Pearl Jam

              Alive                Ten (1991)

 

        Intro:  A  G   x4 times       F   G C

 

        Verse 1:

        A   G               A              G

          Son, she said        have I got a little story for you

        A   G                         A      G

            What you thought was your daddy     was nothin' but a...

        A   G                           A             G

            (While) you were sittin'    home alone at age thirteen

        A   G                   A      G

            Your real daddy was dyin

         F          G      C                             F               G   C

        (sorry) you didn't see him              but I’m (glad) we talked…

 

        Chorus:

           E     G      D          A                 E    G      D          A

        Oh I...  ooooh, I'm still alive Hey, I,   ooooh, I'm still alive

            E    G      D          A                 B  B  B      B  B  A

        Hey I,   ooooh, I'm still alive Hey...oh...

 

        Verse 2:

        A    G                              A          G                  

             (Oh), she walks slowly,          across a young man's room

        A    G                              A     G

             She said I'm ready...                   for you

        A    G                  A           G

             (I) can't remember anything to this very day

        A    G                              A     G

             'Cept the look,                         the look...

        F               G   C             F           G   C                    E

        (You) know where,            now (I) can't see,                 I just stare...

 

        Chorus:

           E     G      D          A                 E    G      D          A

        Oh I...  ooooh, I'm still alive Hey, I,   ooooh, I'm still alive

           E     G      D          A                 E    G      D          A

        Oh I...  ooooh, I'm still alive Hey, I,   ooooh, I'm still alive

 

        Break: 

        B B B   B B B F#     B B B   B B B F#     B B B   B B B F#     B B B   B B B F#

                                                        ah yeah yeah yeah

 

        Bridge:

        C#  B   D                              C#  B  D                      C#  B  D

                       Is something wrong, she said     Well of course there is

                                           C#  B  D                             C#  B  D

                       You're still alive, she said     Oh, and do I deserve to be

                    D#  C#  E             D#  C#  E                   D#  C#  E

        Is that the question       And if so...         if so.....who answers...who answers...

 

        Chorus:

           E     G      D          A                 E    G      D          A

        Oh I...  ooooh, I'm still alive Hey, I,   ooooh, I'm still alive

           E     G      D          A                 E    G      D          A

        Oh I...  ooooh, I'm still alive Hey, I,   ooooh, I'm still alive

 

        Chorus: x12 times

           E     G      D          A                 E    G      D          A

                                             ah yeah yeah yeah,  

           E     G      D          A                 E    G      D          A

                                             ah yeah yeah yeah,  

define: A: 003330  G:320023  C:032010  F:133211  E:022100  D:000232  Esus:002200  Asus:000230   B: 224442  Badd9:224422  C/G:335553

vocal:  3 – 13 / 23

 
 

 

 


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