Alive      (Listen to midi)    (Listen to sample)

 

    A - G (8x) F - C   (= verse 1, lines 1 - 4 ½)  ~ ~

 

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1.    So.…n, she said,      have I got a little story for you,

A - G                                              A               G

         what you thought was your daddy was nothing but a.

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    While you were sitting home alone at age thirteen.

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           your real daddy was dying,

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    Sorry, you didn't see him        but I'm glad we talked.

 

      E  G    D          A             E G    D          A

Oh, I, oh, I'm still alive. Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive.

        E  G   D          A               B

Hey, ey, I, oh, I'm still alive. Hey, oh.

 

   A   G                             - A                 G

2.    Oh she walks slowly      across a young man's room,

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         she said, I'm ready       for you.

A G                           A                G

    I can't remember anything to this very day,

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          'cept the look,       the look, oh.

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    You know, where,       now I can't see,      I just ….

 

    E   G  D          A             E  G   D          A

stare, I, I'm still alive. Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive.

        E  G   D          A             E  G    D          A              

Hey, ey, I, oh, I'm still alive. Hey, ey, I, oh, I'm still alive.

 

   B    - F#    B - F#     B - F#     B - F#

Hey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    A - G                                    A                       - G      

3.           Is there something wrong?  She said,      

           A                     - G                      A                    - G              

    of course there is.         You're still alive, she said.        

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    Do I deserve to be ?      Is that the question ?

               B       A            B                        A

    And if so,  if so, who answers ?  Who answers ?

 

E  G   D          A             E  G   D          A

I, oh, I'm still alive. Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive.

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Hey, ey, I, oh, I'm still alive. Hey, ey, I, oh, I'm still alive.

 

    A

         Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah !

 

    E - G - D - A      E - G - D - A     E - G - D - A  ….

 

    (Pearl Jam)