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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 - Original key down half step] [Em-x79987 x x x-10-x-x-x-x][D/F#-x9777x] [Em][D/F#] x 3
[Verse 1 - Light Drums in - Sustain sung bit over spoken bit as much as poss]
It starts with [Em] One thing I don't know why It [D] doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep [C] that in mind I designed this rhyme To ex [D] plain in due time All I
[Em] know Time is a valuable thing Watch [D] it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch [C] it count down to the end of the day The clock [D] ticks life away It's so un
[Em] real Didn't look out below Watch [D] the time go right out the window Try [C] ing to hold on but didn't even know Was [D] ted it all just to Watch you
[Em] go I kept everything inside And even [D] though I tried it all fell apart [C] What it meant to me will eventually Be a memo [D] ry of a time when
[Chorus - First note over Em is actually F#] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[Verse 2] [Em] One thing I don't know why It [D] doesn't even matter how hard you try [C] Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme To re [D] mind myself how I tried so
[Em] hard In spite of the way you were mocking me [D] Acting like I was part of your property [C] Remembering all the times you've fought with me [D] I'm surprised it got so [Em] Things+(far)
[Em] aren't the way they were before [D] You wouldn't even recognize me anymore [C] Not that you knew me back then But it [D] all comes back to me (In the
[Em] end) You kept everything inside And even though [D] I tried it all fell apart [C] What it meant to me will eventually Be a memo [D] ry of a time when
[Chorus] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[Verse 3] I put my [Em] trust in you [D] Pushed as far [C] as I can go [D] And for all this [Em] There's only one [D] thing you should know o [C] ooo ow ow [D] ow
I put my [Em] trust in you [G] Pushed as far [D] as I can go [C] for all this [Em] There's only one [G] thing you should know o [D] ooo ow ow [C] ow
[Chorus] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[End - No Drums] [Em-x79987 x x x10xxxx][D/F#-x9777x] [Em][D/F#] x 3
