Only The Strong Survive Chords by Jerry Butler

[G] _ _ _ I remember my first love affair, [Am]
somehow nothing [C] a whole darn thing went wrong.
My mama had some [Am] great advice so I thought I'd put it in the [G] words of this song.
I can still hear her saying,
_ Boy, boy, boy,
Oh I [Am] see you sitting out there all alone,
_ Crying your [D] eyes out,
[C] Cause the woman that you [G] love is gone.
Oh, it's gonna be, it's gonna be,
A whole [C] lot of trouble in your life.
Oh, [Am] so listen to me, get up off your knees,
Cause [G] only the strong survive.
That's what she said, she said,
Only the strong survive.
Only [Am] the strong survive.
_ Yeah, you gotta [Bm] be strong,
[D] You better hold on [G] _ _ with [Am] your head hung down. _
Well, I wouldn't let the little girl know,
Wouldn't let her know that she [G] made me feel like a clown. _
There are a whole lot of girls,
Looking [C] for a good man like you.
[Am] Oh, but you'll never meet them if you give up [G] now and say your life's true.
Then she said, only the strong survive.
_ Only the [C] strong survive. _
Yeah, you [Bm] gotta be a man,
[C] You gotta [D] take a [G] stand. _ _ _
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _
[G] _ So I'm telling you right now,
Only the strong survive.
[Am] Only the strong survive.
Yeah, you [Bm] gotta be strong,
[C] You better [D] hold on,
[G] Don't worry about it,
Don't you know that [Am] things are gonna change.
Oh, but [Bm] you gotta be a man,
[D] You gotta take a [G] stand,
Don't ever feel that you [Am] can't make it.
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