Simple Minds – Alive And Kicking (Guitar Acoustic)

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Chords

A7sus4 x02030 G6/B x20030 Cadd9 x30030 Cmaj7 x32400
[Intro]
   A7sus4                   G6/B                     Cadd9                    F
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-1----------------------|
B|-------3-----3-----3----|-------3-----3-----3----|-------3-----3-----0----|-1----------------------|
G|----------0-----0-------|----------0-----0-------|----------0-----0-------|-2----------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-3----------------------|
A|-0----------------------|-2----------------------|-3----------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[Verse]
            G                C
You turn me on, you lift me up

                  F                       G
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you

            C                  F                   G
You lift me up, don't you ever stop, I'm here with you

                  C
Now it's all or nothing

            F               G
Cause you say you'll follow through

           C       F
You follow me, and I, I follow you
[Pre-chorus]
G
What you gonna do when things go wrong?

G
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?

C
What you gonna do when the love burns down?

F
What you gonna do when the flames go up?

Em
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?

Em
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?

C
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?

F
Who's gonna save you?
[Chorus]
           G
Alive and kicking

G               C       F           G
Stay until your love is, alive and kicking

                C                   F       
Stay until your love is, until your love is, alive

[Interlude]
   A7sus4                   G6/B                     Cadd9                    F
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-1----------------------|
B|-------3-----3-----3----|-------3-----3-----3----|-------3-----3-----0----|-1----------------------|
G|----------0-----0-------|----------0-----0-------|----------0-----0-------|-2----------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-3----------------------|
A|-0----------------------|-2----------------------|-3----------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[Verse]
G                      C                  F                G
      Whoa you lift me up to the crucial top, so I can see you

            C                     F
you lead me on, till the feelings come

                          G
And the lights that shine on

                         C
But if that don't mean nothing

            F                    G
Like if someday it should fall through

               C                      F
You'll take me home where the magic's from
And I'll be with you [Pre-chorus]
G
What you gonna do when things go wrong?

G
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?

C
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?

F
What you gonna do when the flames go up?

Em
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?

Em
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?

C
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?

F
Don't say goodbye

F
Don't say goodbye

       Am
In the final seconds who's gonna save ya?
[Chorus]
D                F      Am
Oh, alive and kicking

                D                              C      G
Stay until your love is, love is, alive and kicking

D                F        Am
Oh, alive and kicking

                D                              C      G
Stay until your love is, love is, alive and kicking

[Interlude]
   G            G            Em           Cmaj7
e|------------|------------|-0----------|-0----------|
B|------------|------------|-0----------|-0----------|
G|-0-----2--5-|-4-----0--2-|-4----------|-4----------|
D|------------|------------|-2----------|-2----------|
A|------------|------------|-0----------|-3----------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

   G            G            Em           Cmaj7
e|------------|------------|-0----------|-0----------|
B|------------|------------|-0----------|-0----------|
G|-0-----2--5-|-4-----0--2-|-4----------|-4----------|
D|------------|------------|-2----------|-2----------|
A|------------|------------|-0----------|-3----------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

G       C   F
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ooh

G       C   F
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ooh

G       C   F
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ooh

G       C   F
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ooh
[Reprise]
G                     C    F                G
Ooh-ohh, alive and kicking, stay until your love is

             C        F
Alive and kicking

   G
Ba ba da dah da   Ba ba da dah da

   C                 F
Ba ba da oh       Ba ba dah oh

   G
Ba ba da dah da   Ba ba da dah da

   C                 F
Ba ba da oh       Ba ba dah oh

   G
Ba ba da dah da   Ba ba da dah da

   C                 F
Ba ba da oh       Ba ba dah oh

   G
Ba ba da dah da   Ba ba da dah da

   C                 F            G
Ba ba da oh       Ba ba dah oh
(Ba ba's continue in the backing vocals)
             C    F                G
Alive and kicking, stay until your love is

             C      F
Alive and kicking

[Ending]
   A7sus4                   G6/B                     Cadd9                    F
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-1----------------------|
B|-------3-----3-----3----|-------3-----3-----3----|-------3-----3-----0----|-1----------------------|
G|----------0-----0-------|----------0-----0-------|----------0-----0-------|-2----------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-3----------------------|
A|-0----------------------|-2----------------------|-3----------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|