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Year: 2018
[Intro]
I want to be alDive
Huh F#mhuh
Huh hEuh
[Verse]
I spent my Dwhole life wondering
ADesperate to know where it weEnt
Where is the hDappiness that I loAst
Somewhere in all of tEhis
All this Dtime all I've F#mfound
Was emptinEess
I was hoDping for so F#mmuch more than Ethis
If this is my liDfe
How lAong can I go oEn?
When I am barely holdin' Don
I'm bAarely holdin' oEn
[Chorus]
I want to be alDive
Huh F#mhuh
Huh hEuh
To be alDivF#me agaEin
I want to be alAiveC#m  
F#mHuhE  
I've been wDaiting so F#mlong for you to cEome and save my life toAnight
HeyC#m  
[Verse]
There's sDo much more to this lAife
If I could just let gEoBm  
Why am I hDolding on so tF#mightly to a Ememory of what's Bmdead inside of mDe
Surely it's Atime for me to come hEome
BmHome where I belDong
Can I F#mdo this on my oEwn all alone?
And I'll fall dDown on my F#mknees agEain
[Chorus]
I want to be alAiveC#m  
F#mHuhE  
I've been wDaiting so F#mlong for you to cEome and save my life toAnight
C#mHey hihD  
F#mI've waited Eall my life for tAhisC#m  
[Brdige]
DOh
I want to be stroEnger nowD  
I want to be bF#metter than Eever beDfore
I want to be sAo much mEore
[Outro]
I want to be alDive
Huh F#mhuh
Huh hEuh
I want to be alDiveF#m  E  

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Alive

by Ed Sloan

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Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

C#m

Year: 2018

[Intro]

I want to be alive

F#m

Huh huh

[Verse]

I spent my whole life wondering

A E

Desperate to know where it went

D A

Where is the happiness that I lost

Somewhere in all of this

D F#m

All this time all I've found

Was emptiness

D F#m E

I was hoping for so much more than this

If this is my life

A E

How long can I go on?

When I am barely holdin' on

A E

I'm barely holdin' on

[Chorus]

I want to be alive

F#m

Huh huh

D F#m E

To be alive again

A C#m

I want to be alive

F#m E

Huh

D F#m E A

I've been waiting so long for you to come and save my life tonight

C#m

Hey

[Verse]

D A

There's so much more to this life

E Bm

If I could just let go

D F#m E Bm D

Why am I holding on so tightly to a memory of what's dead inside of me

A E

Surely it's time for me to come home

Bm D

Home where I belong

F#m E

Can I do this on my own all alone?

D F#m E

And I'll fall down on my knees again

[Chorus]

A C#m

I want to be alive

F#m E

Huh

D F#m E A

I've been waiting so long for you to come and save my life tonight

C#m D

Hey hih

F#m E A C#m

I've waited all my life for this

[Brdige]

E D

I want to be stronger now

F#m E D

I want to be better than ever before

A E

I want to be so much more

[Outro]

I want to be alive

F#m

Huh huh

D F#m E

I want to be alive

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