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Out Alive

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Capo 4th Fret (if you want to play the song like he does live, place the capo on 
the 3rd fret instead,since he plays it an half step down)
CThis city's gonna break your heart
FsusIt's gonna leave you colder
CBright lights tearing us apart
FsusIt's gonna hurt all over
AmHonestly I'm better off lonely
FsusPromises are just pretend
CGod held this face I'm wearing
GGod held this skin
CWe can run
GWe can hide
AmWe can show off our guns and Fsusput up a fight
CIf it's love hold on tGight, hAmold on tight
FsusAnd maybe we'll make it Cout alive
GMaybe we'll make it
CI'm searching for the sound of your heartbeat
FsusAnd I'm looking for a sign of life
CAnd I can hear it fading now
FsusLost my strength when you lost your fight
AmHonestly we're better off lonely
FsusPromises are just pretend
CGod held this faith I'm wearing
GGod held this place
CWe can run
GWe can hide
AmWe can show off our guns and Fsusput up a fight
CIf it's love hold on tGight, hAmold on tight
FsusAnd maybe we'll make it Cout aliveG  Am  
FsusMaybe we'll make it
GThere's gonna be a tAmhousand ways thFsusat we could break it
GThere'll never be an easAmy way so I'll just saFsusy it
G'Cause I know that it's noAmt over no matter how harFsusd we try
GNow I'm begging for the chAmance to make it riFsusght
Fsus'Cause you got the best of me
GYou'll be the death of me
CWe can run
GWe can hide
AmWe can show off our guns and Fsusput up a fight
CIf it's love hold on tGight, hAmold on tight
FsusAnd maybe we'll make it Cout aliveG  Am  
FsusAnd maybe we'll make it Cout aliveG  Am  
FsusMaybe we'll make it
CWe can run
GWe can hide
GOh baby, wAme'll make it out Fsusalive
CWe can run
GWe can hide
GOh baby, wAme'll make it out Fsusalive (we'll make it out alive)
CWe can run
GWe can hide (yeah)
GOh baby, weAm'll make it ouFsust alive
                  FsusEnd on G  
Maybe we'll make it

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Out Alive

by Kris Allen

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Fsus

Capo 4th Fret (if you want to play the song like he does live, place the capo on

the 3rd fret instead,since he plays it an half step down)

This city's gonna break your heart

Fsus

It's gonna leave you colder

Bright lights tearing us apart

Fsus

It's gonna hurt all over

Honestly I'm better off lonely

Fsus

Promises are just pretend

God held this face I'm wearing

God held this skin

We can run

We can hide

Am Fsus

We can show off our guns and put up a fight

C G Am

If it's love hold on tight, hold on tight

Fsus C

And maybe we'll make it out alive

Maybe we'll make it

I'm searching for the sound of your heartbeat

Fsus

And I'm looking for a sign of life

And I can hear it fading now

Fsus

Lost my strength when you lost your fight

Honestly we're better off lonely

Fsus

Promises are just pretend

God held this faith I'm wearing

God held this place

We can run

We can hide

Am Fsus

We can show off our guns and put up a fight

C G Am

If it's love hold on tight, hold on tight

Fsus C G Am

And maybe we'll make it out alive

Fsus

Maybe we'll make it

G Am Fsus

There's gonna be a thousand ways that we could break it

G Am Fsus

There'll never be an easy way so I'll just say it

G Am Fsus

'Cause I know that it's not over no matter how hard we try

G Am Fsus

Now I'm begging for the chance to make it right

Fsus

'Cause you got the best of me

You'll be the death of me

We can run

We can hide

Am Fsus

We can show off our guns and put up a fight

C G Am

If it's love hold on tight, hold on tight

Fsus C G Am

And maybe we'll make it out alive

Fsus C G Am

And maybe we'll make it out alive

Fsus

Maybe we'll make it

We can run

We can hide

G Am Fsus

Oh baby, we'll make it out alive

We can run

We can hide

G Am Fsus

Oh baby, we'll make it out alive (we'll make it out alive)

We can run

We can hide (yeah)

G Am Fsus

Oh baby, we'll make it out alive

Fsus G

End on

Maybe we'll make it

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