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I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
1||||o| |||||o |||||| |||||o |||||| ||||o| ||||||
{sot}2||oo|| |||o|| |o|||| |o|||| ||o||| |||o|| |o|o||
3|||||| ||||o| o||||o o||||| oo|||| |oo||| ||o|o|
4|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
002210 x00231 320003 320001 332000 x33210 x23230{eot}
{sot}1|||||| |||o||
2|ooo|| |oo|||
3|||||| ||||||
4|||||| ||||||
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{Verse One}
{Chorus}
{bridge - play chorus chords through once - no vocals
{Verse Two}
{Repeat Chorus}
{Fade}

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Arrangement source for I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
 [Am]oo___o [Dm]xo____  [G]__ooo_  [G7]__ooo_  [Cmaj7]___ooo  [Fmaj7]x____o  [Bm7]x____o
1||||o| |||||o  ||||||  |||||o  ||||||  ||||o|  ||||||
{sot}2||oo|| |||o||  |o||||  |o||||  ||o|||  |||o||  |o|o||
3|||||| ||||o|  o||||o  o|||||  oo||||  |oo|||  ||o|o|
4|||||| ||||||  ||||||  ||||||  ||||||  ||||||  ||||||
 002210 x00231  320003  320001  332000  x33210  x23230{eot}

 [Esus4]o___oo [E]o___oo
{sot}1|||||| |||o||
2|ooo|| |oo|||
3|||||| ||||||
4|||||| ||||||
 022200 022100{eot}

{Verse One}
[Am]First I was afraid, I was [Dm]petrified
Kept thinking [G]I could never [G7]live without you [Cmaj7]by my side
But I [Fmaj7]spent so many nights thinking [Bm7]how you did me wrong
I grew [Esus4]strong, [E]I l[Esus4]earned how to carry on[E]
and so you're [Am]back from outer [Dm]space
I just walked [G]in to find you [G7]here with that sad [Cmaj7]look upon your face
I should have [Fmaj7]changed my stupid lock I should have [Bm7]made you leave your key
If I had [Esus4]known for just one s[E]econd you'd be b[Esus4]ack to bother me[E]

{Chorus}
Go on now [Am]go walk out the [Dm]door
just turn [G]around now[G7] 'cause you're not [Cmaj7]welcome anymore
weren't you the [Fmaj7]one who tried to hurt me [Bm7]with goodbye
you think I'd [Esus4]crumble [E]you think I'd l[Esus4]ay down and di[E]e

Oh no, not [Am]I, I will sur[Dm]vive
as [G]long as i know [G7]how to love I know [Cmaj7]I will stay alive
I've got [Fmaj7]all my life to live, I've got [Bm7]all my love to give
and I'll sur[Esus4]vive, [E]I will surv[Esus4]ive   [E]

{bridge - play chorus chords through once - no vocals
 [Am]    [Dm]    [G]    [G7]    [Cmaj7]    [Fmaj7]    [Bm7]       [Esus4]   [E]   [Esus4]   [E]
 [Am] // [Dm] // [G] // [G7] // [Cmaj7] // [Fmaj7] // [Bm7](5) // [Esus4] / [E] / [Esus4] / [E]}

{Verse Two}
It took [Am]all the strength I had not to [Dm]fall apart
kept trying [G]hard to mend the [G7]pieces of my [Cmaj7]broken heart
and I spent [Fmaj7]oh so many nights just feeling [Bm7]sorry for myself
I used to [Esus4]cry,  [E] Now I h[Esus4]old my head up hi[E]gh
and you see [Am]me somebody [Dm]new
I'm not that [G]chained up little [G7]person still in [Cmaj7]love with you
and so you [Fmaj7]felt like dropping in and just ex[Bm7]pect me to be free
now I'm [Esus4]saving all my l[E]oving for s[Esus4]omeone who's loving me[E]

{Repeat Chorus}

{Fade}

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