Good to Be Alive

C F Was - n't it yes - ter - day, I was eight years old C F G I had a poc - et full of rocks that I knew were made of sol - id gold Am G There were girls to be ha - ted trees to be climbed, C F C Am7 forts to be built, there was so much time; It's good to be alive good to be alive F C F There's no - thing in the world like be - ing fif - teen: C F G Your poc - kets are empty, but your head is full of dreams Am G of girls to be loved, of plac - es to see C F Dm7 G it's the best and the worst, just my friends and me and we're anything we want to be C F Bb And it's good to be a - live feel the wind in my face, F C F Bb F see the blue in the sky; It's days like this I re-al-lize what a gift it is, C it's good to be a - live F C F C Well, I won - der what this day will see. Will I find my dreams F G Am or stare in the face of tra - ge - dy; What - ever may come , G C F what - ever may be of this I am sure, I'm for - given and free; G C And I will live like I be - lieve. It's good to be a - live