Alive

A       E      A     E

                        A
    Maybe you talk too high, man.

E                      A
    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



E                          
    I ain't lost and I ain't 
   A
searching,

E                                 A
    but then you know me very well.

E               B/D#
    And I can't change the wind

        C#m
    and make it blow the other way.

F#m            A                E
    I'm a fool   and I can tell...




                  F#             
    ... that I'm alive and that's 
   B
all,

               F#                  
    that I can get up just as fast 
        B
as I fall.

              F#                   
    And I can walk and run but I'll
          B
 never crawl.

               F#                  
    And in the end it doesn't 
       B
matter at all.




              E                A
    I don't know about the peo  ple

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                B              A
    that I read  about in books.

                  E           
    And the kings   and queens 
       A
around  my room

           B                  
    with their quiet and dirty 
     A
looks.




           E                A  
    I know   I should be go  ing 
           B
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
    Alive.



    A    E    A    E



    I ain't lost and I ain't 
  A
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#              
    ... that I'm alive and that's 
  B
all,

               F#                  
    that I can get up just as fast 
        B
as I fall.

              F#                   
    And I can walk and run but I'll
          B
 never crawl.

               F#                  
    And in the end it doesn't 
       B
matter at all.




              E                A
    I don't know about the peo  ple

                B              A
    that I read  about in books.

                  E           
    And the kings   and queens 
       A
around  my room

           B                  
    with their quiet and dirty 
     A
looks.




           E                A  
    I know   I should be go  ing 
           B
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

               B7          A
    that I've never been alive.

E     A      E
    Alive, alive.