The Survivors

F#m7b5 = 2x2210
F#/A# = 6443xx

When moving between G#m7 and F#m7, feel free to play an intermediate Gm7.


[Intro]
E G#m C#m C#m/B
F#/A# Amaj7 Am/C C#m
Amaj7 C E/B B

[Verse 1]
E       B     C#m
Cross a windy bridge
Amaj7      B
One winter night
E      B        C#m
Past Embankment Gardens
Amaj7            G#m7
Enter warmth and light

[Bridge]
F#m7     G#m7              Amaj7
Face the music (it's never easy)
           B
Forget the chill
F#m7     G#m7               Amaj7
Face the future (it's never easy)
         B
Find the will

[Chorus]
                 E      G#m
If live is worth living
               C#m  C#m/B
It's got to be done
          F#/A#       Amaj7
One might be forgiven
             Am/C               C#m
For thinking it's a life on the run
Amaj7           C                  E/B
Many roads will cross through many lives
    B              E
But somehow you survive
G#m    C#m  B
    Oooooooh

[Verse 2]
E B     C#m
  Look around
Amaj7             B
Picture what's in store
E           B     C#m
Is this the final edit
          Amaj7         G#m7
Or is the subject now a bore?

[Bridge]
F#m7             G#m7                   Amaj7
Don't shrug your shoulders (it's always easy)
            B
You can't ignore

[Chorus]
                   E      G#m
That life is worth living
                   C#m  C#m/B
It's still worth a damn
          F#/A#       Amaj7
One might be forgiven
             Am/C                C#m
For thinking it's something of a sham
Amaj7          C                E/B
Many words may make it sound contrived
    B              Em/G
But somehow we're alive

[Middle]
        F#m7b5             B
(The survivors!) Our heads bowed
Em/G                 F#m7b5            B
(The survivors) at memorials for other faces in the crowd

[Bridge]
F#m7         G#m7                Amaj7
Teachers and artists (it's never easy)
             B
And Saturday girls
F#m7        G#m7                Amaj7
In suits or sequins (It's never easy)
                B
Or twinsets and pearls

[Chorus]
                 E      G#m
If life is worth living
               C#m  C#m/B
It's got to be run
     F#/A#           Amaj7
As a means of giving
         Am/C       C#m
Not as a race to be won
Amaj7           C                E/B
Many roads will run through many lives
    B               E
But somehow we'll arrive

[Outro Instrumental]
E G#m
C#m C#m/B
F#/A# Amaj7
Am/C C#m

[Ending]
Amaj7           C                E/B
Many roads will run through many lives
    F#m7      B7       E
But somewhere we'll survive