Elvis Presley – Only The Strong Survive (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Huff/Butler/Gamble From: "From Elvis in Memphis" (1969) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard If you like the tab, don't forget to vote. If you don't, leave a comment so I can improve it. Thank you very much! Capo: 1st fret Play: G Key: Ab For chords in original key transpose +1 (and "use flats") ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G     3-x-2-0-1-0
Am/G    3-x-2-2-1-0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro]
| G | % | C/G | % | Am/G | % | G | % |
[spoken:] I remember my first love affair
Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong My mamma had some great advice So I thought I'd put it into words of this song I can still hear her sayin' it [Verse]
G                     C/G
Boy, oh, I see you're sittin' out there all alone

Am/G                                         G
Cryin' your eyes out 'cos the woman that you love has gone

                  G                                   C/G
Oh, there's gonna be, there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life

       Am/G                                    G
Oh, so listen to me get up off your knees 'cos only the strong survive

                 G
That's what she said, only the strong survive
[Chorus]
         Am/G
Only the strong survive,

          Am        Bm            C           D
Oh you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
[Verse]
      G                       C/G
Don't go all around with your head hung down

     Am/G 
Well I wouldn't let that little girl, no, I wouldn't let her know 

                 G
That she made me feel like a clown

          G                               C/G
There's a whole lot a girls lookin' for a good man like you

       Am/G 
Oh but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now 

             G
And say your life is through
[Chorus]
                       G                        Am/G
Yes she said: Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,

       Am          Bm          C             D
You've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand
[Interlude]
| G | % | C/G | % | Am/G | % | G | % |
Boy, boy, oh boy
[Chorus] (outro)
         G                        Am/G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,

          Am        Bm            C           D
Oh you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on

     G
'Cos only the strong survive

         G                        Am/G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,

       Am          Bm          C             D
You've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand

         G                        C/G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive

         Am/G                     G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive
(repeat and fade)