Survivor Blues chords by Cory Branan

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Survivor Blues - Cory Branan - Mutt

Capo 2nd fret

These chords here are the way Cory plays it in the 'after hours' version.
For the full band version, just transpose the chords into G+G major (same capo).

Intro: Am, G, FF

First verse:
G+G          A minorAm
She wondered once about her luck
      G+G        FF
Put out her match with a tear
       FF     C majorC     G+G   C majorC
She said I'm bored to death and born to,
         F(add9)
Look, you want way the hell away from here?
     G+G             A minorAm
He said you don't look that tough to me
  G+G        F(add9)
Leaned and lit a cigarette
        FF     C majorC    G+G    C majorC
How 'bout you wait and see just what you regret
A minorAm    G+G    FF
Until we get what we get
A minorAm    G+G    FF
Until we get what we get

Chorus:
  G+G         A minorAm
They say it makes you stonger
FF        C majorC   G+G C majorC
 But first you gotta survive
       FF      G+G     C majorC
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
       FF      G+G     A minorAm   G+G  FF
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

Second verse:
 G+G             A minorAm
She struggled to read his knuckle tattoos
 A minorAm     G+G      F(add9)
Beneath the ring and the scar
     FF     C majorC      G+G     C majorC
But the left said love and the right read true
           G+G    F(add9)
She said please say you got a car
    G+G     A minorAm
It's parked out back
    G+G       A minorAm
It's pointed out of state
    A minorAm     G+G      FF  (add9)
It's a recent acquisition we should probably ditch the plates

FF         C majorC       G+G     C majorC
And it won't get you far enough to ever lose track
   A minorAm        G+G       FF (add9)
But yeah it's plenty car enough for never coming back

Chorus:
  G+G         A minorAm
They say it makes you stonger
FF        C majorC   G+G C majorC
 But first you gotta survive
       FF      G+G     C majorC
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
       FF      G+G     A minorAm   G+G  FF
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

Am, G, Fadd9Fadd9

Middle 8:
DmDm          G+G
Yellow duffel in the seat back yonder
C majorC        FF
Bunch of pretty junk I bought her

G+G         A minorAm
It's yours if you want
 G+G         A minorAm
Either to you or the flames
    G+G      FF
But to me it's the same

FF      C majorC     G+G     C majorC
She said no thanks man my baggage is packed
   FF      C majorC       G+G      FF
The name on my ankle with this knife in my back

FF   C majorC       G+G     C majorC
I know a place on the way out of town
A minorAm    G+G   FF
It's as good as burned down
A minorAm    G+G   FF
It's as good as burned down
A minorAm
It's as good as...

Final chorus:
  G+G         A minorAm
They say it makes you stonger
FF        C majorC   G+G  C majorC
 But first you gotta survive
       FF G+G C majorC
What didn't kill you
       FF G+G C majorC
What didn't kill you
       FF      C majorC     FF    A minorAm  G+G  FF
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

Outro:
         A minorAm
You call that a scar
  G+G     C majorC
A augmentedA bruise, A augmentedA tear
    FF  G+G
Pillowmarks
   FF
Souvenirs
 G+G     A minorAm
Sou-venirs