Intro: F#m - E - D (x2)
Verse:
F#m E D
I was born in a thunderstorm
F#m E D F#m E
I grew up overnight I played alone
D Bm
I'm playing on my own I survived
F#m E D
Hey I wanted everything I never had
F#m E D
like the love that comes with life
F#m E D
I wore Ambien and I hated it
C#
but I survived
Pre-Chorus:
F#m E D
I had wanted to go to a place where all the demons go
F#m E D
where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground can ever grow
F#m E D
No hope just lies and you're taught to cry in your pillow
C#
but I'll survive
Chorus:
F#m E D B
I'm still breathing I'm still breathing
F#m E D B
I'm still breathing I'm still breathing
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 E D
I found solace in the strangest place
F#m E D
way in the back of my mind
F#m E D C#
I saw my life in a stranger's face and it was mine
Pre-chorus:
F#m E D
I had wanted to go to a place where all the demons go
F#m E D
where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground can ever grow
F#m E D
No hope just lies and you're taught to cry in your pillow
C#
but I'll survive
Chorus:
F#m E D B
I'm still breathing I'm still breathing
F#m E D B
I'm still breathing I'm still breathing
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
Reprise:
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
Bm
I told you that I would never be forgotten
F#m E C#
I know that's part of you
Chorus:
F#m E D B
I'm still breathing I'm still breathing
F#m E D B
I'm still breathing I'm still breathing
F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive
You took it out but I'm still breathing You took it out but I'm still breathing
F#m - E - A - D
I'm alive
You took it out but I'm still breathing You took it out but I'm still breathing
A - E - F#m - D
I'm alive
You took it out but I'm still breathing You took it out but I'm still breathing
I'm alive
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 - F#m
I'm alive