Kevin Devine – I Was Alive Back Then (Guitar)

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Song: I Was Alive Back Then Artist: Kevin Devine Album: Instigator [Chords]
    G  C  D  D7/F# Am B7 Em A7
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Gb|-0--0--2--2------2--2--0--0-|
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Ab|-x--3--0--0------0--2--2--0-|
Eb|-3--3-----2------------0----|

G                C
All my lives are coming through

     G                 D7/F#
And, even though there isn't room

  Am             D7 G       Fill 1
I save seats for my selves

Am                   D7   G     Fill 1
Invite them in, wish them well

Am                   G             D     Fill 2
The way I feel & the way I guess I felt

C          G
I was 23 & crazy

C                            G
Frightened, overwhelmed, and angry

C                     B7
You said, "That's not how I see you

    Em               A7
You treat yourself unfairly

      Em               A7
Don't treat yourself unfairly."
[Chorus]
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then

       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then

       C    G    D7/F#    Fill 3
I was alive back then
G Fill 4 I remember when
G      
It was Christmas

C      
We were wrestlers

G
Bay Ridge Parkway

D7/F#
Our apartment

Am             D7   G      Fill 1
We were fast & best friends

Am           D7     G      Fill 1
We were just little kids

Am                      G
You were Lenny Dykstra
D Fill 2 I was Wally Backman
C                        G
This was before I got so lonely

C                       G
With my lovers, with my family

C
Scared of living

B7
Scared of dying

Em              A7
Scared of being happy

           Em            A7
I couldn't let myself be happy
[Chorus]
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then

       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then

       C    G    D7/F#    Fill 3
I was alive back then
G Fill 4 I remember when
G
I was 20

C
Kolankowski

G              D7/F#
Asked me who I thought I'd marry

Am         D7   G    Fill 1
I answered your name

Am              D7    G    Fill 1
Years before we would date

Am                G             D       Fill 2
Years before he'd officiate our wedding

    C
You never "know"

              G
You're never "ready"

C                            G
But all your fear is just confetti

C                B7
Let it blow all 'round your bedroom

Em               A7
When it gets too heavy

      Em             A7
Don't let it get too heavy
[Chorus]
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then

       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then

       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then

C                         G
No one asks you if you're ready

C                            G
When they're handing you the baby

C                         B7
My mother said, "Son, you can't imagine

       Em                    A7
You'll have your mind blown, honey

          Em             A7
You'll be crazy in love, honey."
[Chorus]
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then

       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then

       C    G    D7/F#  Fill 3
I was alive back then

           Em    B7   G    A7
I remember when

       C    G    D   Fill 3
I was alive back then
Fill 4 G Now, I am again Fill 1
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Fill 2
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Fill 3
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Fill 4
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