Its Good To Be Alive Today chords by Franti Michael

Chords with lyrics

It's Good To Be Alive Today - Michael Franti

This song has not yet been recorded so there is no studio version, this version is based off of the
Acoustic Guitar sessions video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3owyOmgBKc&nohtml5=False

The song begins at 6:00, listen to get the rhythm and strumming pattern as well as the pattern of the lyrics.


Chords used:

   Gm7Gm7  Bb majorBb  FF   C majorC   DmDm  F*
e|---6-----6-----1-----3-----5-----8----|
BB|---3-----6-----1-----5-----6-----10---|
G+G|---3-----7-----2-----5-----7-----10---|
D MajorD|---3-----8-----3-----5-----7-----10---|
A augmentedA|---5-----8-----3-----3-----5-----8----|
E MajorE|---3-----6-----1-----3-----5-----8----|

[VERSE]

Gm7Gm7
 every day I wake up and turn my apple on
Bb majorBb
 I read the news of the day just as it's coming down
FF
 I do my best not to let it get me down
C majorC
 I try to keep my head up but this is Babylon
Gm7Gm7
 this world;s in crisis we try to fight it this changing climate
Bb majorBb
 with scientists and the politicians divided by it
FF
 so many ways we can solve it but they will never sign it
C majorC
 this mountains tumbling down but still we try to climb it
Gm7Gm7
 it's in the torah quran and in the bible
Bb majorBb
 love is the message but somehow we've turned to rivals
FF
 it's come to people always picking up their rifles
C majorC
 another school getting shot up homicidal
Bb majorBb
 some people trying to look fly
 some people trying to get high
DmDm
 some people losing their mind
 some people trying to get by
F*
 when you look in my eyes you see the sign of the times
C majorC
 we all looking for the same thing

[CHORUS]

      Gm7Gm7
but what if this song was number one
     Bb majorBb
would it mean that love had won
     FF
would it mean that the world was saved
    C majorC
and no bombs are being dropped today
      Gm7Gm7
and what if everybody had a job
   Bb majorBb
and nobody had to break a law
    FF          C majorC
what if everyone could say
               Gm7Gm7
that it's good to be alive today
      Bb majorBb
oh oh oh oh
              FF
yes it's good to be alive today
      C majorC
oh oh oh oh
              Gm7Gm7
yes it's good to be alive today
      Bb majorBb
oh oh oh oh
               FF
yes it's good to be ablive today
      C majorC
oh oh oh oh
 no matter what they say


[VERSE]

Gm7Gm7
 people used to feel safer when they would hear a siren
Bb majorBb
 like help is on it's way but now they only think of violence
FF
 another youth in the streets and police is in the conflict
C majorC
 and now we hear the guns click
Gm7Gm7
 ebola crisis and ISIS is taking heads off
Bb majorBb
 a drones bombing the village and now the kids all
FF
 signing up to be soldiers cus they are willing now
C majorC
 to do the killing now
 but are you willing now
Gm7Gm7
 some politicians out there making up some problems
Bb majorBb
 and trying to tell the people that they can solve them
FF
 with TV shows and sound bytes and quotes
C majorC
 but everybody knows that it's all about the cash flow
Gm7Gm7
 they're telling you and me, they're making progress
Bb majorBb
 but tell it to the millions of jobless
FF
 it's like a players club with billions of dollars
C majorC
 to get the votes you gotta make it rain in congress
Bb majorBb
 some people trying to get high
 some people trying to look fly
DmDm
 some people losing their minds
 some people trying to get by
F*
 when you look in my eyes you see the sign of the times
C majorC
 we all looking for the same thing


[CHORUS]

      Gm7Gm7
but what if this song was number one
     Bb majorBb
would it mean that love had won
     FF
would it mean that the world was saved
    C majorC
and no bombs are being dropped today
      Gm7Gm7
and what if everybody had a job
   Bb majorBb
and nobody had to break a law
    FF
what if everyone could say
C majorC                Gm7Gm7
  that it's good to be alive today
     Bb majorBb
oh oh oh oh
              FF
yes it's good to be alive today
     C majorC
oh oh oh oh
              Gm7Gm7
yes it's good to be alive today
     Bb majorBb
oh oh oh oh
              FF
yes it's good to be alive today
     C majorC
oh oh oh oh
 and we all say


[OUTRO]

Gm7Gm7
 one day, one day
Bb majorBb
 one day, one day
FF
 one day we all will sing
C majorC
 that it's good to be alive today
Gm7Gm7
 one day, one day
Bb majorBb
 one day, one day
FF
 one day we all will sing
C majorC
 that it's good to be alive today
Gm7Gm7
 oh oh oh oh
Bb majorBb
 yes it's good to be alive today
FF
 oh oh oh oh
C majorC
 yes it's good to be alive today
Gm7Gm7
 oh oh oh oh
Bb majorBb              FF     C majorC
 yes it's good to be alive today

[Instrumental]

and I say
Gm7Gm7
 one day, one day
Bb majorBb
 one day, one day
FF
 one day we all will say
C majorC
 that it's good to be alive today
Gm7Gm7
 one day, one day
Bb majorBb
 one day, one day
FF
 one day we all will say
C majorC               FF