Alive (video)

C - F - C - F

C F

1. Maybe you talk too high, man,

C F

maybe I talk too slow,

C Em Am

but you've got to live a little bit faster

D F C - F

'cause you've got a little less time to go.

C F

2. I ain't lost and I ain't searching,

C F

but then you know me very well.

C Em Am

And I can't change the wind and make it blow the other way,

D F C

I'm a fool and I can tell ...

D G D G

That I'm alive and that's all, that I can get up just as fast as I fall.

D G

And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl,

D G

and in the end it doesn't matter at all.

C F G F

I don't know about the people that I read about in books.

C F

and the kings and queens around my room

G F

with their quiet and dirty looks.

C F - G F

But I know I should be going somewhere, I just can't arrive.

C F C - F C - F

There's a reason for believing that I've never been alive. Alive.

C F

3. I ain't lost and I ain't searching,

C F

but then you know me very well.

C Em Am

And I can't change the world and make it go the other way,

D F C

I'm a fool and I can tell...

D G D G

That I'm alive and that's all, that I can get up just as fast as I fall.

D G

And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl,

D G

and in the end it doesn't matter at all.

C F G F

I don't know about the people that I read about in books.

C F

and the kings and queens around my room

G F

with their quiet and dirty looks.

C F - G F

But I know I should be going somewhere, I just can't arrive.

C F G F

There's a reason for believing that I've never been alive.

C F

+ But I know I should be going somewhere,

G F

I just can't arrive.

C F

There's a reason for believing

G F - C F C

that I've never been alive. Alive. Alive.

(orig. = capo 4th) (Bee Gees)