Survivor Blues Chords

KeyAm Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays409

Survivor Blues by Cory Branan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Am, G, F, C, F(add9), Fadd9 and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
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Intro: Am G F  

Verse 1:
 
G                   Am 
She wondered once about her luck 
            G               F 
Put out her match with a tear 
             F         C          G     C 
She said I'm bored to death and born to, 
                 F(add9) 
Look, you want way the hell away from here? 
          G                          Am 
He said you don't look that tough to me 
   G                F(add9) 
Leaned and lit a cigarette 
               F         C       G        C 
How 'bout you wait and see just what you regret 
Am        G        F 
Until we get what we get 
Am        G        F     
Until we get what we get 



    G                  Am     
They say it makes you stonger 
F               C      G  C      
 But first you gotta survive 
              F            G         C 
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died 
              F           G          Am      G    F 
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died 



Verse:
 
 G                         Am            
She struggled to read his knuckle tattoos 
 Am         G            F(add9) 
Beneath the ring and the scar 
         F         C           G          C 
But the left said love and the right read true 
                     G        F(add9) 
She said please say you got a car 
       G         Am 
It's parked out back 
       G             Am 
It's pointed out of state 
       Am         G           F   (add9)             
It's a recent acquisition we should probably ditch the plates 

    F                 C             G         C 
And it won't get you far enough to ever lose track 
     Am               G             F (add9)       
But yeah it's plenty car enough for never coming back 



    G                  Am     
They say it makes you stonger 
F               C      G  C      
 But first you gotta survive 
              F            G         C 
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died 
              F           G          Am      G    F 
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died 



Am, G, Fadd9 

Middle 8: 

Dm                    G 
Yellow duffel in the seat back yonder 
C                F 
Bunch of pretty junk I bought her 

G                  Am 
It's yours if you want 
 G                  Am 
Either to you or the flames 
       G            F 
But to me it's the same 

     F            C         G          C 
She said no thanks man my baggage is packed 
     F           C              G           F 
The name on my ankle with this knife in my back 

   F     C             G          C 
I know a place on the way out of town 
Am        G     F 
It's as good as burned down 
Am       G      F  
It's as good as burned down 
Am 
It's as good as... 


 
    G                  Am     
They say it makes you stonger 
F               C      G   C     
 But first you gotta survive 
              F G C     
What didn't kill you 
              F G C 
What didn't kill you  
              F            C         F       Am   G   F 
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died 



Outro: 
                 Am 
You call that a scar 
   G          C 
A bruise, A tear 
       F    G 
Pillowmarks 
     F 
Souvenirs 
 G         Am 
Sou-venirs 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante