[Intro]

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|  A   G6/A |  G6/A  |  A   G6/A |  G6/A  |
| F5  C        |
 (6/4)


[Verse 1]

A G6/A           A              G6/A
 "Son," she said, "Have I got a little story for you.
A G6/A                         A    G6/A
     What you thought was your daddy  was nothing but a...
A G6/A                   A             G6/A
  While you were sitting home alone at age thirteen
A G6/A                      A   G6/A
     Your real daddy was dying.
                 F5      C
Sorry you didn't see him
    Cadd9 C    F5      C
But I'm     glad we talked."


[Chorus 1]

    E   G   D           A
Oh, I...oh, I'm still alive.
     E   G   D          A
Hey, I...oh, I'm still alive.
     E   G   D          A
Hey, I...oh, I'm still alive,
     B
hey, oh.


[Verse 2]

A G6/A                A  G6/A
  Oh, she walks slowly  across a young man's room.
A G6/A              A    G6/A
     She said, "I'm ready  for you."
A G6/A                  A        G6/A
  Well I can't remember anything to this very day...
A G6/A               A     G6/A
      'Cept the look.  The look.
    F5            C   Cadd9
Oh, you know where.
C   F5       C          E
Now I can't see, I just stare.


[Chorus 2]

G  D          A
I, I'm still alive.
     E   G   D          A
Hey, I...oh, I'm still alive.
     E   G   D          A
Hey, I...oh, I'm still alive.
     E   G   D          A
Hey, I...oh, I'm still alive, hey, oh.


[Instrumental]

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| B     | F#    |
| B     | F#    |
| B     | F#    |


[Bridge]

A7 Asus2 Dsus2                    A   Asus2 Dsus2
          "Is something wrong?" she said.
          A7    Asus2 Dsus2
Of course there is.
                      A7  Asus2 Dsus2
"You're still alive," she said.
                        B  Bsus2 E
Oh, and do I deserve to be?
                B    Bsus2 E
Is that the question?
        B  Bsus2 E         B     Bsus2
And if so, if    so, who answers?
    E
Who answers?


[Chorus 3]

E   G   D          A
I...oh, I'm still alive.
     E   G   D          A
Hey, I...oh, I'm still alive.
     E   G   D          A
Hey, I...oh, I'm still alive.
     E   G              D    A
Hey, I...oh, I'm still alive, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.


[Outro Solo]

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  E