Survivors chords by Danielle De Picciotto

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Verse 1
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 (C major) Sometimes when I'm sitting alone
in the subway,
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 (E minor) or  in the cafeteria,
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 (A minor) or  on a plane,  (E minor) watching people,
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 (C major) I  have to think of  (E minor) the fact
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that we live on a  (A minor) planet which is ra
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 (E minor) cing through a mysterious  (C major) black universe
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of which we  (E minor) know nothing
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except  (A minor) that it is  (C major) endless
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and that we are  (E minor) a mere tiny  (C major) particle
lost in this vast realm
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hurtling  (F major) around  (A minor) a    (C major) fireball
and yet we do our chores,
we feed our cats,
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try to  (A minor) survive taxes,  (C major) politicians,
and talk shows.
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Pointedly  (A minor) ignoring  (C major) the fear
that hovers over our heads,
balancing the sky and the heavens.
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 (E minor) with  (E major) nothing to hold  (A minor) on to
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except each other.  (E minor) 
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And in  (E major) spite of  (C major) this impossible situation,
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 (E minor) we be (A minor) lieve in  (E minor) justice,
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in honesty,  (C major)  (E minor) an  d decency.  (C major) 
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 (A minor) and  (E minor) that there will  (C major) be  (E minor) a    (C major) happy end.
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 (A minor) And I feel touched  (C major) by the fact
that we are so weak and yet so tenacious,
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 (E minor)  (C major) so ignorant  (A minor) and yet  (C major) so hopeful
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that we refuse to give up or  (E minor) in.
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 (C major)  (E minor)  (A minor)  (F major) And I look around
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 (C major) and see the lined faces,
the grey hair, the heavy bags,
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 (F major)  (A minor) the  (F major) worn  (A minor) out shoes,
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 (C major) And I'm amazed that the magical
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 (E minor) spark of sur (F major) vival
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is  (A minor)  (F major) al ways there,  (A minor)  (D minor) willing to overcome,
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to  (G major)  (D minor) stubbornly resist all odds.  (A minor) 
And I feel a wave of awe
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sweep away my  (C major) doubts and worries.
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 (E minor) An  d I feel a joy  (C major) so strong
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that  (F major) I  (C major) suddenly believe
there could be a happy end
in spite of it all.