It's A Great Day To Be Alive chords by Travis Tritt

• Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

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