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Eminor

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INTRO:
|  Em/ / / | / / / / |  D/ / / |  C/ / / | [x2]
VERSE 1:
EmTo everyone in the world who's left out on their own
EmTo all the boys and girls with disconnected souls
CSee the dream awDakening beAmfore your very Bmeyes
CHORUS:
We feel Emalive inside for the first time
We've got to Drun not hide Cfrom the former lives
We gotta Emtake it, make it, never gonna fake it
DThis time we're breaking free Cand making history
INSTRUMENTAL:
|  Em/ / / | / / / / |  D/ / / |  C/ / / |
VERSE 2:
EmThey say the dreams that we're chasing are just a dead-end road
EmWe don't have to embrace the lies that we've been told
CThe only thing we're Dmissing is a Amwhole new state of Bmmind
BRIDGE:
COne day we will Emsee through our Gtears and our Ampain
When we Cstand with the Emshame in the Dlight
There's a Chope that we Eknow
And we Gcan't let it Dgo
We've got to Chold Emon toDnight
OUTRO:
|  Em/ / / | / / / / | / / / / |  D/ / / |
ORDER:
Intro | Verse 1 | Chorus | Instrumental | Verse 2 | Chorus | Bridge | Instrumental | 
Chorus (x2) | Outro

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Alive

by Hawk Nelson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

INTRO:

Em D C

| / / / | / / / / | / / / | / / / | [x2]

VERSE 1:

To everyone in the world who's left out on their own

To all the boys and girls with disconnected souls

C D Am Bm

See the dream awakening before your very eyes

CHORUS:

We feel alive inside for the first time

D C

We've got to run not hide from the former lives

We gotta take it, make it, never gonna fake it

D C

This time we're breaking free and making history

INSTRUMENTAL:

Em D C

| / / / | / / / / | / / / | / / / |

VERSE 2:

They say the dreams that we're chasing are just a dead-end road

We don't have to embrace the lies that we've been told

C D Am Bm

The only thing we're missing is a whole new state of mind

BRIDGE:

C Em G Am

One day we will see through our tears and our pain

C Em D

When we stand with the shame in the light

C E

There's a hope that we know

G D

And we can't let it go

C Em D

We've got to hold on tonight

OUTRO:

Em D

| / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / |

ORDER:

Chorus (x2) | Outro

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