Capo on the 1st fret
Intro: C
Verse 1
C
I'm like a child looking off on the horizon
G
I'm like an ambulance that's turning on the sirens
Am G F
Oh I'm still alive
C
I'm like a soldier coming home for the first time
G
I dodged a bullet and I walked across a landmine
Am G F
Oh I'm still alive
Pre-chorus
C G
Am I bleeding Am I bleeding from the storm
Am F
Just shine a light into the wreckage so far away away
Chorus:
C C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
Am G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
F
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way away
C C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
Am G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
F
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way away
C
My way to you
Verse 2
C
I'm like a junkie tying off for the last time
G
I'm like a loser that's betting on his last dime
Am G F
Oh I'm still alive
C
I'm like a son that was raised without a father
G
I'm like a mother barely keeping it together
Am G F
Oh I'm still alive
Pre-chorus
C G
Am I bleeding Am I bleeding from the storm
Am F
Just shine a light into the wreckage so far away away
Chorus:
C C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
Am G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
F
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way away
C C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
Am G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
F
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way away
away
Bridge
Am G F C
As I walked out on the ledge
Am G F C
Are you scared to death to live
Am G F C
I've been running all my life
Am G
Just to find a home that's for the restless
F
And the truth that's in the message
G
Making my way away away
C G Em F x2
Chorus:
C C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
Am G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
F
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way away
C C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
Am G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
F
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way away
C C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
Am G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
F
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way away
C
My way to you