I Was Alive Back Then chords by Kevin Devine

Chords with lyrics

Song: I Was Alive Back Then
Artist: Kevin Devine
Album: Instigator

Tuning: Eb MajorEb

Chords:

  G+G C majorC D MajorD A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm A augmentedA
eb|---------------------|
Bb majorBb|-0--1--3--1--0--0--2-|
GbGb|-0--0--2--2--2--0--2-|
DbDb|-0--2--0--2--1--2--2-|
AbAb|-x--3--0--0--2--2--0-|
Eb MajorEb|-3--3-----------0----|

G+G        C majorC
All my lives are coming through
   G+G         D MajorD
And, even though there isn’t room
 A minorAm       D MajorD G+G    Fill 1
I save seats for my selves
A minorAm          D MajorD  G+G   Fill 1
Invite them in, wish them well
A minorAm          G+G       D MajorD   Fill 2
The way I feel & the way I guess I felt

C majorC     G+G
I was 23 & crazy
C majorC              G+G
Frightened, overwhelmed, and angry
C majorC           B7B7
You said, “That’s not how I see you
  E minorEm        A augmentedA
You treat yourself unfairly
   E minorEm        A augmentedA
Don’t treat yourself unfairly.”

Chorus:
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
I was alive back then
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
I was alive back then
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD  Fill 3
I was alive back then
      G+G   Fill 4
I remember when

G+G
It was Christmas
C majorC
We were wrestlers
G+G
Bay Ridge Parkway
D MajorD
Our apartment
A minorAm       D MajorD  G+G   Fill 1
We were fast & best friends
A minorAm      D MajorD   G+G   Fill 1
We were just little kids
A minorAm           G+G
You were Lenny Dykstra
      D MajorD   Fill 2
I was Wally Backman

C majorC            G+G
This was before I got so lonely
C majorC            G+G
With my lovers, with my family
C majorC
Scared of living
B7B7
Scared of dying
E minorEm       A augmentedA
Scared of being happy
      E minorEm      A augmentedA
I couldn't let myself be happy

Chorus:
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
I was alive back then
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
I was alive back then
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD  Fill 3
I was alive back then
      G+G   Fill 4
I remember when

G+G
I was 20
C majorC
Kolankowski
G+G       D MajorD
Asked me who I thought I’d marry
A minorAm     D MajorD  G+G  Fill 1
I answered your name
A minorAm       D MajorD   G+G  Fill 1
Years before we would date
A minorAm        G+G       D MajorD    Fill 2
Years before he’d officiate our wedding

  C majorC
You never “know”
       G+G
You’re never “ready”
C majorC              G+G
But all your fear is just confetti
C majorC        B7B7
Let it blow all 'round your bedroom
E minorEm        A augmentedA
When it gets too heavy
   E minorEm       A augmentedA
Don’t let it get too heavy

Chorus:
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
I was alive back then
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
I was alive back then
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
I was alive back then

C majorC             G+G
No one asks you if you’re ready
C majorC              G+G
When they’re handing you the baby
C majorC             B7B7
My mother said, “Son, you can’t imagine
    E minorEm          A augmentedA
You’ll have your mind blown, honey
     E minorEm       A augmentedA
You’ll be crazy in love, honey.”

Chorus:
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
I was alive back then
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
I was alive back then
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD  Fill 3
I was alive back then
      E minorEm  B7B7  G+G  A augmentedA
I remember when
    C majorC  G+G  D MajorD  Fill 3
I was alive back then
      Fill 4   G+G
Now, I am again

Fill 1

eb|-------|
Bb majorBb|-------|
GbGb|-----0-|
DbDb|-0h2---|
AbAb|-------|
Eb MajorEb|-------|

Fill 2

eb|------------|
Bb majorBb|-3---1p0----|
GbGb|---------2--|
DbDb|------------|
AbAb|------------|
Eb MajorEb|------------|

Fill 3

eb|-----------0---3---2---|
Bb majorBb|---1---3---------------|
GbGb|-----------------------|
DbDb|-0---0---0---0---0-----|
AbAb|-----------------------|
Eb MajorEb|-----------------------|

Fill 4

eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|-----------------------------------------------0-|
DbDb|-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-4-4-4-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-----0h2---|
AbAb|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0h2-------|
Eb MajorEb|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|