Survival chords by
Eminem (Official Version)

2013Hip-hop856 views

Key: G minorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

D5

C5

Bb5

A5

Chorus 1
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  survival of the fittest
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  do or    die
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  the winner   takes it  all
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
So take it all- all
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5

Verse 1
D5 D5 
 
Wasn't ready to be no millionaire,
C5 C5 
 
I was ill-prepared
Bb5 Bb5 
 
A5 A5 
 
I was prepared to be ill though,
the skill was there
G5 G5 
 
From the beginning, it wasn't 'bout the ends
F5 F5 
 
It  was 'bout busting raps
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
and standing for   something,
D5 D5 
 
fuck an acronym
G5 G5 
 
Cut the fucking act like you're happy,
F5 F5 
 
I'm fucking back again
Bb5 Bb5 
 
With another anthem, why   stop
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
when it doesn't have to end?
G5 G5 
 
It ain't over 'til I say it's over,
F5 F5 
 
enough when I say enough
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Throw me to    them wolves
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
and close the gate up
G5 G5 
 
I'm afraid of what'll happen to them wolves
F5 F5 
 
When the thought of being thrown into an
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
alligator pit, I salivate at it
Wait is up,
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
hands up like it's twelve noon, nah, homie
Hold them bitches
Bb5 Bb5 
 
straighter up,
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
wave 'em 'til
you dislocate a rotator cuff
D5 D5 
 
Came up rough,
C5 C5 
 
came to ruffle feathers, nah, egos
Bb5 Bb5 
 
I ain't deflate enough,
A5 A5 
 
last chance to make this whole stadium erupt

Chorus 2
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  survival of the fittest
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  do or    die
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  the winner   takes it  all
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
So take it all- all
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5

Verse 2
D5 D5 
 
I can see the finish line
C5 C5 
 
with each line that I   finish
Bb5 Bb5 
 
I'm so close to    my goals,
A5 A5 
 
I can almost pole vault over the goal post
G5 G5 
 
And if I don't got enough in the tank,
F5 F5 
 
maybe I can just siphon enough
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
To fill up this  last can, man
G5 G5 
 
will I survive in this climate or what?
F5 F5 
 
They said I was washed up
and got a blood bath
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
I'm not   a rapper, I'm an adapter,
I can adjust
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Plus I   can just walk up to a   mic and just bust
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
So floor's open if  you'd like to discuss
G5 G5 
 
Top five in this mothafucka
F5 F5 
 
and if I don't make the cut
Bb5 Bb5 
 
What, like I give a     fuck?
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
I'ma light this bitch up like I'm driving a truck
G5 G5 
 
To the side of a pump,
F5 F5 
 
zero to sixty hop in and gun it
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
Like G-Unit without the hyphen,
I'm hyping 'em up
D5 D5 
 
C5 C5 
 
And if there should ever come a time
where my life's in a rut
Bb5 Bb5 
 
A5 A5 
 
And I look like I might just give up,

Verse 3
eh, might've mistook
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Me for bowing out I ain't taking a bow,
I'm stabbing myself
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
With a     fucking knife in  the gut,
while I'm wiping my butt
G5 G5 
 
'Cause I just shitted on the mic,
F5 F5 
 
and I   like getting cut
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
I get excited at the sight of my  blood
D5 D5 
 
you're in a fight with a nut
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
'Cause I'ma fight 'til I die or win
Bitin' the dust
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
It'll just  make me  angrier, wait
D5 D5 
 
Let me remind you of what
C5 C5 
 
got me this far
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Picture me quittin'
Now draw a circle around it
A5 A5 
 
and put a line through it, slut

Chorus 3
It's survival of what
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  survival of the fittest
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  do or    die
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  the winner   takes it  all
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
So take it all- all
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
So take it all- all
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5

Verse 4
D5 D5 
 
So get your ideas,
C5 C5 
 
stack your ammo
Bb5 Bb5 
 
But don't come  unless you come to battle,
A5 A5 
 
now mount up, jump in the saddle
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
This is it, it's what you eat, sleep, piss and shit
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Live, breathe,
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
your whole existence just consists of this
G5 G5 
 
Refuse to quit, fuse is lit,
F5 F5 
 
can't defuse the wick
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
I don't do    this music shit,
D5 D5 
 
I lose my shit
Ain't got shit to lose
G5 G5 
 
it's the moment of truth
F5 F5 
 
It's all I know how to do,
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
as soon  as I get thrown in the   booth, I spit
G5 G5 
 
But my respect is overdue,
F5 F5 
 
I'm showing you the flow no one do
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
'Cause I don't own no diploma
D5 D5 
 
for school, I quit
G5 G5 
 
So there's nothing for me to fall back on
F5 F5 
 
I know no other trades
Bb5 Bb5 
 
So you'd better trade your fucking mics in
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
for some tool boxes
D5 D5 
 
'Cause you'll never take my pride from me
C5 C5 
 
It'll have to be pried from me
Bb5 Bb5 
 
so pull  out your pliers
A5 A5 
 
and your screwdrivers

Verse 5
G5 G5 
 
But I want you to doubt me,
F5 F5 
 
I don't want you to believe
Bb5 Bb5 
 
'Cause this  is something
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
that I   must use to succeed
G5 G5 
 
And if you don't like me
F5 F5 
 
then fuck you
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Self esteem must be fucking shooting
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
through the roof
'cause trust me
G5 G5 
 
My skin is too thick
F5 F5 
 
and bullet proof to touch me
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
I can see   why the fuck I disgust you
D5 D5 
 
I must be al  lergic to failure
C5 C5 
 
'cause every time I close to it
Bb5 Bb5 
 
I just sneeze,
A5 A5 
 
but I just go a   choo

Chorus 4
then achieve
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  survival of the fittest
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  do or    die
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
This is  the winner   takes it  all
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
So take it all- all
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5 
 
G5 G5 
 
F5 F5 
 
So take it all- all
Bb5 Bb5 
 
C5 C5 
 
D5 D5

Outro 1

D5

C5

Bb5

A5

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD5 C5 Bb5 A5 G5...

Chords

D5
C5
Bb5
A5
G5
F5

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

D5: x-5-7-x-x-x
C5: x-3-5-x-x-x
Bb5: x-1-3-x-x-x
A5: x-0-2-x-x-x
G5: 3-5-x-x-x-x
F5: 1-3-x-x-x-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Most chord-change problems come from the strumming hand, not the fretting hand. The basic strumming course covers the patterns and timing that make any chord progression easier to play. Practice basic strumming

This is the definitive original version of Survival by Eminem, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G minor. It suits players who want to learn Survival the way Eminem intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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