Dead Alive Chords

by The Shins
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author pmalavi [a] 13,956.
2 contributors total, last edit on Apr 2, 2021

Chords

Em
E
A
G
C
D

Strumming

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Verse          Chorus
----------     -----------------
Em  x7998x     E   x7999x
A   57765x     A   57765x
G   35543x     C   8-10-10-9-x-x
D   x577xx     G   35543x
C   x3555x     D   x577xx
 
 
[Verse 1]
Em       A         G       D
   On a walk in a fragile state
Em        A            G        G    D
   Weird angles coming over the wire
Em       A          G        D
   Back home we got girls in braids
           G         D                C                      C  D
   They're on roller skates, and they roll any way they like
 
Em          A          G           D
   From my town I can always look down
Em              A           G           G       D
   Down from my nose at the fish in the barrels
Em             A        G     D
   But in the wilds of human life
            G        D          C                   C  D  Em
   There are pretty knives, an array of gentle eyes
 
 
[Chorus 1]
E       A     C         A
   So tonight, dance and cry
C            G    G  D  Em
   The dead alive
 
 
[Verse 2]
Em     A         G       D
   Monuments to awful events
Em         A        G          G       D
   I float by in a daze on the freeway
Em        A           G          A
   He can whine about different times
      G        D             C                 C  D
   But me, I'm fine with the mirrors far away
 
Em         A             G          D
   For the mills in the valleys to function
Em            A           G              G    D
   Rain gonna fall on the hills where we hike
Em          A             G           D
   Wash the blood and the guts to the ocean
G           D           C                  C  D  Em
   Feed the pike making everything alright
 
 
[Chorus 2]
E       A     C         A
   So tonight, dance and cry
C            G    G  D  Em
   The dead alive
 
 
[Musical Interlude]
Em  D  G    G  D
Em  D  G
 
 
[Chorus 3]
G       A     C         A
   So tonight, dance and cry
C            G    G  D  Em
   The dead alive
 
 
[Outro]
Em    A             G          D
Em    A             G          D
                      Figments
Em    A             G          D
Em    A             G          D
   Figments of imagination (figments of imagination)
Em    A             G          D
Em    A             G          D
                            Figments of imagination
Em    A             G          D
  (Figments of imagination)
Em    A             C
                      Figments of imagination
Em    A             G          D
   Figments of imagination
Em    A             G          D
   Figments of imagination
Em    A             G          D
   Figments of imagination
Em    A             C
   Figments of imagination
                    Em
  (Figments of imagination)
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Dead Alive – The Shins
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3 comments
dsitww
Thanks for putting this together.
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KamrenB
I have a suggestion: In each chorus, add an E major right after the E minor. There is a noticeable chord change right before the words "So tonight" are sung. Cheers!
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