{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1956491,"song":"I Was Alive Back Then","artist":"Kevin Devine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11437551-i-was-alive-back-then-chords-by-kevin-devine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1956491?type=chord","rating":4.80313,"votes":15,"content":"Tuning: Eb\r\n\r\n[Chords]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D7/F#[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\neb|----------2-----------------|\r\nBb|-0--1--3--1------1--0--0--2-|\r\nGb|-0--0--2--2------2--2--0--0-|\r\nDb|-0--2--0--0------2--1--2--2-|\r\nAb|-x--3--0--0------0--2--2--0-|\r\nEb|-3--3-----2------------0----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll my lives are coming through[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd, even though there isn’t room[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       Fill 1\r\nI save seats for my selves[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     Fill 1\r\nInvite them in, wish them well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     Fill 2\r\nThe way I feel & the way I guess I felt[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was 23 & crazy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrightened, overwhelmed, and angry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou said, “That’s not how I see you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYou treat yourself unfairly[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDon’t treat yourself unfairly.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]    Fill 3\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n           G     Fill 4\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      \r\nIt was Christmas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      \r\nWe were wrestlers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBay Ridge Parkway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nOur apartment[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      Fill 1\r\nWe were fast & best friends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      Fill 1\r\nWe were just little kids[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou were Lenny Dykstra[/tab]\r\n            D      Fill 2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis was before I got so lonely[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith my lovers, with my family[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nScared of living[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nScared of dying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nScared of being happy[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI couldn't let myself be happy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]    Fill 3\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n           G     Fill 4\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was 20[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nKolankowski[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nAsked me who I thought I’d marry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    Fill 1\r\nI answered your name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    Fill 1\r\nYears before we would date[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       Fill 2\r\nYears before he’d officiate our wedding[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou never “know”[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou’re never “ready”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut all your fear is just confetti[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nLet it blow all 'round your bedroom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWhen it gets too heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDon’t let it get too heavy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one asks you if you’re ready[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they’re handing you the baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMy mother said, “Son, you can’t imagine[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYou’ll have your mind blown, honey[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYou’ll be crazy in love, honey.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D7/F#[/ch]  Fill 3\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI remember when[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   Fill 3\r\nI was alive back then[/tab]\r\n            Fill 4     G\r\n\r\n[tab]eb|-------|\r\nBb|-------|\r\nGb|-----0-|\r\nDb|-0h2---|\r\nAb|-------|\r\nEb|-------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]eb|------------|\r\nBb|-3---1p0----|\r\nGb|---------2--|\r\nDb|------------|\r\nAb|------------|\r\nEb|------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]eb|-----------0---3---2---|\r\nBb|---1---3---------------|\r\nGb|-----------------------|\r\nDb|-0---0---0---0---0-----|\r\nAb|-----------------------|\r\nEb|-----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]eb|-------------------------------------------------|\r\nBb|-------------------------------------------------|\r\nGb|-----------------------------------------------0-|\r\nDb|-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-4-4-4-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-----0h2---|\r\nAb|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0h2-------|\r\nEb|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning: Eb\n\n[Chords]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n           G     Fill 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            D      Fill 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n           G     Fill 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n            Fill 4     G","chords":["Eb","G","C","D","D7/F#","Am","B7","Em","A7","Bb","Gb","Db","Ab","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}