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 C#m D
I was born in a thunderstorm
F#m C#m D
I grew up overnight
F#m C#m
I played alone,
D A/C# Bmadd9 | |
I'm playing on my own, I survived, hey
F#m C#m D
I wanted ev - erything I never had,
F#m C#m D
like the love that comes with life
F#m C#m D
I wore En - vy and I hated that,
C# | |
but I survived.
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#m C#m D
I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
F#m C#m D
where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground can ever grow,
F#m C#m D
No hope, just lies and you're taught to cry 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,
F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
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 C#m D
I found solace in the strangest place,
F#m C#m D
way in the back of my mind.
F#m C#m D C#
I saw my life in a stranger's face and it was mine.
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#m C#m D
I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
F#m C#m D
where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground can ever grow,
F#m C#m D
No hope, just lies and you're taught to cry 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,
F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
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 E
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
F#m E
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A E
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
F#m D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
F#m E
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.
[BRIDGE]
Bm
I had made every single mistake
F#m E
that you could ever possibly make.
Bm
I took and I took and I took what you gave
F#m E
but you never noticed that I was in pain.
Bm
I knew what I wanted, I went in and got it.
F#m E
Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't,
Bm7
I told you that I would never be forgotten,
F#m E C# | |
I know that's part of you.
[FINAL CHORUS] - muted guitar
F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
F#m A D D#m7-5
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing,
F#m E
I'm alive,
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.)
F#m E
I'm alive,
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I'm still breathing.)
A E
I'm alive,
(You took it out but I'm still breathing.
F#m D
You took it out, 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.