[Intro: ]
                                                  Well you can tell 
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by the way I   use my walk, I'm a  wom|an's man;      no time to talk 
get__  low and I  get high, and if I  |cant get either i real-ly try.Got the 
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mus-  ic loud and women warm, I've been |kicked around since I--   was born. 
wings of heav-en  on my shoes, I'm a    |danc-  in man and  I just cant lose 
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And now  it's | all right, it's o  k. And  | you may look the other way. 
You know it's | all right, it's o  k. I'll | live to see  an- other day. 
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We can try to understand the | New York Times' ef-fect on man. 
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Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you're stay | 
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(Fm7) 
 
in' alive, stayin' alive. | 
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Repeat the the above 2 lines (starting with "whether..." with these words: 
Feel the city breakin' and ev'rybody shakin', and we're | stay 
in' alive, stayin' alive. | 
(throw in an extra 12/13/13 during the word "shaking") 
 
 
Ah ha ha ha | stayin' alive, stayin' alive | Ah ha ha ha | 
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stayin' alive_|........|...........|...........|   (periods represent 
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| 1.                          |                   well now | 
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     (Fm7) 
 
                                                      _____FIG B_________ 
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| 2. /* * * * *            Figure A        * * * * *\ Life goin' no where 
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Somebody help me....                    Somebody help me,    yeah. 
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Fig A  | Fig B                    | 
(Fm7)  | (Bb7) Life goin' no where| Somebody help me, yeah 
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                                  Stayin' alive................... 
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                                                (Fm) 
repeat and fade.