Key: G
Introduction: G C G
D F C G
Look back at my childhood, what was he thinkin'?
D F C G
Scrapbook highlights of smokin', drivin' and drinkin'
D F C G
Packed with pets and games in the back of a wagon
D F C G
Some white trash nonsense, not to sound like I'm braggin'
G
'Cause I'm alive
Dm
Doesn't mean I lived well
Am C G
Just means I got back up every time that I fell
G
I've got the scrapes
Dm
The cuts and bruises
Am C
I know the mistakes that it takes
G
You're a fool if you choose this
D F C G
With some distance memories get a bit clearer
D F C G
Watching licenses lost in a rearview mirror
D F C G
Guess we held ourselves to a different standard
D F C G
To lose your keys those days, you had to be hammered
G
'Cause I'm alive
Dm
Doesn't mean I lived well
Am C G
Just means I got back up every time that I fell
G
I've got the scrapes
Dm
The cuts and bruises
Am C
I know the mistakes that it takes
G
You're a fool if you choose this
Am C G
And I recognize I've done fine
Am C G
Yeah, I realize I've got mine
Am C G
There must be better ways to make men
Am C G
Than the nonsense we did back then
G
'Cause I'm alive
Dm
Doesn't mean I lived well
Am C G
Just means I got back up every time that I fell
G
I've got the scrapes
Dm
The cuts and bruises
Am C
I know the mistakes that it takes
G
You're a fool if you choose this