Its A Great Day To Be Alive chords by Travis Tritt

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

Travis Tritt - It's a Great Day to be Alive

Verse 1:

   G          C   G      D
I got rice cooking in the microwave, got a three day beard I don't
Em   C        G   D      Em     C  D   C
plan to shave and its a goofy thing but I just gotta say hey Im doing
G        G            C    G  D
alright. Yeah I think Ill make me some homemade soup feeling pretty
     Em    C     G    D     Em   C   D
good and thats the truth its neither drink nor drug induced no Im just
C   G
doin alright

Chorus:

D             Em        Am     Em
And its a great day to be alive I know the suns still shining when I
C    D        D  D        Em     Am
close my eyes theres some hard times in the neigborhood but why can't
   Em   C     D G*
every day be just this good?


Instrumental:
G C G D Em C G


Verse 2:

   G          C   G   D
Its been 15 years since I left home said good luck to every
Em    C   G     D       Em     C  D
seed I'd sown, give it my best and then I left it alone ohhh I hope they're
C   G
doin alright.
   G           C     G  D
Now I look in the mirror and what do I see? A lone wolf there
    Em   C   G     D       Em     C  D
starin back at me, long in the tooth but harmless as can be, lord I guess hes
 C   G
doin alright


Chorus:

D             Em        Am     Em
And its a great day to be alive I know the suns still shinin when I
C    D        D  D         Em     Am
close my eyes theres some hard times in the neighborhood but why can't
   Em   C     D Em
every day be just this good?


Bridge:

Em      D           C  G     Em   C  D
Sometimes its lonely, sometimes its only me and the shadows that fill
   Em         D         C   G      Am Em C D
this room, sometimes Im fallin desperately callin howlin at the moon


Solo:
  G C G D Em C  G D Em C D C G x2
Ahhhwwoooooo!  Ahhhwooooooo!

    G         C   G    D            Em
Well I might go get me a new tattoo or take my old Harley for a three
  C   G     D     Em   C
day cruise might even grow me a fu man chu, ohh Aww!


Chorus:

D             Em        Am     Em
And its a great day to be alive I know the suns still shinin when I
C    D        D  D        Em     Am
close my eyes theres some hard times in the neigborhood but why can't
   Em   C     D G*
every day be just this good?

D             Em        Am     Em
And its a great day to be alive I know the suns still shinin when I
C    D        D  D        Em     Am
close my eyes theres some hard times in the neigborhood but why can't
   Em   C     D G*
every day be just this good?

Outro:
G C G D Em C G D Em C D C G