[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.
[Intro - BPM 84] [D][F#] x4 - see end for more detail
[Verse 1 - No drums] [E] Sometimes I [B] feel like I [C#m] don't have a [G#m] part [A] ner [E] Sometimes I [B] feel like [C#m] My only [A] friend Is the [E] city I [B] live in The [C#m] city of [G#m] an [A] gels? [E] Lonely as [B] I am To [C#m] gether we [A] cry [Emaj7]
[Verse 2 - Snare slap] I [E] drive on her [B] streets 'cause [C#m] She's my com [G#m] pan [A] ion I [E] walk through her [B] hills 'cause She [C#m] knows who I [A] am She [E] sees my good [B] deeds and She [C#m] kisses me [G#m] win-- [A] dy [E] I never [B] worry, Now [C#m] that is a [A] lie [Emaj7]
[Chorus] [F#m] I don't ever want [E] to feel [B/F#] Like [F#m] I did that day [F#m] Take me to the place [E] I love [B/F#] Take [F#m] me all the way
[F#m] I don't ever want [E] to feel [B/F#] Like [F#m] I did that day [F#m] Take me to the place [E] I love [B/F#] Take [F#m] me all the way
[Interlude] [E][B] [C#m][G#m][A] [E][B] [C#m][A]
[Verse 3] It's [E] hard to be [B] lieve that There's [C#m] nobody [G#m] out [A] there It's [E] hard to be [B] lieve that [C#m] I'm all a [A] lone At [E] least I have [B] her love The [C#m] city, she [G#m] loves [A] me [E] Lonely as [B] I am To [C#m] gether we [A] cry [Emaj7]
[Chorus] [F#m] I don't ever want [E] to feel [B/F#] Like [F#m] I did that day [F#m] Take me to the place [E] I love [B/F#] Take [F#m] me all the way
[F#m] I don't ever want [E] to feel [B/F#] Like [F#m] I did that day [F#m] Take me to the place [E] I love [B/F#] Take [F#m] me all the way
[Interlude] - [A] ay, [Am7] yeah [G6] Yeah, [Fmaj7] yeah [A] Oh [Am7] no, no, no [G6] Yeah, [Fmaj7] yeah [A] Love [Am7] me, I say [G6] Yeah, [Fmaj7] yeah [Fmaj7] One time [E7][Gmaj7]
[Coda - Full Drums] [A] Under the bridge [Am] downtown [G6] Is where [Fmaj7] I drew some blood [A] Under the bridge down [Am] town [G6] I could not [Fmaj7] get enough [A] Under the bridge down [Am] town [G6] Forgot a [Fmaj7] bout my love [A] Under the bridge down [Am] town [G6] I gave my [Fmaj7] life away
[Outro] A way [A][Am][G6][Fmaj7] repeat until just finish on [A]
[End]
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