Get Away With It

3 weeks ago by @edwinb

Get Away With It

edwinb

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Liner Notes

This is (I think) my third attempt at writing a song about imposter syndrome. I haven't liked any of my previous goes. I suppose I'm just not very good at it (ho ho ho).

Now that I've recorded it and listened back, it's not obvious to me if the narrator feels like an imposter (which is what I had in mind) or whether they're genuinely incompetent and trying to hide it. I might tweak it, or I might just leave it like that.

Either way, it's a simple bit of #ukulele #folk, straight to laptop since I'm away with merely a uke and a laptop (and a notebook with scribbled ideas :)) until Monday. But I suppose sometimes that's all you need... #fuc

Lyrics

[G][D][G][C]
[G][D][D7]

[G]Walking past re[C]ception with
A [D]bold determined [G]stride
[G]Confident and [C]thoughtful
At [D]least on the out[G]side

[C]Saying our good [D]mornings
Settle [Em]down and make a [C]start
[G]Feel somebody's [C]watching
So [G]try to look the [D]part[D7]

And [G]if I [D]don't get [C]rumbled [Em]I will
[G]Still co[Em]llect my [C]pay
So per[G]haps I'll [D]get a[G]way with [C]it
For [G]one [D]more [G]day

[G][D][G][C]
[G][D][D7]

[G]Reeling off the [C]jargon
Like it [D]was their native [G]tongue
[G]Sharpening their [C]pencils
To tick [D]off todos now [G]done

While I [C]act like I be[D]long here
And put [Em]on the proper [C]show
But [G]please don't ask me [C]anything
That [G]I'm not going to [D]know[D7]

[G]If I [D]don't get [C]rumbled [Em]I will
[G]Still co[Em]llect my [C]pay
Per[G]haps I'll [D]get a[G]way with [C]it
For [G]one [D]more [G]day

They [D]must be keeping [G]score
[D]Counting up the [G]flaws
[C]I'll keep on [G]strumming
Though you've [C]heard this one [D]before[D7]

And [G]even [D]while I'm [C]churning [Em]out
The [G]same old [Em]tired [C]rhymes
Per[G]haps I'll [D]get a[G]way with [C]it
[G]One [D]more [G]time

[G][D][G][C]
[G][D][D7]

[G]If I [D]don't get [C]rumbled [Em]I will
[G]Still co[Em]llect my [C]pay
Per[G]haps I'll [D]get a[G]way with [C]it
For [G]one [D]more [G]day

Per[G]haps I'll [D]get a[G]way with [C]it
For [G]one [D]more [G]day

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