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                Only the Strong Survive - Elvis Presley
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Elvis Presley
Only the Strong Survive (1969)
(Huff/Butler/Gamble)

From: "From Elvis in Memphis"

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CHORDS

e-B-G-D-A-E
C/G     0-1-0-2-x-3
Am/G    0-1-2-2-x-3

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Capo 1st fret

INTRO
| G| (320003@1)% | C/G| (3x555x@1)% | Am/G| (302210@1)% | G| (320003@1)% |
[spoken:] I remember my first love affair
Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong
My mamma had some great advice
So I thought I'd put it into words of this song
I can still hear her sayin' it

G (320003@1)                   C/GBoy, (3x555x@1)oh, I see you're sittin' out there all alone
Am/G (302210@1)                                       GCryin' (320003@1)your eyes out 'cos the woman that you love has gone
                  G (320003@1)                                 C/GOh, (3x555x@1)there's gonna be, there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life
       Am/G (302210@1)                                  GOh, (320003@1)so listen to me get up off your knees 'cos only the strong survive
                 GThat's (320003@1)what she said, only the strong survive
         Am/GOnly (302210@1)the strong survive,
          Am (x02210@1)      Bm (x24432@1)          C (x32010@1)         DOh (xx0232@1)you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
      
      G (320003@1)                     C/GDon't (3x555x@1)go all around with your head hung down
     Am/G (302210@1)Well I wouldn't let that little girl, no, I wouldn't let her know 
                 GThat (320003@1)she made me feel like a clown
          G (320003@1)                             C/GThere's (3x555x@1)a whole lot a girls lookin' for a good man like you
       Am/G (302210@1)Oh but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now 
             GAnd (320003@1)say your life is through

G (320003@1)                      Am/GYes (302210@1)she said: Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,
       Am (x02210@1)        Bm (x24432@1)        C (x32010@1)           DYou've (xx0232@1)got to be a man, you've got to take a stand

| G| (320003@1)% | C/G| (3x555x@1)% | Am/G| (302210@1)% | G| (320003@1)% |
Boy, boy, oh boy

G (320003@1)                      Am/GOnly (302210@1)the strong survive, only the strong survive,
          Am (x02210@1)      Bm (x24432@1)          C (x32010@1)         DOh (xx0232@1)you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
     G'Cos (320003@1)only the strong survive
         G (320003@1)                      Am/GOnly (302210@1)the strong survive, only the strong survive,
       Am (x02210@1)        Bm (x24432@1)        C (x32010@1)           DYou've (xx0232@1)got to be a man, you've got to take a stand
         G (320003@1)                      C/GOnly (3x555x@1)the strong survive, only the strong survive
         Am/G (302210@1)                   GOnly (320003@1)the strong survive, only the strong survive

(repeat and fade)