The Kids Aren't Alright

Chords

Standard

Intro part 1
A--------------------------------------------------
E-----4-----4-----4--3-3-3h4------4-----4-3-3-3h4--
C-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----
G--------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------
E-----3-----3-----3-3-3h4--6--4--3-3-3h4--
C-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3--3--3-3-3---- 2X
G-----------------------------------------
 Intro part 2
A-1--1-3-4------3--4---------3--4--6--4--3--4--
E----------2--2-------4--4-6-------------------
C----------------------------------------------2X
G----------------------------------------------

# power chords played below
    A#	F#  C#  G#
A---8---4---4---6----
E---6---2---4---4----
C---5---1---1---3----
G---x---x---1---x----

Verse 1

A#                                               F#
When we were young the future was so bright (Woah-oh!)
                                       C#
The old neighborhood was so alive (Woah-oh!)
                                            G#
And every kid on the whole damn street (Woah-oh!)

Was gonna make it big and not be beat

A#                                           F#
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn (Woah-oh!)
                                                    C#
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn (Woah-oh!)
                          G#
How can one little street swallow so many lives


Chorus
        A#		  F#
Chances thrown nothing's free
        C#               G#
Longing for what used to be
           A#		  F#
Still it's hard, hard to see
        C#               G#
Fragile lives, shattered dreams


Intro part 2

Verse 2
A#                                           F#
Jamie had a chance, well she really did (Woah-oh!
                                                      C#
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids (Woah-oh!)
                                           G#
Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job

Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot


A#                         F#
Jay committed suicide (Woah-oh!)
                           C#
Brandon OD'd and died (Woah-oh!)
                       
What the hell is going on
G#
cruelest dream, reality


Chorus

SOLO
A-8\1--1-3-4—4/6--6—6/8-----------------------
E---------------------------2b---4b---7b---9b-
C---------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------

A-----11--13—-11-9—11—11b-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-
E-11--------------------------------------------
C-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------

A-8------—--—------------------------------------4-4-
E----11--11--9-----9-11-9-----9\4------------4-4-----
C---------------10---------10------6b--6--6----------
G----------------------------------------------------

A-------—--—----4--4—6b-6-6-6-4-6b~--4\---
E-1—2/4--4-4--4---------------------------
C-----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------

Chorus

Outro
A-----------------------------------
E--6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6\---
C-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------