It's A Great Day To Be Alive

Chords

Low-G Tuning

G                     C             D              
I Got Rice cooking in the microwave got a three day beard I don't 
Em      C               G                 Em         C   D      C       
plan to shave and its a goofy thing but I just gotta say hey Im doing 
G               G                         C          D
alright. Yeah I think Ill make me some homemade soup feelin pretty 
         Em        C         G                 Em     C     D
good and thats the truth its neither drink nor drug induced no Im just 
C      G
doin alright




(Chorus)
D                         Em               Am         Em      
And Its a great day to be alive I know the suns still shinin when I 
C        D                D    D                Em          Am   
close my eyes theres some hard times in the neigborhood but why can't
      Em     C         D     G
every day be just this good?   
(FILL riff* D C )

(Verse 2)
  
     G                  C           D                       Em
Its been 15 years since I left home said good luck to every seed I'd 
  
C      G                      Em           C        D            C
sown, give it my best and then I left it alone ohhh I hope their doin
   
G               G                     C                 D
alright. Now I look in the mirror and what do I see?  A lone wolf there
       Em      C    G                    Em              C    D
starin back at me, long in the tooth but harmless as can be, lord I 
            
           C   G
guess hes doin alright



(Chorus)

(Bridge 1)
Em             D       G              C    G          Em           G
Sometimes its lonely, sometimes its only me and the shadows that fill
     Em      G          D      G           C      G              D
this room, sometimes Im fallin desperately callin howlin at the moon
G
Ahhhwwoooooo!   Ahhhwooooooo!

(Bridge 2)
       G                              D                        Em
Well I might go get me a new tatoo or take my old harley for a three
    C      G          D         Em      C
day cruise might even grow me a fu man chu, ohh Aww!

Chorus x2