virginia
Em                     C
  And I've seldom been thinner
G                      D
  With that chip on my shoulder
Em                         C
  And this past year I got so much older
 
 
[Instrumental]
G  D  Em  C
 
 
[Verse 2]
G                   D
  Looking back over my life
Em                     C
  Spent the most of it tongue-tied
G                    D
  And I wish I'd had more time
Em               C
Listening to you speak your mind
 
 
[Chorus]
        G
Now I'm thinking 'bout her every day
D
On my mind atypical way
Em           C
   Are you a life force
G
Thinking 'bout her every day
D
On my mind atypical way
Em           C
   Are you a life force
 
 
[Instrumental]
G  D  Em  C  x2
 
 
[Verse 3]
G                          D
  Drinking coffee black as iron
Em                       C
  And I couldn't be much higher
G                        D
  Without falling out of my chair
     Em               C
I've been so numb for so many years
 
 
[Chorus]
        G
Now I'm thinking 'bout her every day
D
On my mind atypical way
Em           C
   Are you a life force
G
Thinking 'bout her every day
D
On my mind atypical way
Em           C
   Are you a life force
 
 
[Bridge]
Am             D
   And it's so easy
      G
To be blinded by the light
        Em
To feel lonely in the night
Am                         D
   And it's blowing in the breeze, babe
      G
I got dust in my eyes
    Em
And rust in my mind
        Am
I'll be home come next spring
          D
Won't you say you love me later
       G   G
By and by
 
 
[Instrumental]
Am  D  G  Em
Am  D  G  G
 
 
[Verse 4]
G                   D
  Looking back over my life
Em                     C
  Spent the most of it tongue-tied
G            D
  Pulling my belt tight
Em                     C
  It's just me and the stars tonight
G                    D
  Two fingers and a tight line
Em                       C
  Keep my head above the alpine
G                     D
  Just wish I'd spent more time
Em               C
Listening to her speak her mind
 
 
[Chorus]
G
Thinking 'bout her every day
D
On my mind atypical way
Em           C
   Are you a life force
G
Thinking 'bout her every day
D
On my mind atypical way
Em           C
   Are you a life force
 
G
Thinking 'bout her every day
D
On my mind atypical way
Em           C
   Are you a life force
G
Thinking 'bout her every day
D
On my mind atypical way
Em           C
   Are you a life force
    G
For me
 
 
[Outro]
(G) D  Em  C
 G  D  Em  C
 G
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18 comments

Thank you for sharing this! I've been trying to figure this out since it came out and only got so far. You're great!

+13

Thanks for putting this together. If you want to play it how Caamp does live, move it up to +2 and play on Capo 1.

+10

Want more resonance like in the studio version? Similar to lkaminer7 recommends, use the transpose tool to go up 2 half-steps and play in standard tuning with no capo (the verse chords become A, E, F#m, D; bridge is now Bm, E, A, F#m). I'll be submitting my own version with this and other improvements.