Survivors

 

Written by John Stewart

 

‘Survivors’ is from “Wingless Angels”, RCA 1975, re-released as CD “Cannons in the Rain/Wingless Angels” (two LPs on one CD) by Bear Family Records in 1990.  (“Cannons in the Rain” was  first released in 1973, also by RCA).  The song is also on “The Last Campaign”, Homecoming Records,  1985, CD re-release as “American Hero”, NEC 1988, and on “The Americans Plus”, Neon Dreams, 2002. 

John plays the song in D, then E the first time (sounds like he has put a capo on the fifth fret and plays in A, then B, really).  Charlie Woodward and I go for the C, then D solution (with a capo on the second fret to play along with the “Wingless Angels” version) because you can pick all three versions that way.  Second time is Eb throughout, capo third fret.  On “The Americans”, no capo is needed. 

There are lyric changes on the “The Americans” version.  Now it´s “The Al-Qaeda pilots have shattered my life”, and New York is the state that will survive in the last chorus.

 

 

Capo 2nd fret

 

(C)He broke his back

To put the (G)food on the table,

In Co(F)lumbus, O(G)hio,

He (C)said to his wife, (hold)

"I be(C)lieve that the flag,

It was (G)more than a rag,

But the (F)outlaws in (G)office

Have (C)shattered my (C7)life."

 

Can you (F)hear me, O(G)hio?

(Em)You are the (Am)country,

(F)You are the (Em)nation,

(D)You will su(G)rvive.

 

Can you (F)hear me O(G)hio?

(Em)You are the (Am)country,

(F)You are the (Em)nation,

(G)You will sur(C)vive.  (G) (F) (G)

 

(C)Children in Cheyenne

Are (G)taught in their schools

`Be(F)lieve in the (G)country,

Don't (C)break any rules´.

But the T.V. is on

And they (G)know something's wrong,

(F)Someone must (G)tell them

To (C)keep pushing (C7)on.

 

Can you (F)hear me, Wy(G)oming?

(Em)You are the (Am)country,

(F)You are the (Em)nation,

(D)You will sur(G)vive.

 

Can you (F)hear me, Wy(G)oming?

(Em)You are the (Am)country,

(F)You are the (Em)nation,

(G)You will sur(C)vive.  (Em)  (A7)

 

(D)Devils and angels

Be(A)long in the church,

You (G)try for the (A)best

And you (D)deal with the worst.

Just keep on plugging,

You (A)old nine to five,

For (G)you are the (A)heartbeat

That (D)keeps us a(D7)live.

 

Can you (G)hear me, Vir(A)ginia?

(F#m)You are the (Bm)country,

(G)You are the (F#m)nation,

(E)You will sur(A)vive.

 

Can you (G)hear me, Da(A)kota?

(F#m)You are the (Bm)country,

(G)You are the (F#m)nation,

(A)You will sur(D)vive.

 

Can you (G)hear me, Colo(A)rado?

(F#m)You are the (Bm)country,

(G)You are the (F#m)nation,

(E)You will sur(A)vive.

 

Can you (G)hear me, Cali(A)fornia?

(F#m)You are the (Bm)country,

(G)You are the (F#m)nation,

(A)You will sur(D)vive.

 

Can you (G)hear me, Wis(A)consin?

(F#m)You are the (Bm)country,

(G)You are the (F#m)nation,

(E)You will sur(A)vive.

 

Can you (G)hear me, Ari(A)zona?

(F#m)You are the (Bm)country,

(G)You are the (F#m)nation,

(A)You will sur(D)vive.

 

Can you (G)hear me in (A)Georgia?

(F#m)You are the (Bm)country,

(G)You are the (F#m)nation,

(E)You will sur(A)vive.

 

Can you (G)hear me in (A)Texas?

(F#m)You are the (Bm)country,

(G)You are the (F#m)nation,

(A)You will sur(D)vive.

 

Can you (G)hear me, Ha(A)waii?

(F#m)You are the (Bm)country,

(G)You are the (F#m)nation,

(E)You will sur(A)vive.

 

Can you (G)hear me, A(A)laska?

(F#m)You are the (Bm)country,

(G)You are the (F#m)nation,

(A)You will sur(D)vive.

 

(Continue chord progression) Doo doo dee dee dee….

 

© John Stewart, All Rights Reserved

 

Charlie Woodward & janhauenstein@gmx.de

 

9/2002