Alive – Pearl Jam

Alive Lyrics and Chords

Singer: Eddie Vedder
Performed by Pearl Jam

Verse 1

A
… Son, she said,
A
… Have I got a little
Story for you
A
… What you thought
………………..A
Was your daddy
Was nothing but a…
A
… While you were sitting
A
Home alone at age thirteen
A                                 A
.. Your real daddy was dying,
……………………………F            C
Sorry you didn’t see him,
……………….F                     C
But I’m glad we talked…

…….E  G   D               A
Oh I, oh, I’m still alive
………E  G   D               A
Hey, I oh, I’m still alive
……….E  G  D               A
Hey, I oh, I’m still alive
……….B
Hey…oh…

Verse 2

A
… Oh, she walks slowly,
A
.. Across a young man’s room
A                          A
.. She said I’m ready for you
A
… Why I can’t remember
A
Anything to this very day
A                         A
.. Except the look, the look…
……F                         C
Oh, you know where,
…………F                 C
Now I can’t see,

………..E         G  D               A
I just stare … I, I’m still alive
……….E  G  D                A
Hey, I oh, I’m still alive
………E  G  D               A
Hey, I oh, I’m still alive
………E  G  D                A
Hey, I oh, I’m still alive yeah

Music:

Verse 3

A7   D
……….. Is something wrong,
A7             D
She said
………………………A7             D
Well of course there is
………………………..A7                 D
You’re still alive, she said
………………………………………B    E
Oh, and do I deserve to be
……………………….B           E
Is that the question
………………B          E
And if so…if so…
………………B       E
Who answers…who answers…

……E  G   D                   A
Oh I, oh, I’m still alive
………E  G   D                 A
Hey, I oh, I’m still alive
………E  G   D                A
Hey, I oh, I’m still alive
………E  G   D                A
Hey, I oh, I’m still alive
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

End