Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

(

E7

)

At

(

Am

)

irs

t I was afraid, I was

(

Dm

)

pet

At first I was afraid, I was petrified,

Kept thinking

(

G

)

I

could never live

Kept thinking I could never live

Without you

(

CM7

)

by m

Without you by my side.

But then I s

(

F

)

en

t so many nights,

But then I spent so many nights,

Thinking

(

Bm7♭5

)

how yo

Thinking how you did me wrong,

And I grew

(

Esus4

)

trong;

And I grew strong;

And I learned

(

E7

)

ow

And I learned how to get along.

And so you're

Am

back, from outer s

Dm

pa

And so you're back, from outer space,

I just walked

G

in, to find you here,

I just walked in, to find you here,

With that sad

CM7

loo

With that sad look upon your face.

I should have ch

F

a

I should have changed that stupid lock,

I should have

Bm7♭5

made

I should have made you leave your key,

If I had

Esus4

known for just one second,

If I had known for just one second,

You'd be

E7

ba

You'd be back to bother me.

Go on now,

Am

go; walk out the d

Dm

oo

Go on now, go; walk out the door;

Just turn ar

G

ound now,

Just turn around now,

'Cos you're not

CM7

wel

'Cos you're not welcome any more.

F

Weren't you the one wh

Weren't you the one who tried

To

Bm7♭5

hurt

To hurt me with goodbye?

Did you think I'd

Esus4

crumb

Did you think I'd crumble

Did you think I'd l

E7

ay

Did you think I'd lay down and die?

Oh no, not

Am

I; I will sur

Dm

vi

Oh no, not I; I will survive,

Oh, as l

G

ong as I know how to love,

Oh, as long as I know how to love,

I k

CM7

now

I know I'll stay alive.

I've got

F

all my life to live,

I've got all my life to live,

And I've got

Bm7♭5

all

And I've got all my love to give,

And I'll su

Esus4

rvive,

And I'll survive,

I will sur

E7

viv

I will survive, hey hey

Am

Dm

G

CM7

F

Bm7♭5

Esus4

E7

It took

Am

all the strength I had

It took all the strength I had

Not to f

Dm

al

Not to fall apart.

Kept trying h

G

ard to mend the pieces

Kept trying hard to mend the pieces

Of my

CM7

bro

Of my broken heart.

And I spent

F

oh, so many nights,

And I spent oh, so many nights,

Just feeling

Bm7♭5

sorry

Just feeling sorry for myself,

I used to

Esus4

cry,

I used to cry,

But now I h

E7

ol

But now I hold my head up high.

And you see

Am

me; somebody n

Dm

ew

And you see me; somebody new,

I'm not that ch

G

ained up little person,

I'm not that chained up little person,

Still in

CM7

lov

Still in love with you.

And so you f

F

elt like dropping in

And so you felt like dropping in

And just ex

Bm7♭5

pect

And just expect me to be free,

Well, now I'm

Esus4

saving all my loving,

Well, now I'm saving all my loving,

For some

E7

on

For someone who's loving me.

Go on now,

Am

go; walk out the d

Dm

oo

Go on now, go; walk out the door;

Just turn ar

G

ound now,

Just turn around now,

'Cos you're not

CM7

wel

'Cos you're not welcome any more.

F

Weren't you the one wh

Weren't you the one who tried

To

Bm7♭5

hurt

To hurt me with goodbye?

Did you think I'd

Esus4

crumb

Did you think I'd crumble

Did you think I'd l

E7

ay

Did you think I'd lay down and die?

Oh no, not

Am

I; I will sur

Dm

vi

Oh no, not I; I will survive,

Oh, as l

G

ong as I know how to love

Oh, as long as I know how to love,

I k

CM7

now

I know I'll stay alive.

I've got

F

all my life to live,

I've got all my life to live,

And I've got

Bm7♭5

all

And I've got all my love to give,

And I'll su

Esus4

rvive, I will sur

E7

vive

And I'll survive, I will survive

Go on now,

Am

go; walk out the d

Dm

oo

Go on now, go; walk out the door;

Just turn ar

G

ound now,

Just turn around now,

'Cos you're not

CM7

wel

'Cos you're not welcome any more.

F

Weren't you the one wh

Weren't you the one who tried

To

Bm7♭5

hurt

To hurt me with goodbye?

Did you think I'd

Esus4

crumb

Did you think I'd crumble

Did you think I'd l

E7

ay

Did you think I'd lay down and die?

Oh no, not

Am

I; I will sur

Dm

vi

Oh no, not I; I will survive,

Oh, as l

G

ong as I know how to love

Oh, as long as I know how to love,

I k

CM7

now

I know I'll stay alive.

I've got

F

all my life to live,

I've got all my life to live,

And I've got

Bm7♭5

all

And I've got all my love to give,

And I'll su

Esus4

rvive, I will sur

E7

vive

And I'll survive, I will survive

I will su

(

Am

)

viv

I will survive

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I Will Survive