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Cursive - Staying Alive Chords

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Staying Alive Chords

(ver. 1)
Cursive
[Intro]
F
(sustain)
F        F        Dm        Dm        x3
Bbmaj7   Gm       Am7       Bbmaj7
Gm       F
 
[Verse]
                         F
        I have decided tonight
            Dm                       Dm
I'm staying alive - just kicking and screaming
 F              F
Alive...    I'm staying alive
                  Dm                 Dm
Blood boiling and streaming
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Bbmaj7              Gm
      There are things
         Am7
Far too dark
         Bbmaj7
To comprehend
Bbmaj7          Gm
          Sleep on it
         Am7
One more night
         Bbmaj7
One more night
           Gm
My sad old friend!
 
[Chorus]
 F                   F
Alive!
            Dm                 Dm
I'm staying alive!
 F                   F
Alive!
            Dm                 Dm
I'm staying alive!
            F
Kicking and screaming, blood boiling
    F                    Dm            Dm
and streaming - staying alive!
 
[Instrumental post-chorus]
F      F     Dm      Dm     x6
 
[Post chorus with vocals]
F                     F
do-do do-do do-do     do-do do-do do-do
Dm                        Dm
do-do do-do do-do     the worst is over
F                     F
do-do do-do do-do     do-do do-do do-do
Dm                        Dm
do-do do-do do-do     the worst is over
 
(repeat many times - there are many layered parts)
(a keyboard part repeats the notes f, e & a)
(strings start to play chords something like as follows)
 
F                  Am7   Fmaj7              Am7
do-do do-do do-do        do-do do-do do-do
Dm                 Dm9   Bbmaj7
do-do do-do do-do        the worst is over
 
(note that the F/F/Dm/Dm pattern can be played under/over this)
(repeat many times until vocals fade)
 
[Outro]
F     F     Dm      Dm
 
(repeat more until the very end, as follows)
 
Bb    Gm    Dm
Bb    Gm    F
F
(sustain)
            
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