Alive Chords

by Pearl Jam
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author alejandromaxgon [a] 80.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 16, 2024
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Chords

A
G
C
F
E
D
Esus
Asus
B
Badd9
C/G

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Notes:
s : slide the finger
 
A : 003330
G : 320023
C : 032010
F : 133211
E : 022100
D : 000232
Esus : 002200
Asus : 000230
B : 224442
Badd9 : 224422
C/G : 335553
 
 
[Intro]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-----2--4--2--2-2-2-------0-----2--4--2-4s5s4--4--2-2-|
D|-----0-----------------0--------0------------------------|X2
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
A  G
A  G
A  G
A  G
F   G C
 
 
[Verse]
 
A   G
  Son, she said
A              G
  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
  sorry you didn't see him
          F             G C
  but I'm glad we talked...
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   E    G      D          A
Oh I... ooooh, I'm still alive
     E  G      D          A
Hey, I, ooooh, I'm still alive
    E  G      D          A
Hey I, ooooh, I'm still alive
      E   G  A
Hey...oh...
 
 
[Verse]
 
A  G                   A
   Oh, she walks slowly,
A   G
   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
Oh, you know where,    now I can't see,  
         E
I just stare...
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   E    G      D          A
Oh I... ooooh, I'm still alive
     E  G      D          A
Hey, I, ooooh, I'm still alive
    E  G      D          A
Hey I, ooooh, I'm still alive
    E  G      D          A
Hey I, ooooh, I'm still alive
      E   G  A
Hey...oh...
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
E G A
E G A
E G A
E G A
 
 
[Bridge]
 
A  Esus  Asus                    A  Esus  A
             Is something wrong, she said
                    A  Esus  Asus
            Well of course there is 
                    A  Esus  Asus
You're still alive, she said
                        B  Badd9  C/G
Oh, and do I deserve to be
                  B  Badd9  B
Is that the question
         B  Badd9  B
And if so...if so.....who answers...who answers...
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   E    G      D          A
Oh I... ooooh, I'm still alive
     E  G      D          A
Hey, I, ooooh, I'm still alive
    E  G      D          A
Hey I, ooooh, I'm still alive
      E   G  A
Hey...I...I'm still alive
 
yea yea yea yea yea yea...
 
 
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| s  Slide
 
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9 comments
antonio.gambito
b= bend up E|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|-2--------------2-2-2------------------------------------| D|-2-----7-9-7----2-2-2------7-9-7-9b-9-7------------------| A|-0----7---------0-0-0----7-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| sounds a lot cleaner for the intro
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jTrux22
|---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------|x2 |-2---0----9--7~----0-2-0-2---0----9--7-9^10-9-7-0--------| |-0-----2/----------0-0-0-0-----2/---------------0--------| |---------------------------------------------------------| I don't understand your version of the intro but this is how I've always played it
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julienlancelo
Super cool only one small mistake withe the bridge The B, Badd9, B Sounds more accurate with B, Badd9, Bsus4
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