Tabs
For the intro/verses/outro, play the bottom note on every beat and the top note on every other beat.
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------(x8)----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----9---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse: (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----10-------5--------6---------6--------3--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------(x8)----(x8)-----(x4)------(x4)-----(x8)----------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----9--------4--------6---------4--------2--------------------------------|
I'm like a child looking off in the horizon
I'm like an ambulance that's turning on the sirens
Oh, I'm still alive
I'm like a soldier coming home for the first time
I dodged a bullet and I walked across a landmine
Oh, I'm still alive
Pre-Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----10-------5--------6----------3----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------(x8)----(x8)-----(x8)-------(x5)------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----9--------4--------6----------2----------------------------------------|
A minorAm I bleeding? A minorAm I bleeding from the storm?
Just shine a light into the wreckage, so far away, away
Chorus: (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----6---------6---------3--------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----6--(x8)---6--(x8)---3--(x8)---6----------4---------6-------------------|
A augmentedA|----4---------3---------1---------6--(x8)----4--(x16)--6--(x16 first time, x9 second time)|
E MajorE|----------------------------------4----------2---------4-------------------|
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
My way to you
Post-Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------(x16)----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----9---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse: (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----10-------5--------6---------6--------3--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------(x8)----(x8)-----(x4)------(x4)-----(x8)----------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----9--------4--------6---------4--------2--------------------------------|
I'm like a junkie tying off for the last time
I'm like a loser that's betting on his last dime
Oh, I'm still alive
I'm like a son that was raised without a father
I'm like a mother barely keeping it together
Oh, I'm still alive
Pre-Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----10-------5--------6----------3----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------(x8)----(x8)-----(x8)-------(x5)------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----9--------4--------6----------2----------------------------------------|
A minorAm I bleeding? A minorAm I bleeding from the storm?
Just shine a light into the wreckage, so far away, away
Chorus: (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----6---------6---------3--------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----6--(x8)---6--(x8)---3--(x8)---6----------4---------6-------------------|
A augmentedA|----4---------3---------1---------6--(x8)----4--(x16)--6--(x16 first time, x9 second time)|
E MajorE|----------------------------------4----------2---------4-------------------|
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way, my way
Bridge:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------6-----------------------------------------| (x3)
D MajorD|---8---------6---------4---------6--(x8)-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---8--(x8)---6--(x8)---4--(x8)---4-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---6---------4---------2---------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---3---------5--------6~---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---3--(x8)---5--(x8)--6~------------------6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6------------|
A augmentedA|---1---------3--------4~------------------6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------11-11-11----------------------------------------|
G+G|---6-6-6-------------------11-11-11----------------------------------------| (x2)
D MajorD|---6-6-6---6-6-6---3-3-3---9--9--9-----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---4-4-4---6-6-6---3-3-3---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------4-4-4---1-1-1---------------------------------------------------|
As I walked out on the ledge
Are you scared to dance to live?
I been running all my life
Just to find a home that's for the restless
And the truth that's in the message
Making my way, away, away
Chorus: (x3)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----6---------6---------3--------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----6--(x8)---6--(x8)---3--(x8)---6----------4---------6-------------------|
A augmentedA|----4---------3---------1---------6--(x8)----4--(x16)--6--(x16 first two times, x9 third time)|
E MajorE|----------------------------------4----------2---------4-------------------|
Outro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------(x16)---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----9---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
My way to you
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| x Dead note
| g Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| > Accented note
| t Tapping
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| pb Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| s Slap
| P Pop
| PM Palm mute
| TR Trill
| N Tremolo
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