Cursive – Staying Alive (Guitar)
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from the 2003 album "The Ugly Organ"
Tabbed By: Jake M e-mail: [email protected]
please let me know about any comments/corrections you may have
the ending part gets tricky with all the layered parts
but I give some suggestions for chords to play
[Intro]
F
(sustain)F Fadd9 F Fadd9 Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2 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)