Verso 1:
E G#m7
Today I watched the boats
C#m7
Moving through the harbor
A
Walking on water
Asus2
In your arms I'd stay
Verso 2:
E G#m7
Forever if I could
C#m7
Forever if I may
Keeps me in your thoughts
A Asus2
Don't disappear
E G#m7
I am on your side
C#m7
And so alive
A
And so alive
Asus2
It isn't real
Verso 3:
E G#m7
If this is how I feel
C#m7
Then nothing now is true
A
And nothing now can ever be
Asus2
Taken away from you
Verso 4:
E G#m7
Sinking in the past
C#m7
The things that shouldn't last
Just put to bed and
A
Stand beside me
Asus2
Stand beside me
E G#m7
Always on your side
C#m7
I'm on your side
A
And so alive
Asus2
It isn't real
E G#m7
I am on your side
C#m7
And so alive
A
And so alive
Asus2 Riff 3
And so aliiiiiiiiiiiiiive
Riff 3 (Solo): tremolo bar
e|-----0-------0-0--------------------------0-----|
B|-----7-------7-7-------7-5------5-5-------0-----|
G|-----9-------9-8-------8-6------6-6---4---2-----|
D|-----9~~~~---9-6~~~~---6-6~~~~--6-6---4---2-----|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Solo:
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------2--5r4--2r0--2r0-------------|
G|---------------2-4--------------------2----------|
D|----------2-4----------------------------4-2-----|
A|-----2-4-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------2--5r4--2r0------------------|
G|---------------2-4---------------2--4--2---------|
D|----------2-4----------------------------4-2-----|
A|-----2-4-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
E G#m7
I am on your side
C#m7
On your side
A
I'm on your side
Asus2 E
On Your Side
G#m7
On Your Side
C#m7
And so alive
A
And so alive
Asus2 E
So alive So Alive chords and lyrics
Free chords for So Alive by Ryan Adams. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
Verso 1:
Verso 2:
Keeps me in your thoughts
Verso 3:
Verso 4:
Just put to bed and
Asus2 Riff 3
And so aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiveSo Alive Chords by Ryan Adams
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