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Alive

Key: A

Introduction:

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        Maybe you talk too high, man.
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        Maybe I talk too slow.
 E                                                       C#m 
        But you've got to live a little bit faster
 F#                                             A 
        'cause you've got a little less time to go.

 E                                                         A 
        I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
 E                                                                 A 
        but then you know me very well.
 E                             B/D# 
        And I can't change the wind
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        and make it blow the other way.
 F#m                       A                               E 
        I'm a fool     and I can tell...
                                     F#                               B 
        ... that I'm alive and that's all,
                               F#                                                   B 
        that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
                             F#                                                         B 
        And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
                               F#                                                 B 
        And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
                             E                               A 
        I don't know about the peo   ple
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        that I read   about in books.
                                     E                                   A 
        And the kings     and queens around   my room
                       B                                             A 
        with their quiet and dirty looks.
                       E                               A                         B 
        I know     I should be go   ing somewhere,
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        I just can't arrive.
                               E                               A 
        There's a reason for believ   ing
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        that I've never been alive.
 E         A 
        Alive.

                                                               A 
        I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
 E                                                           A 
        but then you know me very well.
 E                               B/D# 
        And I can't change the world
                 C#m 
        and make it go the other way.
 F#                         A                               E 
        I'm a fool     and I can tell...
                                   F#                               B 
        ... that I'm alive and that's all,
                               F#                                                   B 
        that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
                             F#                                                         B 
        And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
                               F#                                                 B 
        And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
                             E                               A 
        I don't know about the peo   ple
                                 B                           A 
        that I read   about in books.
                                     E                                   A 
        And the kings     and queens around   my room
                       B                                             A 
        with their quiet and dirty looks.
                       E                               A                         B 
        I know     I should be go   ing somewhere,
                                               A 
        I just can't arrive.
                               E                               A 
        There's a reason for believ   ing
                               E 
        that I've never been alive.
                       E                               A/E 
        I know     I should be go   ing somewhere,
 B/D#                               A 
        I just can't arrive.
                               E                               A 
        There's a reason for believ   ing
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        that I've never been alive.
 E         A           E 
        Alive, alive.