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[Intro] [Em][Em][A][A] [Em]
[Verse 1 - SING OCTAVE DOWN - ALMOST TALK] Well, you can [Em] tell by the way I use my walk I'm a [D] woman's man, no [Em] time to talk [Em] Music loud and women warm I've been [D] kicked around since [Em] I was born
[Pre-Chorus] But now it's [A] all right, that's okay [A] You may look the other way [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] (HARD FALSETTO)stayin' a [Em] li [D] i (head voice) [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Oh, when you [Em] walk
[Verse 2] Well, now [Em] I get low and I get high And if I [D] can't get either, I [Em] really try Got the [Em] wings of heaven on my shoes I'm a [D] dancin' man, and I [Em] just can't lose
[Pre-Chorus] You know, it's [A] all right, it's okay I'll [A] live to see another day [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' a [Em] li [D] i [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Oooooh [Em]
[Middle 8] - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222) [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah [Em] [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah [A] I'm stayin' [Em] alive
[Verse 3] Well, you [Em] can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a [D] woman's man, no [Em] time to talk [Em] Music loud and women warm I've been [D] kicked around since [Em] I was born
[Pre-Chorus] But now it's [A] all right, that's okay [A] You may look the other way [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' a [Em] li [D] i [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Yeah [Em]
[Outro = Middle 8 - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)] [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me Somebody help me, [Em] yeah [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yea [Em] h I'm stayin' a [Em] li-i-i-i-ive
[Intro - no drums - starting note is open B of G chord] We [G] come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did [D] roam [Dsus4][D] Drinking all [G] night [G7] Got into a [C] fight [Am] Well I [G] feel so broke up [D] I want to go [G] home (drums in)
So [G] hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore Let me go [D] home, let me go [G] home [G7] I wanna go [C] home, yeah [Am] yeah Well I [G] feel so broke up [D] I wanna go [G] home
The [G] first mate he got drunk
And broke in the capn's trunk The constable had to come and take him a [D] way [Dsus4][D] Sheriff John [G] Stone [G7] Why don't you leave me a [C] lone, yeah [Am] yeah Well I [G] feel so broke up I [D] wanna go [G] home
So [G] hoist up the John B's sail (host up the John B)
See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)
Call for the captain ashore Let me go [D] home, let me go [D] home I wanna go [G] home, let me go home, why don't you let me go [C] home?
Hoist up the John B, Hoist up the John B Well I [G] feel so broke up [D] I wanna go [G] home
The [G] poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits And then he took and he ate up all of my [D] corn [Dsus4][D] Let me go [G] home [G7] Why don't they let me go [C] home [Am] This [G] is the worst trip [D] I've ever been [G] on
So [G] hoist up the John B's sail (host up the John B)
See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)
Call for the captain ashore Let me go [D] home, let me go [G] home [G7] I wanna go [C] home, yeah [Am] yeah Well I [G] feel so broke up [D] I wanna go [G] home
