Chords for Jim Peterik of Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

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_ _ _ _ _ _ I called the phone call that changed my life.
And I got home one day, I was living in LaGrange with my wife Karen, who's here tonight by the way.
_ And she's, thank you, thank you. _ _
Karen thanks you.
And I got home and I had this big old answer machine, so I pressed play and I, a message
from my sister, a message from my friend, and then, hey you old Jim, give me a call
at Sylvester Stallone. _ _
And I go, yeah right, come on.
Someone's putting me on, you know, I mean, I've heard, I've heard jokes like that.
He was, what do they call it?
He was punking me.
Someone was punking me, man. _
But Karen says, you know, that sounds like Stallone.
I think you better call him back.
Well, I'm glad I did.
I called him back.
I said, this is Jim Peterick.
Is this really Sylvester Stallone?
He goes, yeah, Jim, call me Sly.
_ Yeah.
_ Kid from Berwyn calling my hero Sly, right? _
And he said, man, you know, I love your band Survivor.
I love that song, Poor Man's Son.
That's the sound I want for my new movie, Rocky III.
Can you help me out?
I said, is water wet? _ _
I think so, you know.
I had a lot of confidence.
You know, to me, good luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
And I knew this was that moment.
So he sent us the rough cut of the movie.
I called Frankie over, the guitar player with Survivor.
And we watched that thing.
And we caught the energy.
And we saw Mr.
T rising up like this evil empire that he was.
And Stallone kind of getting soft doing MasterCard commercials.
Had my guitar around my neck, and I just started going just like that, you know.
_ That felt pretty good, right?
_ So I see the punches being thrown.
I start kind of throwing chords out of the air.
And I started going, _ _
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_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ wait for the punch. _ _ _
_ [C] That's why I screw every drummer up. _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ So I knew we had a pretty good shot of _ going [E] somewhere with this little ditty.
[Am] You know?
But what amazes me is that in the year _ [A] 2019, this song is still around,
making a difference in some people's lives, you know.
And that's the biggest gift that a songwriter can ever have.
I mean, it doesn't suck going to the mailbox. _ _ _
_ _ _ You know what I mean.
But [F#] aside from that, it's really about the stories
I've heard about people that have really been motivated by that song
to fight cancer, to go across the finish line,
to go to the top of the corporate ladder, whatever it is, man.
And thank you, everybody, for coming and supporting the young musicians
that we're going to see today. _
Because you've got the eye of the [Am] tiger rising up [E] back on the street.
[A] _ I did my [Am] time, took my chances.
_ _ Went the distance, [F] now I'm back on my feet.
[G] Just a man and his will [Am] to survive.
_ _ So many times [C] it happens too fast.
[G] You treasure passion [Am] for glory.
_ _ Don't lose your grip [C] on the dreams of the past.
[G] You must fight to keep [Am] them alive.
[Dm] It's the eye of the tiger.
[C] It's the thrill [G] of the fight [Dm] rising up to the [Am] challenge of [G] our rival.
[Dm] And the last known survivor [C] stops his prey [G] in the night.
[D] And he's watching [C] us all with [C] the eye [Am] of the tiger.
_ [A] _ Yeah.
Are you with me so far?
_ _ _ [Am] Mm, _ face to face, [F] not in the heat.
_ [G] _ Hanging tough, [Am] staying hungry.
_ _ They stack the eyes [C] still we take to the street.
[G] Hold the kill with the skill to [Am] survive.
_ [Dm] It's the eye _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] of the tiger. _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] And the last known [C] survivor stops his [G] prey in the night.
[Dm] And he's watching us [F] all with the _ eye of the tiger.
[A] Oh, you guys are awesome.
_ _ And I'll tell you, I'm a little bit hoarse on that last chorus.
You're really going to help me out. _
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_ [Em] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] Yeah, rising [E] up straight to the top.
[G] _ I have the guts.
I got the [E] glory.
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With [F] distance, I'm not going to stop.
[G] Just a man and his will [Am] to _ survive.
[Dm] It's the eye of _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ the tiger.
And [Dm] the last known survivor [C] stops his prey [G] in the night.
[Dm] And he's watching [C] us all _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] with the eye of the tiger.
Yeah. _ _
_ _ _ Even [C] got the long one. _
The eye [A] of the tiger. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ You got the eye of [Am] the tiger.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ The acorns got the eye [Am] of the tiger.
_ _ [A] You got the eye of the tiger, baby.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ You got the eye of the tiger.
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Thank you so much.
You guys got the eye of the tiger.
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