A WAY TO SURVIVE
Written By: Johnny Paycheck
Recorded by: Ray Price & Darrell McCall
Key Of "C"
[Intro]
(Play Instrumentally Over Lines Below)
G G7 C C7
But for me, It's a way to sur-vive
[Verse]
C D
I look..at your picture,.too often
G C G
It helps..keep your mem'ry..a-live
C D
It's not healthy..they say..To re-live..yesterday
G G7 C C7
But for me..It's a way..to sur-vive
[Chorus]
F G C F
I must cling..to what's gone..If I'm..to go on
C G C
I can't..face the future,.I've tried
C D
Per-haps for the rest..Looking back..isn't best
G G7 C
But for me..It's a way..to sur-vive
[Instrumental]
C D
Per-haps for the rest..Looking back..isn't best
G G7 C C7
But for me..It's a way..to sur-vive
[Verse 2]
C D
When my heart aches..I read..all your letters
G C G
And the words..make our love..seem alive
C D
They say..I can't last,.if I live in the past
G G7 C
But for me,.it's a way..to sur-vive
[Chorus]
F G C F
I must cling..to what's gone..If I'm..to go on
C G C
I can't..face the future..I've tried
C D
Per-haps for the rest..Looking back..isn't best
G G7 C
But for me..It's a way..to sur-vive
G G7 C
But for me..It's a way..to sur-vive