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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 just play low notes for verse and higher notes for chorus to simulate guitar on record] [A]xxx [A]xxx [A]xx[Asus4] xx[Asus4]x - Repeat
[Distorted Riff] [A][E][Bm/D][A] E ---------------0---------7---7-10----9---------- B ----5--5p3-----9--99-----7---7-10----10------- G ----2----2-----9--911----7---7-7-----9------- D ----2----2-----9--99-----0---0-0-----x-------- A ----0----------x- -------x-----x-----0--------- E ----x----------0---------x-----x-----------------
[Verse 1 - Light drums - Pluck chords on first note then chug their bass note to simulate record] [A] Look at the stars Look how they shine for [E] you And everything you do [Dmaj7] Yeah, they were all yellow [A] I came along I wrote a song for [E] you And all the things you do [Dmaj7] And it was called "Yellow" [A] ........... So then I took my [E] turn Oh, what a thing to have done [Dmaj7] And it was all yellow [A] ([Gsus4][A])
[Chorus 1] [Dmaj7] Your skin [F#m7] Oh yeah, your [E] skin and bones [Dmaj7] Turn in.... to [F#m7]something [E] beautiful [Dmaj7] You know, [F#m7] you know I [E] love you so [Dmaj7] (drums stop) You know I love you so
[Instrumental- as per intro] [A][E][Bm/D] ([A][Asus4])
[Verse 2] [A] I swam across I jumped across for [E] you Oh, what a thing to do [Dmaj7] 'Cause you were all yellow [A] I drew a line I drew a line for [E] you Oh, what a thing to do [Dmaj7] And it was all yellow [A][Gsus4]
[Chorus 2] [D] Your skin [F#m7] Oh yeah, your [E] skin and bones [Dmaj7] Turn in.... [F#m7] to something [E] beautiful [Dmaj7] And you know [F#m7] For you I [E] bleed myself [Dmaj7] dry (drums stop) For you I bleed myself dry
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there] [A][E][D] ([A][Gsus4])
[Bridge] It's [A] true... oooh, look how they shine for [E] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [Dmaj7] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [A] Look how they shine for [E] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [Dmaj7] you.... oooh Look how they shine (stop drums)
[Outro] [A] Look at the stars Look how they shine for [Em7] you And all the things that you [Dmaj7] do [End]