What A Time To Be Alive
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m Asus4/E
[Verse 1]
F#m G#m A C#m B
Sometimes you wonder if we're ever looking back
G#m F#m G#m A C#m B
At a picture of two thousand nineteen
G#m F#m G#m A C#m B
And saying, "That's the way, the world, it used to be
G#m Asus4/E
Before our dreams started bursting at the seams"
F#m G#m A
We're out here and we're ready
C#m B G#m
We're here and we're ready
F#m G#m A C#m B
To livestream the apocalypse
G#m F#m G#m A
I don't care if it's pretty
C#m B G#m Asus4/E
[Pre-Chorus]
A G#m C#m
Oh 'cause everything is lit except my serotonin, yeah
A G#m C#m
Everything is lit but my lightning bolt brain
A G#m C#m Asus4/D Asus2/B
Everything is lit
[Chorus]
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
But baby, please, I just need someone to hold me
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
Even though you don't even know me
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
Oh, I'm going neon in the night time
Asus4/E A7/F# B/G# A
Oh, what a time to be alive
C#m7 B G#m A7/F# B/G# A
What a time to be a - live
C#m7 B G#m A7/F# B/G# A
What a time to be a - live
C#m7 B G#m Asus4/E
What a time to be a - live
[Verse 2]
F#m G#m A C#m B
They say that I should try meditation
G#m F#m G#m A C#m B
But I don't want to be with my own thoughts (own thoughts)
G#m F#m G#m A C#m B
It never felt that much like medication
G#m Asus4/E
And I just want to be your cherry on top
F#m G#m A
We're out here and we're ready
C#m B G#m
We're here and we're ready
F#m G#m A C#m B
To livestream the apocalypse
G#m F#m G#m A
And I'm going on and on and on
C#m B G#m Asus4/E
Make me like a charm on your necklace
Oh, your necklace
[Pre-Chorus]
A G#m C#m
Oh 'cause everything is lit except my serotonin, yeah
A G#m C#m
Everything is lit but my lightning bolt brain
A G#m C#m Asus4/D Asus2/B
Everything is lit
[Chorus]
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
But baby, please, I just need someone to hold me
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
Even though you don't even know me
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B
Oh, I'm going neon in the night time
Asus4/E A7/F# B/G# A
Oh, what a time to be alive
C#m7 B G#m A7/F# B/G# A
What a time to be a - live
C#m7 B G#m A7/F# B/G# A
What a time to be a - live
C#m7 B G#m Asus4/E
What a time to be a - live
[Bridge]
F#m G#m A
What a time to be alive
B C#m F#/Bb Asus4/D
To be alive
[Solo]
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m Asus4/E
[Chorus]
A7/F# B/G# A
When, when, when I said, "Leave me a - lone"
C#m7 B G#m
This isn't quite what I meant
A7/F# B/G# A
I got the quarantine blues
C#m7 B G#m
Bad news, what's left?
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
So it seems the vulture's getting too full to fly
Asus4/E A7/F# B/G# A
Oh-oh, what a time to be alive
C#m7 B G#m A7/F# B/G# A
What a time to be a - live
C#m7 B G#m A7/F# B/G# A
What a time to be a - live
C#m7 B G#m Asus4/E
What a time to be a - live (What a time to be alive)
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
What a time, what a time to be alive (what a time to be alive)
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m
What a time, what a time to be alive (what a time to be alive)
A7/F# B/G# A C#m7 B G#m Asus4/E
What a time, what a time to be a - live
N.C.
Sometimes you wonder if we're ever looking back
How to play What A Time To Be Alive
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.