Never Been Alive Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays396

Never Been Alive by The Avett Brothers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, D, G, C, Dmaj7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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Intro: 

Am - D - Am - D - Am - D - G - D 

      G               Am 
Woe-o-ooo Money won't do the trick  
C                 D 
      but it will help 
      G               Am                  
Woe-o-ooo To open the doors we need it to 
C                   D 
    to help someone else 
Am                 D      
    Still we won't need it  
Am                   D - Dmaj7 - D7 
    to turn things around 


Am                D 
I've never been alive 
      Am                    D 
Woe-o-ooo I've never been alive 
      Am                    D 
Woe-o-ooo I've never been alive 
          G     D 
Like I am now 


      G                 Am 
Woe-o-ooo You need only tell me 
C                           D 
      when you're under the gun 
      G 
Woe-o-ooo 
                Am   
If you need someone to lend a hand 
C                 D 
      consider it done 
Am                        D 
      But still you won't need me 
Am                     D - Dmaj7 - D7 
      to turn things around 



Am                D 
I've never been alive 
      Am                    D 
Woe-o-ooo I've never been alive 
      Am                    D 
Woe-o-ooo I've never been alive 
          G     D 
Like I am now 
          G     D 
Like I am now 
          G     D 
Like I am now 
          G     D 
Like I am now 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante