Stayin' Alive chords

by The Bee Gees

Stayin' Alive was written by brothers, Barry Gibb, Maurice Ernest Gibb, and Robin Hugh Gibb.
Recorded: 1977
Released: 15th December, 1977
Album: Saturday Night Fever
Music: Em in 4/4 time at 103 bpm (♩)
Chords: Em, Em7, A7, Bm7, D, D/E
Capo: 1st fret if playing with the video (Fm)

Chart Legend

Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note

Stayin' Alive

The Relative Major Key of Em is highlighted (G Major) - Transpose to any other key.

 
              Em7          A          Em7     
Intro: 4/4 |      |  %  |     |  %  |     |  %  |
                        
                 Em7    
1. Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
         D                Em
   I'm a wo-man's man, no time to talk
   Em7
   Mu-sic loud and wo-men warm
             D                    Em
   I've been kicked a-round since I was born
                A7
   And now it's all right, that's okay
   
   You may look the oth-er way
   
   We can try to un-der-stand
   
   The New York Times' ef-fect on man   
   
        Em7
Chorus: Wheth-er you're a broth-er or wheth-er you're a moth-er

        You're stay-in' a-live, stay-in' al-ive
        
        Feel the ci-ty break-in' and ev'-ry-bo-dy shak-in'
        
        And you're stay-in' a-live, stay-in' a-live
        
        Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
                                   Em     D/E    Em   Bm7
        Ah, ha, ha, ha, stay-in' a-live |     |     |    Oh when you |
          Em7
        | walk |  %  | 
        
               Em7  
2. Well, now I get low and I get high
               D                   Em
   And when I can't get ei-ther, I real-ly try
           Em7
   Got the wings of heav-en on my shoes
         D                  Em
   I'm a danc-in' man and I just can't lose
                      A7
   You know, it's all right, it's o-kay
   
   I'll live to see a-noth-er day
   
   We can try to un-der-stand
   
   The New York Times' ef-fect on man   

        Em7
Chorus: Wheth-er you're a broth-er or wheth-er you're a moth-er

        You're stay-in' a-live, stay-in' al-ive
        
        Feel the ci-ty break-in' and ev'-ry-bo-dy shak-in'
        
        And you're stay-in' a-live, stay-in' a-live
        
        Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
                                   Em     D/E    Em   Bm7
        Ah, ha, ha, ha, stay-in' a-live |...  |...  |... Oh  |
          Em7
        |...oh |  %  |
        
       A7
Bridge: Life goin' no-where, some-bo-dy help me
                            Em7
        Some-bo-dy help me, yeah |  %  |
      A7 
        Life goin' no-where
        
        Some-bo-dy help me, yeah
                       Em7
        I'm stay-in' a-live |  %  |
        

                 Em7    
3. Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
         D                Em
   I'm a wo-man's man, no time to talk
   Em7
   Mu-sic loud and wo-men warm
             D                    Em
   I've been kicked a-round since I was born
                A7
   And now it's all right, that's okay
   
   You may look the oth-er way
   
   We can try to un-der-stand
   
   The New York Times' ef-fect on man 
   

        Em7
Chorus: Wheth-er you're a broth-er or wheth-er you're a moth-er

        You're stay-in' a-live, stay-in' al-ive
        
        Feel the ci-ty break-in' and ev'-ry-bo-dy shak-in'
        
        And you're stay-in' a-live, stay-in' a-live
        
        Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
                                   Em     D/E    Em   Bm7
        Ah, ha, ha, ha, stay-in' a-live |...  |...  |... Oh  |
          Em7
        |...oh |  %  |
        

      A7
Bridge: Life goin' no-where, some-bo-dy help me
                            Em7
        Some-bo-dy help me, yeah |  %  |
      A7 
        Life goin' no-where
                            Em7
        Some-bo-dy help me, yeah
                       Em7
        I'm stay-in' a-live... |  %  |  %   |        

      A7
        Life goin' no-where, some-bo-dy help me
                            Em7
        Some-bo-dy help me, yeah |  %  |        
                
      A7
        Life go-in' no-where, some-bo-dy help me
                            Em7
        Some-bo-dy help me, yeah
                       Em7
        I'm stay-in' a-live... |  %  |  %   |
        
      A7
        Life go-in' no-where, some-bo-dy help me        
                            Em7 
        Some-bo-dy help me, yeah...

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