Stayin' Alive – The Bee Gees
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Written by: Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
From: “Saturday Night Fever - The Original Movie Sound Track” (1977)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

The recording is somewhere between F and F#.

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capo: 1st fret
play: Em
key: Fm

For chords in original key transpose +1 (and "use flats").


Alternative

tuning: D-A-D-G-B-e (Drop-D)
transpose: -2
capo: 3rd fret
Play: Dm
key: Fm

Dm    0-0-0-2-3-1
C     x-3-2-0-1-0
G     5-x-0-0-0-3
Am7   x-0-5-5-5-5

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[LICK] no capo
 [Fm(7)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|---6------------|-------------6--|---6------------|-------------6--|
A|6h8---6--------6|---6------6-8---|6h8---6--------6|---6------6-8---|
E|----------8-6h8-|6h8---6h8-------|----------8-6h8-|6h8---6h8-------|

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[Intro]
| Em | % | A | % |
| Em | % |

[Verse 1]
              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

[Pre-Chorus]
             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

[Chorus]
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              Em
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Em              Em         [ D   Em ] Bm7
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' ali-i-i-i --- ive
                (break)
            | Em | % | 
Oh, when you walk

[Verse 2]
          Em
Well, now I get low and I get high
         D                   Em
And if I can't get either, I really try
        Em
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes
      D                  Em
I'm a dancin' man, and I just can't lose

[Pre-Chorus]
               A
You know, it's all right, it's okay
     A
I'll live to see another day
A
We can try to understand
    A
The New York Times' effect on man

[Chorus]
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              Em
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Em              Em         [ D   Em ] Bm7
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' ali-i-i-i --- ive
                (break)
    | Em | % | 
Oooooh

[Middle 8]
A
 Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
                   | Em | % | 
Somebody help me, yeah
A                   
 Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
| A |         | Em | % |
   I'm stayin' alive

[Verse 3]
          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

[Pre-Chorus]
             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

[Chorus]
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              Em
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Em              Em         [ D   Em ] Bm7
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' ali-i-i-i --- ive
                (break)
      | Em | % | 
Yeah

[Outro]
= Middle 8
A
 Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
                   | Em | % | 
Somebody help me, yeah
A                                         Em
 Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
            | Em | % | % | 
I'm stayin' ali-i-i-i-ive

(repeat and fade)