Edwin Mccain - Alive Chords

Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo


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                                - Alive -
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             by Edwin McCain from a 3/25/95 show in Alabama

 Chords
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C# min       X46654 -->X46444 *


 Asus2

 Asus2

 Asus2

Intro
E5 (4 beats) Asus (4)  C# min (4)  E/G# (2)Asus (2)  X 2

Verse 1    Same chords and times as Intro
AE5l, he sells records down on old Saint CharlieAsus4 Street

 C♯ min
He'sG cleaning up Fat Asus4Tuesday's mess, he keeps his sidewalks neat.
And he just lost his father, you know he just lost his wife
And if it wasn't for the music, couldn't get on with his life.

Chorus       b
1.5 beats) Asus(2.5) E/G#(4)  X2
--------     B (1.5 beats) Asus(2.5) E/G#(1.5) Asus(2.5) C#min(4)

 E G♯
 Asus4

BBut he knoAsus4ws what I know   G

IBt's not aAsus4ll that hard toG survive

YBou take the gAsus4ood and the bad aGnd the tAsus4ime in between

 C♯ min
 [E/G#]
lAsus4ets us know.....................We're alive.

Verse chords once instrumental

Verse 2
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Well now Bebe sings the gospel, Down on Bourbon she sings the blues
She plays on all my heartstrings, curls my toes up in my shoes
She knows what I'm after, chase my dreams with all my might
She says "You shouldn't be so anxious" and deep down I know she's right.

Chorus
with she in the first line)

Flute solo with verse chords three times

Bridge
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 B
 E G♯
WAsus4ell, now get up on the Rocket, step right into the front car.
You know life's roller coaster, it ain't got no safety bar.(Same chords)

 B
 E G♯
 Asus4(2.5)**     Rest(2)
Raise your voices up with laughter, dream of men with one big star(?)
C♯min
 E G♯
CAsus4onsecrated in the wonder..............................We're alive.

Flute solo with verse chords twice

Verse 3
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Well now Norman he plays music, but only in my dreams
He plays with all the beauty that soulful music brings.
But sometimes he's a spectre and I wake up clenched with fear,
The lesson good or bad, he always keeps me clear.

Chorus
with he in first line)

Outro
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Flute throughout
E5 (4 beats) Asus (4)  C# min (4)  E/G# (2)Asus (2)
We're alive (repeated) Adlib
E5 (4 beats) Asus/D (4) Asus2/C#(4) Asus2/C(1.5)Asus2/D(2.5)  three times

 E5
 Asus4
 D
 Asus2 C♯
 Asus2
 C