[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 1] I sit and wait [E] .............. does an angel .......contem [A] plate my fate ([C#m]) (C#m passing chord - just play on 4) [B] ...................and do they know [E] .....the places where we go when we're grey and [A] old ...................... ([C#m]) [B] ........... 'cos I've been [F#m] told .......... that salva [A] tion ........... lets their [C#m7] wings unfold .................. [A] ................. so when I'm [D] lying in my bed ........thoughts [A/C#] running through my head ..... and I [E] feel that love is dead ............ [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Verse 2] [E] when I'm feeling weak and my pain walks down a one [A] way street ([C#m]) [B] ................. I look above [E] ......... and I know i'll always be blessed [A] with love ([C#m]) [B] ............... and [D] as the feeling grows ... she breathes [A/C#] flesh to my bones and [E] when love is dead ............ [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels in [E] stead
[Solo] Bm A E E x4
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels in [E] stead
