Chords for I Wanna Be A Survivor (1973) - Richard Clapton

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_ [G] _ [Em] When I was a young boy, [Am] I knew peace of mind.
[D] [Em] I'd sit down by the ocean, [Am] watch the seabirds fly.
_ _ [Em] But as the years went by and the men grew tired of the country life,
we moved up to the city, to the ghetto, and the police called sirens.
And they're calling out my name, screaming in their wretched pain,
but [C] I won't come back, _ [D]
even [G] if I live to be a [C] thousand years.
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Even if I live to be [G] a thousand [C] years.
[G] _ [A] I want to be a [G] survivor, [Em] _ _ _ _ _
and I'm going to be a survivor. _ _ _ _
_ And [C] I won't come back, _ [G]
even if I live to be a [Am] thousand years.
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_ _ [D] _ [Em] I've been walking [D] [F] along golden [Am] sands,
_ [Em] picked up the ocean [F] and let it run through my hands.
[Am] _ [Em] And I had a dream that my ship came through when we sailed away.
We sailed across the sky, a million miles in the strife and pain.
And they're calling out my name, telling that it's too damn late,
[C] because I won't come back, _ [G]
[D] even if I live to [G] be a [C] thousand years.
_ [D] Even [G] if I live to be a [C] thousand years.
[G] _ _ [A]
[G] Because I want to be a survivor, _ [Em] _ _ [G] and _ [Em] I'm going to be [G] a survivor.
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_ _ [G] _ I see my ship, she's down [B] there in the harbor.
_ [G] _ I sure hope she waits for [B] me at the border.
_ _ _ [Em] Because I want to be a survivor, _ _ _ [G] _ _ and I'm going to be a survivor.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] And I won't come back, I won't come back, [G] even if I live to be a thousand [A] years.
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