Alive chords by Daughtry

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C#m G#m A

Verse 1:
C#m  G#m   A
I was born in a thunderstorm
C#m  G#m   A
I grew up overnight
C#m    G#m     A
I played alone I played on my own
    G#7
But I survived

Hey
C#m    G#m   A
I wanted everything I never had
C#m    G#m   A
Like the love that comes with light
C#m   G#m    A
I wore envy and I hated that
     G#
But I survived

Pre-Chorus:
       C#m       G#m        A
I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
     C#m
Where the wind don't change
   G#m          A
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
   C#m
No hope, just lies
       G#m         A
And you're taught to cry into your pillow
   G#7
But I survived

Chorus:
      C#m
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing

I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
   C#m B E A
I'm alive
   C#m B E A
I'm alive
   C#m B E A
I'm alive
   C#m B E A
I'm alive

Verse 2:
C#m    G#m      A
I found solace in the strangest place
C#m     G#m   A
Way in the back of my mind
C#m     G#m       A
I saw my life in a stranger's face
   G#7
And it was mine

Pre-Chorus:
       C#m       G#m        A
I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
     C#m
Where the wind don't change
   G#m          A
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
   C#m
No hope, just lies
       G#m         A
And you're taught to cry into your pillow
   G#7
But I survived

Chorus:
      C#m
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing

I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
   C#m B E A
I'm alive
   C#m B E A
I'm alive
   C#m B E A
I'm alive
   C#m B E
I'm alive
A
Yeah

Post-Chorus:
C#m          B
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
E           A
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
C#m          B
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
E           A
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
C#m          B
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
E           A
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
C#m          B
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
E           A
You took it all, but I'm still breathing

Post-Chorus:
F#m
I have made every single mistake
C#m           B
That you could ever possibly make
F#m
I took and I took and I took what you gave
C#m            B
But you never noticed that I was in pain
F#m
I knew what I wanted; I went out and got it
C#m              B
I did all the things that you said that I wouldn't
F#m
I told you that I would never be forgotten
C#m      B    G#
And all in spite of you

Chorus:
         C#m E       A C#m
And I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
      C#m B        E  A
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
   C#m               B
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
E             A
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
C#m                 B
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
E              A
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
C#m                B
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
 E             A
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
   N.C.
I'm alive

Outro:
   C#m B E A
I'm alive
   C#m B E A
I'm alive
   C#m B E A
I'm alive
   C#m B E A
I'm alive