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Thrive

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[Intro]
D
[Verse]
DBeen fighting things that I can't see in
Like voices coming from the inside of me and
GLike doing things I find hard to believe in
Am I myself or am I dreaming?
[Pre-Chorus]
BmI've been awake for an hour or so
GChecking for a pulse but I just don't know
BmAm I a man when I feel like a ghost?
GThe stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes
[Chorus]
DNo I'm not alright
AI know that I'm not right
BmA steering wheel don't mean you can drive
GA warm body don't mean I'm alive
DNo I'm not alright
AI know that I'm not right
BmFeels like I travel but I never arrive
GI want to thrive not just survive
D
[Verse 2]
I come alive when I hear you singing
But lately I haven't been hearing a thing and
I get the feeling that I'm in between
A machine and a man who only looks like me
[Pre-Chorus]
BmI've been awake for an hour or so
GChecking for a pulse but I just don't know
BmAm I a man when I feel like a ghost?
GThe stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes
[Chorus]
DNo I'm not alright
AI know that I'm not right
BmA steering wheel don't mean you can drive
GA warm body don't mean I'm alive
DNo I'm not alright
AI know that I'm not right
BmFeels like I travel but I never arrive
GI want to thrive not just survive
[Bridge]
EmI'm always cBmlose but I'm never enAough
EmI'm always in Bmline but I'm never in loAve
GI get so doDwn but I won't givAe up
GI get slowed dDown but I won't gAive up
[Verse]
Been fighting things that I can't see in
Like voices coming from the inside of me and
Like doing things I find hard to believe in
Am I myself or am I dreaming?
   BmAGm I myself or am I dreaming?  (Thrive)
[Chorus]
DNo I'm not alright
AI know that I'm not right
BmA steering wheel don't mean you can drive
GA warm body don't mean I'm alive
DNo I'm not alright
AI know that I'm not right
BmFeels like I travel but I never arrive
GI want to thrive not just survive
DI wanAt to BmthrivGe not just survive
I want to thrive not just survive
Feels like I travel but I never arrive
I want to thrive not just survive

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Thrive

by Switchfoot

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

[Verse]

Been fighting things that I can't see in

Like voices coming from the inside of me and

Like doing things I find hard to believe in

Am I myself or am I dreaming?

[Pre-Chorus]

I've been awake for an hour or so

Checking for a pulse but I just don't know

Am I a man when I feel like a ghost?

The stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes

[Chorus]

No I'm not alright

I know that I'm not right

A steering wheel don't mean you can drive

A warm body don't mean I'm alive

No I'm not alright

I know that I'm not right

Feels like I travel but I never arrive

I want to thrive not just survive

[Verse 2]

I come alive when I hear you singing

But lately I haven't been hearing a thing and

I get the feeling that I'm in between

A machine and a man who only looks like me

[Pre-Chorus]

I've been awake for an hour or so

Checking for a pulse but I just don't know

Am I a man when I feel like a ghost?

The stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes

[Chorus]

No I'm not alright

I know that I'm not right

A steering wheel don't mean you can drive

A warm body don't mean I'm alive

No I'm not alright

I know that I'm not right

Feels like I travel but I never arrive

I want to thrive not just survive

[Bridge]

Em Bm A

I'm always close but I'm never enough

Em Bm A

I'm always in line but I'm never in love

G D A

I get so down but I won't give up

G D A

I get slowed down but I won't give up

[Verse]

Been fighting things that I can't see in

Like voices coming from the inside of me and

Like doing things I find hard to believe in

Am I myself or am I dreaming?

Bm G

Am I myself or am I dreaming? (Thrive)

[Chorus]

No I'm not alright

I know that I'm not right

A steering wheel don't mean you can drive

A warm body don't mean I'm alive

No I'm not alright

I know that I'm not right

Feels like I travel but I never arrive

I want to thrive not just survive

D A Bm G

I want to thrive not just survive

Feels like I travel but I never arrive

I want to thrive not just survive

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