Chords for "Its A Great Day to Be Alive"

Tempo:
125.2 bpm
Chords used:

F

Bb

C

Dm

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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"Its A Great Day to Be Alive" chords
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[Fm] Rice cooking [Bb] in the microwave.
[F] I [Cm] got a three day beard, [Dm] I don't plan to [Bb] shave.
[F] But you [C] better [Dm] just [Bb] gotta say,
[Cm] Hey man, [Bb] I'm doing [F] alright.
[Ab] Well, I can't count, make me [Bb] some [Fm] homemade soup.
[C] I'm feeling pretty [F] good, and that's a gospel [Bb] truth.
[F]
Neither [Cm] drink [Dm] nor drug can [Bb] do.
[C] No, [Bb] I'm just doing [F] alright.
[C] It's a great [Dm] day to be alive.
Sun still shining [Bb] when [F] I close my [C] eyes.
It's a wild [Dm] time in the neighborhood.
[Gm] But why [F] can't every day be just as good?
[Bb] [Fm] [C]
[Bb] [Fm] It's been 15 [F] years since I left home.
I said good luck to every seed I've sown.
Gave it [Cm] my best [Dm] and then I left too [Bb] long.
[F] I hope you're doing alright.
I've heard, read, learned, walked, and used.
He [G] says I [E] still don't [Dm] walk, [Am] look [Bb] at me.
Got his head in the [C] clouds, [Dm] but he's harmless [Bb] as a tree.
[F] But God, I guess he's doing alright.
[C] It's a great
[D] day to be alive.
I [Gm] know the sun [F] still shining when I close [C] my eyes.
It's a hard time [Dm] in the neighborhood.
[G] But why [F] can't every day [Bb] be just [C] as [F] [Dm] good?
Sometimes it's [C] lonely.
Sometimes it's [Bb] only [F] me.
And the [Gm] [F] shadows that [Bb] fill [C] this [Dm] room.
Sometimes I'm [C] folding.
Desperately [Bb] calling.
[F] Out at [Cm] the moon.
[G] [F] Out at the [G] moon.
Okay, you want to do it [F] in the back?
Out at the moon.
[C] [Bb] [F]
[Dm]
[F] [Db] [E] [Dm]
[Bb] [F] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Dm] [Db]
[F] [Gb] There's a colorful [F] life that we go through.
Our [C] hearts need a black or white.
[Dm] No, just [C] [Eb] shades of blue.
[F] Maybe [E] I'll grow me [Dm] a full [Bb] man's shoes.
Your turn again.
[Eb] It's a great [Gm] day to be alive.
I know the sun still shining when I close my eyes.
[C] It's a [Ab] hard time [Dm] in the neighborhood.
[Gm] But why [F] [Bb] [F]
can't [C] every [Dm] day be alive?
[Gm] I know the sun [F] still shining [Bb] when [F] I close [C] my eyes.
It's a hard time [Dm] in the neighborhood.
But why can't every [Bb] day be [C] just as [F] good?
[Bb] [F]
[C] There's another how.
[Dm] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
[C] [F]
[Bb]
[N]
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F
134211111
Bb
12341111
C
3211
Dm
2311
Gm
123111113
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
C
3211
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[Fm] _ Rice cooking [Bb] in the microwave.
[F] I [Cm] got a three day beard, [Dm] I don't plan to [Bb] shave. _
[F] But you [C] better [Dm] just [Bb] gotta say,
[Cm] Hey man, [Bb] I'm doing [F] alright.
_ _ [Ab] Well, I can't count, make me [Bb] some [Fm] homemade soup.
[C] I'm feeling pretty [F] good, and that's a gospel [Bb] truth.
[F] _
Neither [Cm] drink [Dm] nor drug can [Bb] do.
[C] No, [Bb] I'm just doing [F] alright.
_ _ [C] It's a great [Dm] day to be alive.
Sun still shining [Bb] when [F] I close my [C] eyes.
It's a wild [Dm] time in the neighborhood.
[Gm] But why [F] can't every day be just as good? _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ [C] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] It's been 15 [F] years since I left home.
I said good luck to every seed I've sown.
Gave it [Cm] my best [Dm] and then I left too [Bb] long.
_ [F] I hope you're doing alright.
_ _ I've heard, read, learned, walked, and used.
He [G] says I [E] still don't [Dm] walk, [Am] look [Bb] at me.
Got his head in the [C] clouds, [Dm] but he's harmless [Bb] as a tree.
[F] But God, I guess he's doing alright.
_ [C] It's a great _
[D] day to be alive.
I [Gm] know the sun [F] still shining when I close [C] my eyes.
It's a hard time [Dm] in the neighborhood.
[G] But why [F] can't every day [Bb] be just [C] as [F] [Dm] good? _ _
_ _ Sometimes it's [C] lonely. _
_ _ Sometimes it's [Bb] only _ [F] me.
And the [Gm] [F] shadows that [Bb] fill [C] this _ [Dm] room. _
Sometimes _ I'm [C] folding. _
_ _ Desperately [Bb] calling. _ _
_ [F] Out at [Cm] the moon.
[G] _ _ _ [F] Out _ at the _ _ _ [G] moon.
Okay, you want to do it [F] in the back?
Out at _ _ the moon.
_ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Db] _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gb] There's a colorful [F] life that we go _ through.
_ _ _ Our [C] hearts need a black or white.
[Dm] No, just [C] [Eb] shades of blue. _ _
[F] _ _ _ Maybe [E] I'll grow me [Dm] a full [Bb] _ man's shoes.
Your turn again. _
[Eb] It's a great _ [Gm] day to be alive.
I know the sun still shining when I close my eyes.
[C] It's a [Ab] hard _ time [Dm] in the neighborhood.
[Gm] But why [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F]
can't [C] _ every [Dm] day be alive?
[Gm] I know the sun [F] still shining [Bb] when [F] I close [C] my eyes.
It's a hard time [Dm] in the neighborhood.
But why can't every [Bb] day be [C] just as [F] good?
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
[C] There's another how.
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
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