We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

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|-------3-2-0--------

D|---5---------3------

A|-3---3--------------

E|--------------------

occasionally, the guitar kicks in (listen for timing):

E|-5--6--8--

B|-5--6--8--

G|-6--7--9--

D|----------

A|----------

E|----------

alternate between

E|-----------------

B|-10--3--5--------

G|-10--3--5--------

D|-10--3--5--------

A|--8--1--3--------

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|-10--12-------------

G|-10--12-------------

D|-10--12--10---------

A|--8--10--10---------

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|-10--8--3--5--------

G|-10--8--3--5--------

D|-10--8--3--5--------

A|--8--6--1--3--------

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