Tone: [A]
Fingerpicking/Strumming pattern:
(Intro)
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D|-----0-----------------0--------0------------------------|X2
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[A] [G] [A] [G]
[A] [G] [A] [G]
[F] [G] [C]
(Verse)
[A] So[G]Son, she said
[A] have I got a [G]little story for you
[A] [G]What you thought was
your [A]daddy [G] was nothin' but a...
[A] [G]While you were sittin'
[A]home alone at [G]age thirteen
[A] [G]Your real daddy was [A]dyin'[G]dyin'
sorry you didn't [F]see him[G]him [C]
but I'm [F]glad we talked[G]talked..[C]...
(Chorus)
Oh [E]I... [G]ooooh, [D]I'm still a[A]alive
Hey, [E]I, [G]ooooh, [D]I'm still a[A]alive
Hey [E]I, [G]ooooh, [D]I'm still a[A]alive
Hey...[E]Hey...oh..[G]oh... [A]
(Verse)
[A] [G]Oh, she walks slowly[A]slowly,
[A] a[G]across a young man's room
[A] [G]She said I'm [A]ready.[G]ready...for you
[A] [G]I can't remember [A]anything t[G]to this very day
[A] [G]'Cept the look,[A]look, [G]the look...
Oh, [F]you know where[G]where, [C] now [F]I can't see[G]see, [C]
I just st[E]stare...
(Chorus)
Oh [E]I... [G]ooooh, [D]I'm still a[A]alive
Hey, [E]I, [G]ooooh, [D]I'm still a[A]alive
Hey [E]I, [G]ooooh, [D]I'm still a[A]alive
Hey...[E]Hey...oh..[G]oh... [A]
(Instrumental)
[E] [G] [A] [E] [G] [A]
[E] [G] [A] [E] [G] [A]
(Bridge)
[A] [Esus] [Asus] Is something wrong, [A]she[Esus]she said [A]
A Esus Asus
Well of course there is
A Esus Asus
You're still alive, she said
Oh, and do I deserve to [B]be [Badd9] [C/G]
Is that the questi[B]question [Badd9] [B]
And if so[B]...[Badd9]if so..[B]...who answers...who answers...
(Chorus)
Oh [E]I... [G]ooooh, [D]I'm still a[A]alive
Hey, [E]I, [G]ooooh, [D]I'm still a[A]alive
Hey [E]I, [G]ooooh, [D]I'm still a[A]alive
Hey...[E]Hey...oh..[G]oh... [A]
yea yea yea yea yea yea...