Gaynor Gloria, I Will Survive (1978)
Key: :[Am] (w: Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris)
VERSE 1:
At
[Am7] first I was afraid, I was
[Dm7] petrified
Kept thinking
[G] I could never live without you
[Cmaj7] by my side
But I
[Fmaj7] spent so many nights, thinking
[Bm7/b5] how you did me wrong
I grew
[E7sus4] strong, and I learned
[E7] how to carry on
VERSE 2:
And so you're
[Am7] back, from outer
[Dm7] space
I just walked
[G] in to find you here with that sad
[Cmaj7] look upon your face
I should have
[Fmaj7] changed my stupid lock, I should have
[Bm7/b5] made you leave your key
If I had
[E7sus4] known for just one second you'd be
[E7] back to bother me
CHORUS 1:
Go on now
[Am7] go, walk out the
[Dm7] door
Just turn
[G] around now, 'cause you're not
[Cmaj7] welcome anymore
Weren't you the
[Fmaj7] one who tried to hurt me
[Bm7/b5] with goodbye
You think I'd
[E7sus4] crumble, you think I'd
[E7] lay down and die
CHORUS 2:
Oh no, not
[Am7] I, I will sur-
[Dm7]-vive
As
[G] long as I know how to love, I know
[Cmaj7] I will stay alive
I've got
[Fmaj7] all my life to live, I've got
[Bm7/b5] all my love to give
And I'll sur-
[E7sus4]-vive, I will sur-
[E7]-vive
INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS 1 & 2]
VERSE 3:
It took
[Am7] all the strength, I had not to
[Dm7] fall apart
Kept trying
[G] hard to mend the pieces of my
[Cmaj7] broken heart
And I spent
[Fmaj7] oh so many nights, just feeling
[Bm7/b5] sorry for myself
I used to
[E7sus4] cry, now I
[E7] hold my head up high
VERSE 4:
And you see
[Am7] me, somebody
[Dm7] new
I'm not that
[G] chained up little person still in
[Cmaj7] love with you
And so you
[Fmaj7] felt like dropping in, and just ex-
[Bm7/b5]-pect me to be free
Now I'm
[E7sus4] saving all my loving for
[E7] someone who's loving me
REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2: [x2]
