() First I was afraid, I was petrified      [Verse #1]

Kept thinking I could never live       Cm7 Fm7 Bb7  D#M7

    without you by my side             G#M7 Dm7 Gs4 G

But then I spent so many nights

    thinking how you did me wrong

And I grew strong and I learned how to get along

And so you're back from outer space        ╔═════════╗

I just walked in to find you here          ║ I Will  ║

    with that sad look upon your face      ║ Survive ║

I should have (changed that stupid         ║ Gloria  ║

    lock/made you leave your key) (x2)     ║ Gaynor  ║

If I had known, for just one second,       ╚═════════╝

    you'd be back to bother me

                                                [Hook]

Go on, now go, walk out the door

Just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore

Weren't ya the one who tried to (hurt) me with goodbye

Did you think I'd (crumble/lay down and die) (x2)

Oh no, not I, I will survive - Oh, as long as I know

    how to love, I know I'll stay alive

((But/And) I've got (all my) (life to live/love to

And I'll survive,                            give) x2)

    I will survive, (hey, hey)   [Instru]

                                            [Verse #2]

It took all the strength I had, not to fall apart

Kept trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart

And I spent, oh, so many nights, just feeling

    sorry for myself - I used to cry            [Hook]

        but now I hold my head up high    (break) (oh)

And you see me, somebody new               [Break] X X

I'm not that chained up little person        [Hook #2]

    still in love with you             ((break)) ((…))

And so you felt like dropping in      (I will survive)

    and just expect me to be free        [Instru] (x2)

Now I'm saving all my loving           [Verse #1] (At)

    for someone who's loving me   [Hook #2] (hurt) (…)

                                   [Instru] [Verse #2]

        ([Hook #2] (hurt/…) (…/so much) [Instru] x2~1)