[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.
[Verse - No drums - BPM 88] [Em] I never saw it as the [D] start, It's more a [G] change of heart (bass drum in) [F] Rapping on the windows, whistling down the chimney [E] pot [G] Blowing up the dust in the room where I for [D] got I [C] laid my plans in [B] solid rock (snare lightly in) [Em] Stepping through the door Like a troubadour whiling just an [A] hour away, [Em] Looking at the trees on the roadside feeling it's a [A] holiday
[Chorus - Backward drums] [D] You and I should [A#dim7-x12020] ride the coast And [Bm] wind up in our [A/C#-x4222x] favourite coats just [Em] miles away. [G] Roll a number ........ write another song Like [A] Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
[Post-Chorus - Full drums] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa (drums stop)
[Verse] [Em] He sipped another rum and [D] coke and told a [G] dirty joke (drums back in) [F] Walking like Groucho sucking on a number [E] 10 [G] Rolling on the floor with the cigarette burns walked [D] in I'll [C] miss the crush and I'm [B] home again
[Em] Stepping through the door With the night in store whiling just an [A] hour away, [Em] Step into the sky in the star bright feeling it's a [A] brighter day.
[Chorus - Backward drums] [D] You and I should [A#dim7-x12020] ride the coast And [Bm] wind up in our [A/C#-x4222x] favourite coats just [Em] miles away. [G] Roll a number ........ write another song Like [A] Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
[Post-Chorus - Full drums] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa
[Bridge - run1 E 3 2 0 A 2 D 2] [A] You and I should ride the tracks And find ourselves just wading through to [D] morrow [A] And you and I when we're coming down
We're only getting back And you know I feel no [D] sorrow. [A][G(run1)][Em]
[Vamp] D A G(run1) Em x 2
[Post-Chorus] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa
[Bridge] [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you need days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? I say
[Post-Chorus] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa