Survivor Blues Chords & Lyrics by Cory Branan

Survivor Blues

guitar chords lyrics

Cory Branan

Survivor Blues - Cory Branan - Mutt
Standard tuning
Capo 2

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 major (same capo).


Intro: Am, G, F

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


Chorus:
G Am
They say it makes you stonger
F C G C
But first you gotta survive
F G C
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
F G Am G F
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died


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

F C G C
And it won't get you far enough to ever lose track
Am G F (add9)
But yeah it's plenty car enough for never coming back


Chorus:
G Am
They say it makes you stonger
F C G C
But first you gotta survive
F G C
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
F G Am G F
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

Am, G, Fadd9

Middle 8:
Dm G
Yellow duffel in the seat back yonder
C F
Bunch of pretty junk I bought her

G Am
It's yours if you want
G Am
I believe in the flame
G F
But to me it's the same

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

F C G C
I know a place on the way out of town
Am G F
It's as good as burned down
Am G F
It's as good as burned down
Am
It's as good as...


Final chorus:
G Am
They say it makes you stonger
F C G C
But first you gotta survive
F G C
What didn't kill you
F G C
What didn't kill you
F C F Am G F
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died


Outro:
Am
You call that a scar
G C
A bruise, A tear
F G
Pillowmarks
F
Souvenirs
G Am
Sou-venirs