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Message II (Survival) easy guitar chords by
Grandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Flash
The Furious Five
The Furious Five
Grandmaster Melle Mel
Grandmaster Melle Mel

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Intro 1
Am


Verse 1
C

Survival
Am

Survival

the strong can survive,
C

it's called survival
Am

Only the strong can survive,

it's called survival
C
Am

In or der to stay alive,
C

it's called survival
Am

Survival, survival, survival

They smile in your face

and they talk behind your back
C

And when you give them the story,
Am

it's never exact

Some say they're your friends,
C

but they really are not
Am

Because they're only out to try

and get what you've got
C

Survival
Am

Only the strong can survive,
F
C

it's called survival
Am

Only the strong can survive,
C

it's called survival
Am

In order to stay alive,
C

it's called survival,
Am

survival, survival, survival
G

In jail they got a game
Am

and they call it survival

They run it down to you

on your first arrival
G

They tell you what you can
Am

and what you cannot do
G
Am

So if you ever go to jail, watch out
C

It's called survival
Am

Only the strong can survive
C

It's called survival
Am

Only the strong can survive,
F
Am
C

it's called survival
Am

In order to stay alive,
C

it's called survival
Am

Survival, survival,
C
Am
C
Am
G

survival
C
Am

G

I went looking for a job
C
Am

every day last week
G
C

But it turned into a crazy game
Am

of hide -and -seek
G

Because every place I seemed
C
Am

to look a job wasn't there
G

I might as well apply for food
C
Am

stamps or welfare
C

It's called survival

And only the strong can survive
F
C

It's called survival
Am

And only the strong can survive
C

It's called survival
Am
C

In order to stay alive
Am
C

It's called survival,
Am
C
Am

survival, survival, survival

People like Hercules,
G
C
Am

your body is strong
G

but your mind is like the devil,
Am

your ideals are wrong.
C

You hurt people's feelings

and mess with their minds,
Am
C

then have the nerve to call me brother

and wave the peace sign.

The young and the old,

they all hate your sight,
Am
C

because of people like you,
Am

they're scared to walk in the night.
C

It's called survival.
Am

Only the strong can survive.
F
C

It's called survival.
Am

If only the strong can survive,

it's called survival
G
C
Am

In or der to stay alive,

it's called survival
C
Am

Survival, survival, survival
C

The problems of the world today
Am

are big ger than life
C
Am
C

You have recessions and depressions

Men are cheating on their wives

Babies born each morn

with part of their bodies gone

Because of some crazy drug

that their mothers was on

There's countries fighting, not uniting
Am

Always putting each other down
F
Am
C

Blacks and whites don't realize
Am

that they're really pink and brown
G

You got gun joke, cut joke,
C
Am

stress and strife

And looking out for number one

is a way of life

It's called survival

And only the strong can survive
C

It's called survival
Am

And only the strong can survive
F
Am
C

It's called survival
Am

In order to stay alive
F
C
Am

It's called survival, survival, survival,
C
Am
C
Am

survival
G
Am
G

C
Am

G

You got to lock all your windows,
Am

chain up all your doors

To protect what's inside

of your houses and stores
G
Am

Beware of the food, it might be no good

Cause there's someone

trying to poison the whole neighborhood

Ha!
G

Today they found something
C
Am

in somebody's store
G

They said kill ten people
C
Am

and hurt four more
G

They can't even trust a bill
C
Am

to make life easier

When there's sudden death
G
C
Am

on your roses' freezer

Survival
C
Am

Only the strong can survive,

it's called survival
G
C
Am

Only the strong can survive,

it's called survival
C
Am

In order to stay alive,
F
C

it's called survival
Am

Survival, survival, survival
C
F
C
Am

About to lose your mind
C

Because life is hard
Am
G

Yet you believe in everything
C
Am

But, God, those pretty women
C
Am

Lots of money, yeah, that's alright

But don't you ever forget
G
C
Am

The man with the mic
C

Now get a hold of yourself, man

Think positive
Am

Because that's definitely
G
C
Am

The only way to live

Don't let your mind flow
G
C
Am

Mike, wa ter from a cup,
G
C
Am

and don't you ever let me hear you say that you're giving up,
C

it's called survival
Am

Only the strong can survive,
F
C

it's called survival
Am

Only the strong can survive,

it's called survival

In order to stay alive,
C

it's called survival,
Am

survival, survival
C

Remember, a child is born

with no state of mind
Am
C
Am

He was blind to the ways of mankind

God is smiling on you,
C
Am

but he's frowning too

Because only God knows
Am

what you'll go through

Survival
G
C
Am

Only the strong can survive,

it's called survival
C

And only the strong can survive,
Am

it's called survival
C
Am

In order to stay alive,

it's called survival
G
C

Survival, survival,
Am
G
Am

survival
Am
Am
C

Am

C

Am
C
C

Am
C
Am
F
C

I
Am

Am

Thanks watching, I'll time.

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