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Only the Strong Survive - Elvis Presley
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Elvis Presley
Only the Strong Survive (1969)
(Huff/Butler/Gamble)
From: "From Elvis in Memphis"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
Am/G 3-x-2-2-1-0
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO
| G | % | C/G | % | Am/G | % | G | % |
[spoken:] I remember my first love affair
Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong
My mamma had some great advice
So I thought I'd put it into words of this song
I can still hear her sayin' it
VERSE
G C/G
Boy, oh, I see you're sittin' out there all alone
Am/G G
Cryin' your eyes out 'cos the woman that you love has gone
G C/G
Oh, there's gonna be, there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life
Am/G G
Oh, so listen to me get up off your knees 'cos only the strong survive
G
That's what she said, only the strong survive
CHORUS
Am/G
Only the strong survive,
Am Bm C D
Oh you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
VERSE
G C/G
Don't go all around with your head hung down
Am/G
Well I wouldn't let that little girl, no, I wouldn't let her know
G
That she made me feel like a clown
G C/G
There's a whole lot a girls lookin' for a good man like you
Am/G
Oh but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now
G
And say your life is through
CHORUS
G Am/G
Yes she said: Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,
Am Bm C D
You've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand
INTERLUDE
| G | % | C/G | % | Am/G | % | G | % |
Boy, boy, oh boy
CHORUS (outro)
G Am/G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,
Am Bm C D
Oh you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
G
'Cos only the strong survive
G Am/G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,
Am Bm C D
You've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand
G C/G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive
Am/G G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive
(repeat and fade)