When it's sung live the second verse is usually left out so I've left it out of this version.
A D
Hi buckaroos, Skamp Walker time again
E A
I'm tryin to slide one by you once more
A
Don't matter how you do it
D
Just do it like you know it
E A
I've been down this road once or twice before
Chorus:
A D E A
Just gettin' by on gettin' by's my stock in trade
D A
Livin it day to day
D E A
Pickin' up the pieces wherever they fall
D E A D
Just letting it roll, lettin the high times carry the load
A E A
Just livin my life easy come, easy go
A D E A A D E A
Chorus:
A D E A
Just gettin' by on gettin' by's my stock in trade
D A
Livin it day to day
D E A
Pickin' up the pieces wherever they fall
D E A D
Just letting it roll, lettin the high times carry the load
A E A
I'm livin my life easy come, easy go
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A D
Income tax is overdue, I think she is too
E A
Been busted and I'll probably get busted some more
D
But I'll catch it all later, can't let em stop me now
E A
I've been down this road once or twice before
Chorus:
A D E A
Just gettin' by on gettin' by's my stock in trade
D A
Livin it day to day
D E A
Pickin' up the pieces wherever they fall
D E A D
Just letting it roll, lettin the high times carry the load
A E A
I'm livin my life easy come, easy go
Chorus:
A D E A
Just gettin' by on gettin' by's my stock in trade
D A
Livin it day to day
D E A
Pickin' up the pieces wherever they fall
D E A D
Just letting it roll, lettin the high times carry the load
A E A
I'm livin my life easy come, easy go
A E A
I'm livin my life easy come, easy go
