Bruce Springsteen – Only The Strong Survive Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Only The Strong Survive chords by Bruce Springsteen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G
(I remember)
Am
(I remember)
Am
(I remember)
G
(I remember)
G
(I remember) Now I remember
my first love
                F          Am
(I remember) Of course the whole
 thing went wrong
Am
(I remember) And my mama had some
great advice I thought I'd put
it into words of this song
             G
(I remember) Because
I can still hear her saying

[Verse 1]
G
She said, boy (boy, boy),
oh I see you sitting out
         Am
there all alone
Yeah just crying your
eyes out into the cold
        G
 great dawn
Now there's gonna be, there's
gonna be a whole lot of trouble
  Am
in your life (whole lot of trouble)
So listen to me, get up off
your knees 'cause only
                G
 the strong survive
G
That's what she said

[Chorus]
G
Only the strong survive,
only the strong survive
             Am       Bm
Yeah, you've gotta be strong
                  C           D
(strong), you've got to hold on
 (hold on)
         G
Only the strong survive (don't go)

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[Verse 2]
              Am
Now don't go around with
 your head hanging down

I wouldn't let the girl know,
                   G
she made you feel like a clown,
 oh no
Now there's a whole lotta girls
(whole lotta girls) just looking
             Am
for a good man like you
You ain't never gonna meet 'em
 if you give up now and say your
 G
whole life is through

[Chorus]
G
'Cause only the strong survive,
 only the strong survive
           Am        Bm
Yeah, you gotta be a man (a man),
     C            D
you gotta take a stand (oh yeah)
         G                  Am
Only the strong survive (ooh-hoo)
I'm telling you right now,
          G
only the strong survive
(the strong survive)

[Out-Chorus]
G
Only the strong survive,
 only the strong survive
             Am    Bm
Yeah, you've gotta hold on
(hold on),
        C        D
 you've gotta be strong (strong)
                G
'Cause only the strong survive
(only the strong survive)
                       Am   Bm
And if there was gonna be a better
 day, you're gonna make it (yeah)
    C               D
You gotta take that stand (yeah)
                G
'Cause only the strong survive,
          Am
 only the strong survive
             Am       Bm
Yeah, you've gotta be strong,
         C      D
 you've got to hold on
                G
'Cause only the strong survive
G
Oh better times are coming...