Good To Be Alive Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays401

Good To Be Alive by Meghan Trainor is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: G - Em - C - G 

G                                        Em 
I ain't trying to think about all my problems 
           C              G 
I'm living now, I'm living now 
G                                 Em 
I can't sit and worry about the future 
           C                      G 
I'm living now, I said I'm living now 


                  G                                 Em 
So put your hands up if you feel like having a good time 
               C                         G 
Put your hands up if you got no cares at all 
           G                        Em 
Raise your cup if you got no work tomorrow 
               C                               G 
Put your hands up if you're ready to have some fun 
Come on, sing 

      G         Em 
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh 
C                          G 
Oh, it feels so good to be alive 
      G         Em 
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh 
C                          G 
Oh, it feels so good to be alive 

G                                        Em 
Gonna wake up every day like it's Christmas 
                                C               
Gonna celebrate this life I'm given 
         G 
From now on (from now on) 
G                                     Em 
Gonna tell my mother every day I love her 
                                             C 
And tell her "thanks for being such a good mother" 
         G 
From now on 

Pre-Chorus 
                  G                                 Em 
So put your hands up if you feel like having a good time 
               C                         G 
Put your hands up if you got no cares at all 
           G                        Em 
Raise your cup if you got no work tomorrow 
               C                               G 
Put your hands up if you're ready to have some fun 

 
      G         Em 
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh 
C                          G 
Oh, it feels so good to be alive 
      G         Em 
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh 
C                          G 
Oh, it feels so good to be alive 

Bridge 

        G         Em 
Feels good, don't it? 
                                  C 
Living your life in this great moment 
And you never ever think it's gonna go away, but I swear 
   G 
I know you'll wake up one day and say 
 G 
Damn, I got things to do 
 Em 
Damn, I got mountains to move 
 C 
And it ain't about how sad it could be 
       G 
It's about how good it should be 

Break 

      G               Em               
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it? 
      C                G 
You only got one life; live in the moment 
      G               Em               
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it? 
      C                G 
You only got one life; live in the moment 
      G               Em               
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it? 
      C                G 
You only got one life; live in the moment 
      G               Em               
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it? 
      C                G 
You only got one life; live in the moment 

 
      G         Em 
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh 
C                          G 
Oh, it feels so good to be alive 
      G         Em 
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh 
C                          G 
Oh, it feels so good to be alive 


      G         Em 
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh 
C                          G 
Oh, it feels so good to be alive 
      G         Em 
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh 
C                          G 
Oh, it feels so good to be alive 

Outro G - Em - C - G (3x) 

Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it? 
You only got one life; live in the moment 
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it? 
You only got one life; live in the moment 
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh 
Oh, it feels so good to be alive 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante