Cory Branan – Survivor Blues chords

Survivor Blues - Cory Branan - Mutt
Standard tuning
Capo 2 

These chords here are the way Cory plays it in the 'after hours' version. 
For the full band version, just transpose the chords into G major (same capo).


Intro: Am, G, F 

First verse:
G                   AmShe wondered once about her luck
            G               FPut out her match with a tear
             F         C          G     CShe said I'm bored to death and born to,
                 F(add9)Look, you want way the hell away from here?
          G                          AmHe said you don't look that tough to me
   G                F(add9)Leaned and lit a cigarette
               F         C       G        CHow 'bout you wait and see just what you regret
Am        G        FUntil we get what we get
Am        G        F    Until we get what we get


Chorus:
    G                  Am    They say it makes you stonger
F               C      G  C      But first you gotta survive
              F            G         CWhat didn't kill you will make you wish you died
              F           G          Am      G    FWhat didn't kill you will make you wish you died


Second verse:
 G                         Am           She struggled to read his knuckle tattoos
 Am         G            F(add9)Beneath the ring and the scar
         F         C           G          CBut the left said love and the right read true
                     G        F(add9)She said please say you got a car
       G         AmIt's parked out back
       G             AmIt's pointed out of state
       Am         G           F   (add9)            It's a recent acquisition we should probably ditch the plates

    F                 C             G         CAnd it won't get you far enough to ever lose track
     Am               G             F (add9)      But yeah it's plenty car enough for never coming back


Chorus:
    G                  Am    They say it makes you stonger
F               C      G  C      But first you gotta survive
              F            G         CWhat didn't kill you will make you wish you died
              F           G          Am      G    FWhat didn't kill you will make you wish you died

Am, G, Fadd9

Middle 8:
Dm                    GYellow duffel in the seat back yonder
C                FBunch of pretty junk I bought her

G                  AmIt's yours if you want
 G                  AmI believe in the flame
       G            FBut to me it's the same

     F            C         G          CShe said no thanks man my baggage is packed
     F           C              G           FThe name on my ankle with this knife in my back

   F     C             G          CI know a place on the way out of town
Am        G     FIt's as good as burned down
Am       G      F It's as good as burned down
AmIt's as good as...


Final chorus:
    G                  Am    They say it makes you stonger
F               C      G   C     But first you gotta survive
              F G C    What didn't kill you
              F G CWhat didn't kill you 
              F            C         F       Am   G   FWhat didn't kill you will make you wish you died


Outro:
                 AmYou call that a scar
   G          C
A bruise, A tear
       F    GPillowmarks
     FSouvenirs
 G         AmSou-venirs