Staying Alive chords by The Kelly Family

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

Staying Alive - The Kelly Family

Power chords:

    C5  D#5   F5

e   x    x    x
B   x    x    x
G   5    8    10
D   5    8    10
A   3    6    8
E   x    x    x

Intro: F

F
Pick up yourself Joe
Tell all the rest there is a way out
       A#
if you want to get out
        F
help me out
F
everybody thinks he knows a way out
                                  A#
but nobody dares that's why we're stuck in the ground
        F
help me out


C                    F
Staying alive with a trigger in your head
C                    F
Staying alive with a trigger in your head
C        A#                           F
Welcome, welcome, to the real side of life


F
Everybody's smiling, nobody's crying
    A#                                    F
but everybody's kniving everyone from the back
F
Wake up little boy
'cause you're living in your dreams
A#                                 F
open your eyes to the real side of life


C                    F
Staying alive with a trigger in your head
C                    F
Staying alive with a trigger in your head
C        A#                           F
Welcome, welcome, to the real side of life


  Dm
I try to be good (yes you are)
    A#
but no one seems to care (oh here he goes again)
the harder i try (you never tried)
                     F
the more they try to break me (you never tried anything you)
  Dm
i try to be good (oh here he goes again)
    A#
but no one seems to care
the harder i try (i told you to do what they told you)
                     F
the more they try to break me (you damn kid)
C        A#                          F
welcome, welcome to the real side of life


F
Is it dope you want or is it a gun you want
    A#
you spell out what you want
                             F
and then you'll get what you want
F
i want it all and i want it now
    A#                                        F
i'm gonna go ahead and grab it all just for myself


C                    F
Staying alive with a trigger in your head
C                    F
Staying alive with a trigger in your head     x2
C        A#                           F
Welcome, welcome, to the real side of life



End with: C5 D#5 F5