Chord counting:
Beat: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Chord: 1 2 3 | |
ORDER: I V1 PC C1 V2 PC C2 C3 B FC
[INTRO]
F#m C#m D | |
F#m C#m D | |
[VERSE 1]
[F#m] I was born[C#m] in a[D] thunderstorm
[F#m] I grew [C#m]up over[D]night
[F#m] I played a[C#m]lone,
D A/C# Bmadd9 | |
I'm playing on my own, I survived, hey
[F#m] I wanted ev[C#m] - erything [D]I never had,
[F#m] like the love[C#m] that comes[D] with life
[F#m] I wore Am[C#m] - bien and I[D] hated it,
C# | |
but I survived.
[PRE-CHORUS]
I had [F#m]wanted to go to a[C#m] place where all [D]the demons go,
where the [F#m]wind don't change and [C#m]nothing in the ground[D] can ever grow,
No [F#m]hope, just lies and you're [C#m]taught to cry [D]in your pillow,
C# | |
but I'll survive.
[CHORUS 1]
n.c. F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
I'm still [F#m]brea[A]thing, I'm still [D]brea[D#m7-5]thing,
n.c. F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
A E | F#m D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D
I'm alive.
[VERSE 2]
[F#m] I found [C#m]solace in [D]the strangest place,
[F#m] way in the back[C#m] of my [D]mind.
[F#m] I saw [C#m]my life in [D]a stranger's face[C#] and it was mine.
[PRE-CHORUS]
I had [F#m]wanted to go to a[C#m] place where all [D]the demons go,
where the [F#m]wind don't change and [C#m]nothing in the ground[D] can ever grow,
No [F#m]hope, just lies and you're [C#m]taught to cry [D]in your pillow,
C# | |
but I'll survive.
[CHORUS 2]
n.c. F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
I'm still [F#m]brea[A]thing, I'm still [D]brea[D#m7-5]thing,
n.c. F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
A E | F#m D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D
I'm alive.
[CHORUS 3] - drums out on final line
[F#m] You took it out,[E] but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] You took it out,[E] but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[E] but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] You took it out,[E] but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.
[BRIDGE]
[Bm]I had made every single mistake
[F#m]that you could ever [E]possibly make.
I [Bm]took and I took and I took what you gave
but [F#m]you never noticed that [E]I was in pain.
I [Bm]knew what I wanted, I went in and got it.
[F#m]Did all the things that you [E]said that I wouldn't,
I [Bm7]told you that I would never be forgotten,
F#m E C# | |
I know that's part of you.
[FINAL CHORUS] - muted guitar
I'm still [F#m]brea[A]thing, I'm still [D]brea[D#m7-5]thing,
I'm still [F#m]brea[A]thing, I'm still [D]brea[D#m7-5]thing,
I'm a[F#m]live, [E]
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.)
I'm a[F#m]live, [E]
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.)
I'm a[A]live, [E]
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.)
n.c.
I'm alive.
n.c. F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
A E | F#m D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D | n.c.
I'm alive.
Beat: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Chord: 1 2 3 | |
ORDER: I V1 PC C1 V2 PC C2 C3 B FC
[INTRO]
F#m C#m D | |
F#m C#m D | |
[VERSE 1]
[F#m] I was born[C#m] in a[D] thunderstorm
[F#m] I grew [C#m]up over[D]night
[F#m] I played a[C#m]lone,
D A/C# Bmadd9 | |
I'm playing on my own, I survived, hey
[F#m] I wanted ev[C#m] - erything [D]I never had,
[F#m] like the love[C#m] that comes[D] with life
[F#m] I wore Am[C#m] - bien and I[D] hated it,
C# | |
but I survived.
[PRE-CHORUS]
I had [F#m]wanted to go to a[C#m] place where all [D]the demons go,
where the [F#m]wind don't change and [C#m]nothing in the ground[D] can ever grow,
No [F#m]hope, just lies and you're [C#m]taught to cry [D]in your pillow,
C# | |
but I'll survive.
[CHORUS 1]
n.c. F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
I'm still [F#m]brea[A]thing, I'm still [D]brea[D#m7-5]thing,
n.c. F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
A E | F#m D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D
I'm alive.
[VERSE 2]
[F#m] I found [C#m]solace in [D]the strangest place,
[F#m] way in the back[C#m] of my [D]mind.
[F#m] I saw [C#m]my life in [D]a stranger's face[C#] and it was mine.
[PRE-CHORUS]
I had [F#m]wanted to go to a[C#m] place where all [D]the demons go,
where the [F#m]wind don't change and [C#m]nothing in the ground[D] can ever grow,
No [F#m]hope, just lies and you're [C#m]taught to cry [D]in your pillow,
C# | |
but I'll survive.
[CHORUS 2]
n.c. F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
I'm still [F#m]brea[A]thing, I'm still [D]brea[D#m7-5]thing,
n.c. F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
A E | F#m D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D
I'm alive.
[CHORUS 3] - drums out on final line
[F#m] You took it out,[E] but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] You took it out,[E] but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[E] but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] You took it out,[E] but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.
[BRIDGE]
[Bm]I had made every single mistake
[F#m]that you could ever [E]possibly make.
I [Bm]took and I took and I took what you gave
but [F#m]you never noticed that [E]I was in pain.
I [Bm]knew what I wanted, I went in and got it.
[F#m]Did all the things that you [E]said that I wouldn't,
I [Bm7]told you that I would never be forgotten,
F#m E C# | |
I know that's part of you.
[FINAL CHORUS] - muted guitar
I'm still [F#m]brea[A]thing, I'm still [D]brea[D#m7-5]thing,
I'm still [F#m]brea[A]thing, I'm still [D]brea[D#m7-5]thing,
I'm a[F#m]live, [E]
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.)
I'm a[F#m]live, [E]
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
[A] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.)
I'm a[A]live, [E]
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] You took it out,[D] but I'm still breathing.)
n.c.
I'm alive.
n.c. F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D
I'm alive,
A E | F#m D
I'm alive,
F#m E | A D | n.c.
I'm alive.
