A Way To Survive Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays550

A Way To Survive by Gene Watson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D7, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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  			C                          D7 
I look at your picture too often 
  
   G7                      C    G7 
It helps keep your memory alive 

         C                     D7 
It's not healthy they say to relive yesterday 
  
        G7                  C 
But for me it's a way to survive 

  
       F               G7   C            F 
I must cling to what's gone if I'm to go on 
  
  C              G7          C    G7 
I can't face the future I've tried 

   C                         D7 
Perhaps for the rest looking back isn't best 
  
        G7                  C 
But for me it's a way to survive 

  
C                                    D7 
When my heart aches I read all your letters 
  
    G7                            C    G7 
And the words make our love seem alive 

     C                     D7 
They say I can't last if I live in the past 
  
        G7                  C 
But for me it's a way to survive 

  
       F               G7   C            F 
I must cling to what's gone if I'm to go on 
  
  C              G7          C    G7 
I can't face the future I've tried 

   C                         D7 
Perhaps for the rest looking back isn't best 
  
        G7                  C 
But for me it's a way to survive 

  
        G7                  C 
But for me it's a way to survive 
    	

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