Its Alive Chords
by Elway
Its Alive by Elway is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, F, G, F#5 and G5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
Am C
I'll greet the sun today
F C G Am
barely standing on my own two feet.
C
But if there's a truth to find
F
I will find it.
C G
I will find it.
Interlude
C F (x2)
Verse
C F
I've seen saints become abandonment and heroes lose lucidity,
C G F#5 G5 F#5 G5
So I try to stay two steps ahead of the hard times.
C F
All that is forever is the struggle that we share.
Am G
If we loved half like we've hated we could climb above despair.
C F
I recall what it is I live for
C
Why it is I'm fighting
F
The reasons stay the same.
C F
I re-trace every step I've taken
C
Every song I've written
F
It's love that leads the way.
Am G
Do you remember how it feels?
Interlude
C F (x2)
Verse
C
I've seen hearts bloody and calloused
F
forging love out of their anguish.
C G F#5 G5 F#5 G5
I've heard Choruses 200 voices strong.
C
I've seen basements full of dancing kids
F
with hearts that span for miles.
Am G
I hope one day they'll be singing this song.
Verse
Am C
I'll greet the sun today
F C G Am
barely standing on my own two feet.
C
But if there's a truth to find
F
I will find it.
C G
I will find it.
F
I will find it.
C G
I will find it.
F
I will find it.
C G
I will find it.
F G Am G F G Am F
I will find it.
C F
I recall what it is I live for
C
Why it is I'm fighting
F
The reasons stay the same.
C F
I re-trace every step I've taken
C
Every song I've written
F
It's love that leads the way.
Am G C
Do you remember how it feels to be alive?