We've Gotta Get Out of This Place — The Animals

Chords and lyrics for We've Gotta Get Out of This Place by The Animals (key of A#).

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We Gotta Get Out Of This Place: The Animals.
#2 in UK and Canada and #13 in USA in 1965.
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Intro Verse 1 Bass only
Bass only
In this dirty old part of the city, where the sun refuses to shine,
people tell me there ain't no use in tryin'.
[Bb] [B] [C] Now my girl you're so young and pretty,
[Bb] [B] [C] And one thing I know is true,
[Bb] [B] [C] You'll be dead before your [Bb][B]time [C]is due, I know it.
[Bb] [B] [C] Watch my daddy in bed a-dying,
[Bb] [B] [C] Watch his hair bin turning [Bb][B]grey, [C]Yeah
[Bb] [B] [C] He's been working and slavin' his [Bb][B]life [C]away, oh yes, I know it
[C7] [C6] [C] Yeah….. He’s been [C7]working so [C6]hard [C]
Yeah…. [C7][C6]I've [C]been workin' too, baby.
Yeah…. Every [C7][C6]night [C]and day yeah yeah yeah yeah

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[F] We gotta get [Bb]out of this [C]place..
[F] If it's the last thing we [G]ever [C]do.
[F] We gotta get [Bb]out of this [C]place..
[Dm]Girl, there's a better life, for me and you.
[F] [Eb] [Bb] [C] [F] [Eb] [Bb] [C]
Bass only
Now my girl you're so young and pretty,
[Bb] [B] [C] And one thing I know is [Bb][B]true, [C]
You'll be dead before your [Bb]time [B]is [C]due, I know it.
[Bb] [B] [C] Watch my daddy in bed [Bb][B]a-dying,[C]
Watch his hair bin a turning [Bb][B]grey, [C]yeah
He's been working and slavin' his [Bb]life[B] [C]a-way
I know he’s bin working so hard
[C7] [C6] [C]Yeah.. I been workin' too [C7][C6]baby [C]yeah
Every day [C7]baby[C][C6]
[C7] [C6][C]whoooaaa. [C7] [C6] [C]yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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