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Very fun, pretty easy tab.  Great song from his album "Angel put your face on".
First off, put a capo on the second fret!!
chord definitions:
e--A0---D2---D/F#-2----D/E2----G3--E0--B72---F#m-2---|
b--2---3----3----3----0--0--4----2---|
G--2---2----2----2----0--1--2----2---|
D--2---0----4----2----0--2--4----4---|
A--0--------0----0----2--2--2----4---|
E---------------------3--0--2----2---|
riff A:
e--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
b--4--4--2--4--5--4--2--4--|
G--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
D--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
A--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
E--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
and again... capo on the 2nd fret.  all chords relative to the capo.
Intro:  A   D/F#   A  D/F#  
verse:
AI partied hard on the fAirst tier
D/F#But i burned a lot of bridges anD/F#d then
AI'm a photograph that was tAorn in half
D/F#and I'll never be invited agaD/F#in.
GBut hey, it's oDkay, I don't cEare, I don't Amind
                          G   D-  D/E-  D/F#- D/E  
You know I'm gonna be just fine.
chorus:
Acos when the world shut me oEut
I was pretty F#mlucky that you let me iDn
You'Are all i need to facEe another dDayD  
Awhenever i'm in a binEd,
there's really onlF#my one thing i keep in B7mind
                        D   D- D/ E-  D/F#- D/E  
You're all i need to survive
bridge:
                                       F#mRiff A  
I used to sit and worry that i'd ruin my reputation
Dit was the hardest thing i ever had to AfaceE  
                                          F#mRiff A  
But now i'm free of worry and i'm free of all complication
Dit's simple but it's true, Dit's all because of you
chorus and verse are just repetitive... this is the song slimmed down to one guitar and 
actually two or three in the song.  but this sounds really close, and sounds pretty damn 
if i can say so myself...so enjoy.  and remember to rate/comment.

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Survival

by Brian Vander Ark

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

D/E

F#m

Very fun, pretty easy tab. Great song from his album "Angel put your face on".

First off, put a capo on the second fret!!

chord definitions:

A D D/F# D/E G E B7 F#m

e--0---2----2----2----3--0--2----2---|

b--2---3----3----3----0--0--4----2---|

G--2---2----2----2----0--1--2----2---|

D--2---0----4----2----0--2--4----4---|

A--0--------0----0----2--2--2----4---|

E---------------------3--0--2----2---|

riff :

e--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|

b--4--4--2--4--5--4--2--4--|

G--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|

D--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|

A--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|

E--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|

and again... capo on the 2nd fret. all chords relative to the capo.

A D/F# A D/F#

Intro:

verse:

A A

I partied hard on the first tier

D/F# D/F#

But i burned a lot of bridges and then

A A

I'm a photograph that was torn in half

D/F# D/F#

and I'll never be invited again.

G D E A

But hey, it's okay, I don't care, I don't mind

G D D/E D/F# D/E

- - -

You know I'm gonna be just fine.

chorus:

A E

cos when the world shut me out

F#m D

I was pretty lucky that you let me in

A E D D

You're all i need to face another day

A E

whenever i'm in a bind,

F#m B7

there's really only one thing i keep in mind

D D D E D/F# D/E

- / - -

You're all i need to survive

bridge:

F#m A

Riff

I used to sit and worry that i'd ruin my reputation

D A E

it was the hardest thing i ever had to face

F#m A

Riff

But now i'm free of worry and i'm free of all complication

D D

it's simple but it's true, it's all because of you

chorus and verse are just repetitive... this is the song slimmed down to one guitar and

actually two or three in the song. but this sounds really close, and sounds pretty damn

if i can say so myself...so enjoy. and remember to rate/comment.

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