Intro:
Well you can tell
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by the way I use my walk, I'm a wom|an's man; no time to talk
get__ low and I get high, and if I |cant get either i real-ly try.Got the
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(Fm7) (Eb) (Fm)
mus- ic loud and women warm, I've been |kicked around since I-- was born.
wings of heav-en on my shoes, I'm a |danc- in man and I just cant lose
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(Fm7) (Eb) (Fm)
And now it's | all right, it's o k. And | you may look the other way.
You know it's | all right, it's o k. I'll | live to see an- other day.
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(Bb7)
We can try to understand the | New York Times' ef-fect on man.
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Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you're stay |
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(Fm7)
in' alive, stayin' alive. |
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Repeat the the above 2 lines (starting with "whether..." with these words:
Feel the city breakin' and ev'rybody shakin', and we're | stay
in' alive, stayin' alive. |
(throw in an extra 12/13/13 during the word "shaking")
Ah ha ha ha | stayin' alive, stayin' alive | Ah ha ha ha |
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stayin' alive_|........|...........|...........| (periods represent
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(Fm) (Eb/F) (Fm) (Cm7)
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| 1. | well now |
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(Fm7)
_____FIG B_________
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| 2. /* * * * * Figure A * * * * *\ Life goin' no where
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(Fm) (Bb7)
Somebody help me.... Somebody help me, yeah.
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Fig A | Fig B |
(Fm7) | (Bb7) Life goin' no where| Somebody help me, yeah
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Stayin' alive...................
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(Fm)
repeat and fade.