I'm Alive Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays370

I'm Alive by Michael Franti and Spearhead is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, E and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			

Intro: B-E-C#m-E-B 

1, 2, 1, 2 
Here we go 
B                         E 
Everybody wants me to be who they want me to be except you 
C#m         E             B 
All I wanna do is be with you 
B 
They all tell me that there?s something strange 
E 
I don't wanna be with nobody new 
C#m         E             B 
All I wanna do is be with you 


Life sounds like 
B 
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive 
E 
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive 
(This is what it sounds like) 
C#m              E     B 
Whoa-oh-oh, I'm alive 


How could every day something jumps in the way 

Gets complicated, I feel devastated 

But when I'm feeling down, I only wanna be with you 

I can't afford the rent or remember checks I sent 

To pay off all my taxes and feed the president 

But there?s one thing I remember, I only wanna be with you 

Life sounds like 
I'm alive x6 
(This is what it sounds like) 
Whoa-oh-oh, I'm alive 

(Break it down right here now) 
You'll be Bonnie, I?ll be your Clyde 
Hop into my car and drive like 
Fireworks, we will ignite 
Through the San Francisco night 
Like John and Yoko 
Like Ice-T and Coco 
Like Jay-Z, Beyonce 
Come be my fiance 

Hey soul sister, I?ll be your mister 
Don't wanna be no one-night stand 
How many things can I say to make you understand 
That I only wanna be your man 

Life sounds like 
Whoa-oh-oh 
This is what it sounds like 
Whoa-oh-oh 
And it sounds like 

I'm alive x6 
(This is what it sounds like) 
Whoa-oh-oh, I'm alive 

(Bring it back one more time) 

Everybody wants me to be who they want me to be except you 
All I wanna do is be with you 

Life sounds like 
Whoa-oh-oh 
(This is what it sounds like) 
Whoa-oh-oh 
Life sounds like, like, like? 

Life sounds like 
I'm alive x6 
(This is what it sounds like) 
Whoa-oh-oh, I'm alive 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

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