WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Cursive - Staying Alive Chords | Ver. 1
[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)