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Im Alive

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                              "I'm Alive"
                            (C. Ballard Jr.)

Intro:

	(drum roll)

	 C              F      Bb    B      C   [2X]
	Dit di-di-dit  dit  di-di-di-di-di-dit

Verse 1:

	 C                          F    C
	Did you ever see a man with no heart
	Bb                G
	   Baby, that was me
	        C                      F   C
	Just a lonely, lonely man with no heart
	Bb                  G   F  G [N.C.]
	   'Til you set me free

Chorus:

	            C
	Now I can breathe
	     G7/D
	I can see
	       C/E
	I can touch
	       F
	I can feel
	       C/G                                   Am
	I can taste all the sugar sweetness in your kiss
	C/G                                            Am
	You give me all the [1,2: things 3: love] I've ever missed
	     Bb
	I've never felt like this
	      G     F  /A G   Bb F/A G  [1,2: F F/A G  3: to coda]
	I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive

Verse 2:

	I used to think I was living
	Baby, I was wrong
	No, I never knew a thing about living
	Until you came along

[repeat chorus]

[guitar solo over verse chords]

[repeat chorus]

Coda [double-time]:

	      Bb                    G
	I'm alive (I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive)
	      Bb                    G
	I'm alive (I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive)
	      Bb [slow down]        G6
	I'm alive (I'm alive, I'm alive)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers