Alive

Chords

Standard

Intro: F#m - E - D (x2)

Verse:
F#m    E          D
I was born in a thunderstorm,
F#m    E       D    F#m         E
I grew up overnight, I played alone,
            D                Bm
I'm playing on my own, I survived.
    F#m       E             D
Hey, I wanted everything I never had,
F#m       E          D
like the love that comes with life
F#m    E          D
I wore Ambien and I hated it,
          C#
but I survived.

Pre-Chorus:
      F#m                 E            D
I had wanted to go to a place where all the demons go,
           F#m                   E                     D
where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground can ever grow,
    F#m                        E             D
No hope, just lies and you're taught to cry in your pillow,
             C#
but I'll survive.

Chorus:
            F#m  E               D   B
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
            F#m  E               D   B
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
      F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive, 
      F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive, 
      A - E - F#m - D
I'm alive, 
      F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive. 

Verse 2:
F#m       E               D
 I found solace in the strangest place,
F#m          E          D
 way in the back of my mind.
F#m        E           D            C#
 I saw my life in a stranger's face and it was mine.

Pre-chorus:
      F#m                 E           D
I had wanted to go to a place where all the demons go,
           F#m                   E                     D
where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground can ever grow,
    F#m                        E            D
No hope, just lies and you're taught to cry in your pillow,
             C#
but I'll survive.

Chorus:
            F#m  E               D   B
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
            F#m  E               D   B
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
      F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive, 
      F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive, 
      A - E - F#m - D
I'm alive, 
      F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive. 

Reprise: 
F#m               E
 You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A                D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
F#m               E
 You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A                D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A                E
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
F#m               D
 You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
F#m               E
 You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A                D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.

Bridge:
Bm
I had made every single mistake
  F#m                 E
that you could ever possibly make.
  Bm
I took and I took and I took what you gave
     F#m                   E
but you never noticed that I was in pain.
   Bm
I knew what I wanted, I went in and got it.
F#m                          E
Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't,
   Bm
I told you that I would never be forgotten,
   F#m                  E  C#
I know that's part of you.

Chorus:
            F#m  E               D   B
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
            F#m  E               D   B
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
      F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive, 
(You took it out but I'm still breathing. You took it out but I'm still breathing.)
      F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive, 
(You took it out but I'm still breathing. You took it out but I'm still breathing.)
      A - E - F#m - D
I'm alive, 
(You took it out but I'm still breathing. You took it out but I'm still breathing.)

I'm alive.
      F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive, 
      F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive, 
      A - E - F#m - D
I'm alive, 
      F#m - E - A - D - F#m
I'm alive.