[Chug section - Just bass drum] [E5] Random stabs then build on bass drum to riff
[Riff 1 - Full drums] [E5][E5] ([A#]) [Asus2] x 3 [G Riff 1] (repeat)
[Verse 1] [E5/Em] Say your prayers, little one Don't forget, my son To include everyone [G Riff 1] Tuck you in, warm within Keep you free from sin 'Til the sandman, he comes [G Riff 2]
[Prechorus - Bass drum is on offbeat but the F#5 is on the offbeat 3 times] [F#m][B5] Sleep with [F#m] one eye [B5] open [F#m][B5] Gripping your pillow [F#m] tight
[Chorus] [F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m][B5] En [F#m][B5] ter [E5]night [F#m] Take [B5] my Hand [E5] (stop) Off to never never land
[Verse + Verse Riff] [E5] Somethings wrong, shut the light Heavy thoughts tonight And they aren't of Snow White [G Riff 1] [E5] Dreams of war, dreams of liars Dreams of dragon's fire And of things that will bite [G Riff 2]
[Prechorus] [F#m][B5] Sleep with [F#m] one eye [B5] open [F#m][B5] Gripping your pillow [F#m] tight
[Chorus] [F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m][B5] En [F#m][B5] ter [E5]night [F#m] Take [B5] my Hand [E5] (stop) Off to never never land
[Bridge - over E riff - played lightly?] Now I lay me down to sleep Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep I pray the Lord my soul to keep If I die before I wake If I die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take I pray the Lord my soul to take
[F#m Riff] Hush, little baby, don't say a word And never mind that noise you heard It's just the beasts under your bed In your closet, in your head
[Chorus] [F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m][B5] En [F#m][B5] ter [E5]night [F#m]Grain [B5] of [E5]sand [B5]
[F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m][B5] En [F#m][B5] ter [E5]night [F#m] Take [B5] my Hand [E5]
[Riff and then repeat chorus until you end it]
[E5] (stop) Off to never never land [End] [Notes]
[Intro - BPM 123 - No drums for first 4 then bass drum on all beats for next 4] e|---0------------------------------------------------------| B|---0------------------------------------------------------| G|---0------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------5~~~~~~~----------------5----------------------| x 8 total A|-------7----------0------------7-----------0--7-----------| E|---0----------6~~~~~-------0-----------6(ring)------------|
[Then variation on intro riff with bass drum - fuller riff - with random stabs]
[FULL DRUMS - Full intro riff with G to F# section with full drums x 2]
[Prechorus - Bass drum is on offbeat but the F#5 is on the offbeat 3 times] [F#m] Sleep with one eye open etc e|--------------- --------------- B|--------------- --------------- G|---------5s4--- -------------- D|--4------5s4--- x 3 4-------------- A|--4------3s2--- 4--4--4--4--2--3--4- E|--2------------ 2--2--2--2--0--1--2- Dr B xxS S S S S S S B S B B - F#5 starts on offbeat but bass drum does not follow
[Chorus - F# with some E5 at end of some phrases - Play 355 with upstroke so can really hammer this] [use fretting finger to mute any string as necessary above the fretted string] [F#m]Exit light e|--2------------------| B|--2------------------| G|--x----------5-s-4---| D|--4----------5-s-4---| A|--4----------3-s-2---| E|--2------------------| Enter [E5]night e|--2-----------------0| B|--2-----------------0| G|--x----------5-s-4--x| D|--4----------5-s-4--2| A|--4----------3-s-2--2| E|--2-----------------0| [F#m] Take my [E5]hand e|--2-----------------0| B|--2-----------------0| G|--x----------5-s-4--x| D|--4----------5-s-4--2| A|--4----------3-s-2--2| E|--2-----------------0| [Drums and music stop] We're off to never-never land
[Intro] || (A) (G6/A) | (G6/A) | (A) (G6/A) | (G6/A) || || A G6/A | G6/A | A G6/A | G6/A || F5 | C | C |
[Verse 1] [A] " [G6/A] Son," she said, [A] "Have I got a [G6/A] little story for you. [A][G6/A] What you thought was yor [A] daddy [G6/A] was nothing but a... [A][G6/A] While you were sitting [A] home alone at [G6/A] age thirteen, [A][G6/A] Your real daddy was dyi [A] ng. [G6/A] Sorry you didn't [F5] see him [C] But [Cadd9] I'm [C][F5] glad we [C] talked."
[Chorus 1] Oh, [E] I... [G] oh, [D] I'm still al [A] ive. Hey, [E] I... [G] oh, [D] I'm still a [A] live. Hey, [E] I... [G] oh, [D] I'm still a [A] live, hey, [B] oh.
[Verse 2] [A][G6/A] Oh, she walks slowly [A] a [G6/A] cross a young man's room. [A][G6/A] She said, "I'm [A] ready [G6/A] for you." [A][G6/A] Well I can't remember [A] anything [G6/A] to this very day... [A][G6/A] 'Cept the look. [A] The [G6/A] look Oh, [F5] you know [C] where. [Cadd9][C] [(C)] Now [F5] I can't [C] see, I just [E] stare. [G]
[Chorus 2] [D] I'm still a [A] live. Oh, I [E] ... [G] oh, [D] I'm still a [A] live. Hey, [E] I... [G] oh, [D] I'm still a [A] live. Hey, [E] I... [G] oh, [D] I'm still a [A] live, hey, oh.
[Intrumental] || B | B | F# | F# || || B | B | F# | F# || || B | B | F# | F# || || B | B | F# | F# ||
[Bridge] [A7][Asus2][Dsus2] "Is something wrong?" sh [A] e sa [Asus2] id. [Dsus2] Of course [A7] there [Asus2] is. [Dsus2] "You're still alive," [A7] she [Asus2] said. [Dsus2] Oh and do I de [B*] serve to be? [Bsus2][E] [E] Is that the ques [B*] tion? [Bsus2][E] And is [B*] so, [Bsus2] if [E] so, who an [B*] swers? [Bsus2] Who [E] answers?
[Chorus 3] [E] I... [G] oh, [D] I'm still a [A] live. Hey, [E] I... [G] oh, [D] I'm still a [A] live. Hey, [E] I... [G] oh, [D] I'm still a [A] live. Hey, [E] I... [G] oh, I'm still [D] alive, [A] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
