Key: C
Introduction:
C
Verse 1
C
I' m like a child looking off on the horizon
G
I' m like an ambulance that' s turning on the sirens
Am G F
Oh, I' m still alive
C
I' m like a soldier coming home for the first time
G
I dodged a bullet and I walked across a landmine
Am G F
Oh, I' m still alive
Pre-chorus
C G
Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding from the storm?
Am F
Just shine a light into the wreckage, so far away, away
Chorus:
C C/B
Cause I' m still breathing
Am G
Cause I' m still breathing on my own
F
My head' s above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
C C/B
Cause I' m still breathing
Am G
Cause I' m still breathing on my own
F
My head' s above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
C
My way to you
Verse 2
C
I' m like a junkie tying off for the last time
G
I' m like a loser that' s betting on his last dime
Am G F
Oh, I' m still alive
C
I' m like a son that was raised without a father
G
I' m like a mother barely keeping it together
Am G F
Oh, I' m still alive
Pre-chorus
C G
Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding from the storm?
Am F
Just shine a light into the wreckage, so far away, away
Chorus:
C C/B
Cause I' m still breathing
Am G
Cause I' m still breathing on my own
F
My head' s above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
C C/B
Cause I' m still breathing
Am G
Cause I' m still breathing on my own
F
My head' s above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
Am G F C
As I walked out on the ledge
Am G F C
Are you scared to death to live?
Am G F C
I' ve been running all my life
Am G
Just to find a home that' s for the restless
F
And the truth that' s in the message
G
Making my way, away, away
C G Em F
Chorus:
C C/B
Cause I' m still breathing
Am G
Cause I' m still breathing on my own
F
My head' s above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
C C/B
Cause I' m still breathing
Am G
Cause I' m still breathing on my own
F
My head' s above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
C C/B
Cause I' m still breathing
Am G
Cause I' m still breathing on my own
F
My head' s above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
C
My way to you