Survival Expert Chords
Survival Expert by Something For Kate is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords Em, Am, G5, E5, F and Cmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em
Em Am
I like the way you survive
G5
Just keep blowing at that pretty blue flame that's
E5
Burning you alive
F Am Em
It's time, It's just ti-i-ime
Em Am
The shifting shoreline's hidden hands
G5
Might show you one black feathered wing
E5
Sticking up from the sand
F Am
But you'll still fly, you'll still fly
Filler: Em
Em Am
So take a camera from the pile
G5
And if it speaks less than a thousand words
E5 F
Yeah if it tells a lie, you're right
Am Em
You're always ri-i-ight
Am
Before a new day arrives
G5
We'll leave our buried shoeboxes,
E5
Our capsules filled with time
F Am Em Cmaj7
And come alive, we'll come to li--i---ife
Em Cmaj7
Ooh ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Em Cmaj7
Ooh ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Em Cmaj7
Ooh ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Em Am
So take a camera from the pile
G5
And if it speaks less than a thousand words
E5 F
Yeah if it tells a lie, you're right
Am Em
You're always ri-i-ight
Am
Before a new day arrives
G5
We'll leave our buried shoeboxes,
E5
Our capsules filled with time
F Am Em
And come alive, we'll come to li--ife
Em Am
The way you hold your head up
G5 E5
When you're not even sure where your next moment's coming from
F Am Em
It's you, it's just you-u-u