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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Intro & Verse]
e|-D------------------|     |-D/G------------------|
B|-----7-------7-----|     |-----7-------7-----|
G|---7---7---7---7---| x2, |---7---7---7---7---|
D|-7-------7-------7-|     |-5-------5-------5-|
A|-------------------|     |-------------------|
E|-------------------|     |-------------------|
[Verse]
The Dway you move the way you speak iD/Gs beautiful
The Dway your hair moves in the wind D/Gis beautiful
The Dthings you say in your perfect waD/Gy they're beautiful
The Dway you laugh and your pretty smile's D/Gso right
BmYou Aare Glife
[Chorus]
I wish you were Dhere
I wish you were Gnear
I wish you’ve sBm7tayed
I wish we didn't Gfade
I hope you're alDright
I hope I surGvive
But I'm still aBm7live
We're still aGlive
We're still aliveD  G  
[Verse]
The Dway you dance the way you walk is D/Gbeautiful
The Dway you talk and purse your lips is D/Gbeautiful
The Dway you sing your everything you're D/Gbeautiful
The Dway you look me in the eyes is D/Gso right
BmYou Aare Glife
[Chorus]
I wish you were Dhere
I wish you were Gnear
I wish you’ve Bm7stayed
I wish we didn't Gfade
I hope you're alDright
I hope I surGvive
But I'm still aBm7live
We're still aGlive
[Bridge]
Cause when we're Ainches from each other it's like Gmiles and miles apart
And I can Asee it in your eyes although we Gknew right from the start
With the Atwo of us together we'd end Gup with broken hearts
But I loDve you
Oh, I love Gyou
I still loDve you
I will lovGe you

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Alive

by Over October

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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D/G

Bm7

[Intro & Verse]

D D/G

e|-------------------| |-------------------|

B|-----7-------7-----| |-----7-------7-----|

G|---7---7---7---7---| x2, |---7---7---7---7---|

D|-7-------7-------7-| |-5-------5-------5-|

A|-------------------| |-------------------|

E|-------------------| |-------------------|

[Verse]

D D/G

The way you move the way you speak is beautiful

D D/G

The way your hair moves in the wind is beautiful

D D/G

The things you say in your perfect way they're beautiful

D D/G

The way you laugh and your pretty smile's so right

Bm A G

You are life

[Chorus]

I wish you were here

I wish you were near

Bm7

I wish you’ve stayed

I wish we didn't fade

I hope you're alright

I hope I survive

Bm7

But I'm still alive

We're still alive

D G

We're still alive

[Verse]

D D/G

The way you dance the way you walk is beautiful

D D/G

The way you talk and purse your lips is beautiful

D D/G

The way you sing your everything you're beautiful

D D/G

The way you look me in the eyes is so right

Bm A G

You are life

[Chorus]

I wish you were here

I wish you were near

Bm7

I wish you’ve stayed

I wish we didn't fade

I hope you're alright

I hope I survive

Bm7

But I'm still alive

We're still alive

[Bridge]

A G

Cause when we're inches from each other it's like miles and miles apart

A G

And I can see it in your eyes although we knew right from the start

A G

With the two of us together we'd end up with broken hearts

But I love you

Oh, I love you

I still love you

I will love you

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