Stayin Alive is a song by the Bee Gees, released in 1977 as part of the soundtrack for the movie Saturday Night Fever. It was written during a record industry slump amidst a record distribution strike. The Bee Gees saw the song as a symbol of survival, highlighting the theme of persevering despite hardships. Furthermore, the beat of the song was inspired by the sound that an MRI machine made in the hospital where the band members were visiting th ... See more [+] eir manager. Stayin Alive quickly became a disco anthem at the height of the disco era in the latter half of the 1970s.
Key: Em
Introduction:
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Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
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I'm a woman's man, no time to talk
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Music loud and women warm
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I've been kicked around since I was born
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But now it's all right, that's okay
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You may look the other way
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We can try to understand
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The New York Times' effect on man
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Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
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You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
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Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
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I'm a-stayin' alive, stayin' alive
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Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
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Bm7
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' ali-i-i-i --- ive (break)
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Oh, when you walk
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Well, now I get low and I get high
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And if I can't get either, I really try
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Got the wings of heaven on my shoes
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I'm a dancin' man, and I just can't lose
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You know, it's all right, it's okay
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I'll live to see another day
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We can try to understand
A
The New York Times' effect on man
Em
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
Em
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Em
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
Em
I'm a-stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Em
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
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Bm7
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' ali-i-i-i --- ive (break)
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Oooooh
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Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
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Somebody help me, yeah
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Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
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Em
I'm stayin' alive
Em
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
D
Em
I'm a woman's man, no time to talk
Em
Music loud and women warm
D
Em
I've been kicked around since I was born
A
But now it's all right, that's okay
A
You may look the other way
A
We can try to understand
A
The New York Times' effect on man
Em
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother