[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 - Upstrum to simulate snare roll to start and heavy muted downstrum - and keep going during verse] [Bm] Take a look at my [A6] girlfriend [Gmaj7] She's the only one I got [Bm] Not much of a [A6] girlfriend I [Gmaj7] never seem to get a lot
[F#7] Take a jumbo across the water [Bm] Like to see America [F#7] See the girls in California I'm [Em] hoping it's going to come [A] true But there's [Em] not a lot I can [A] do
[Verse 2] [Bm] Could we have kippers for [A6] breakfast [Gmaj7] Mummy dear, Mummy dear (run E 3 5) [Bm] They got to have 'em in [A6] Texas 'Cause [Gmaj7] everyone's a millionaire
[F#7] I'm a winner, I'm a sinner Do you [Bm] want my autograph [F#7] I'm a loser, what a joker I'm [Em] playing my jokes upon [A] you While there's [Em] nothing better to [A] do, hey
[Hook] [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' do [Bm] da do da do La la [G] la, la la [Em] la, la la la [A] laaaaaaaa
[Verse 3] [Bm] Don't you look at my [A6] girlfriend, girlfriend 'Cause [Gmaj7] she's the only one I got [Bm] Not much of a [A6] girlfriend, girlfriend I [Gmaj7] never seem to get a lot - What's she got? Not a lot
[F#7] Take a jumbo across the water [Bm] Like to see America [F#7] See the girls in California I'm [Em] hoping it's going to come [A] true But there's [Em] not a lot I can [A] do, hey
[Hook] [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do Hey [F#7] u-um, hey u-um, hey [Bm] u-um, hey u-um Hey [F#7] u-um, hey u-um, hey u- [Bm] um, hey u-um La la [G] la, la la [Em] la, la la la [A] la ............... [End]
