Bob Marley - Survival: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Survival" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Survival ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Survival" smoothly on your ukulele.

Am
(Ow-ow-ow-ow, ow, ow-ow-ow-ow), yeah, yeah, yeah!

Am                             F
How can you be sitting there, telling me that you
 Am
care?
Am                                        F
When everytime I look around, the people suffer in
suffering,
         Am
In every way, in everywhere.

F           Am             G
Na-na-na-na-na, (na-na-na-na).

Chorus:
             Am
We're the survivors, yes,
the black survival. I tell you what;

Am
Some people got everything,
some people got nothing.
Some people got hopes and dreams,
some people got ways and means.

F           Am             G
Na-na-na-na-na, (na-na-na-na).

Chorus:
              Am
We're the survivors, yes, the black survival,
Yes we're the survivors,
ike Daniel out of the lions' den,
Survivors, survivors.

    C                          F
So my brethren, my sisthren, which way will
     Em
we choose?
           Am
We better hurry, oh hurry, woah now,
  F             G
'cos we got no time to lose.

Some people got facts and claims
Some people got pride and shame
Some people got the plots and schemes
Some people got no aim it seems

Chorus

Like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
(Black survivors)
Thrown in the fire, but-a never get burn

So I Idren, I-sistren
The preaching and talking is done
We've gotta live up, wo now, wo now!
Because the Father's time has come
Some people put the best outside
Some people keep the best inside
Some people can't stand up strong
Some people won't wait for long

Chorus

In this age of technological inhumanity
(Black survival)
Scientific atrocity (survivors)
Atomic mis-philosophy (Black survival)
Nuclear mis-energy (survivors)
It's a world that forces lifelong insecurity
(Black survival)
All together now

Chorus

A good man is never honoured (survivors)
In his own country (Black survival)
Nothing change, nothing strange (survivors)
Nothing change, nothing strange (Black survivors)
We got to survive, you all! (survivors)

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

Am

Ukulele chord Am

C

Ukulele chord C

Em

Ukulele chord Em

F

Ukulele chord F

G

Ukulele chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Survival" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Survival" by Bob Marley.

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