Bruce Springsteen - We Are Alive Chords

“We Are Alive”
By Bruce Springsteen

Capo 5  /  Intro  G  C  G  /  G  C  D

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There is a cross up yonder up on Calvary Hill
G                              C      D
There is a slip of blood on a silver knife
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There is a graveyard kid… Down below…
G                   C       D
Where at night did come to life
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And above the stars, they crackle in fire
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A dead man's moon throws seven rings
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Well, we put our ears to the cold grave stones
G            C           D
This is the song they'd sing
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WE ARE ALIVE…   
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And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark
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OUR SPIRITS RISE….    To carry the fire and light the spark
     G                             C            G       
To stand shoulder to shoulder and HEART…    TO HEART …

G  C  G  /  G  C  D
(Whistle………….)

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A voice cried out, I was killed in Maryland in 1877
G                          C          D
When the railroad workers made their stand
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Well, I was killed in 1963 one Sunday morning in Birmingham
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Well, I died last year crossing the southern desert
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My children left behind in San Pablo
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Well they left our bodies here to rot
                               G    C   G
Oh please let them know…   WE ARE ALIVE…  
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Oh, and though we lye alone here in the dark
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OUR SOULS WILL RISE…     To carry the fire and light the spark
    G                              C           G
To fight shoulder to shoulder and HEART…   TO HEART…

G  C  G  /  G  C  D…….4x's
(Whistle………….)

          G                     C        G
Let your mind rest easy, sleep well my friend
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It's only our bodies that betray us in the end
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I awoke last night in a dark and dreamy deep
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            G                  C     G
There were worms crawling all around me
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Fingers scratching at an earth black and six foot low
     G                     C      G
And alone in the blackness of my grave
  G             C       D
Alone I'd been LEFT TO DIE
        G                    C         G
Then I heard voices calling all around me
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The earth rose above me, my eyes filled with sky
    G    C   G        
WE ARE ALIVE…
 G                               C           D
And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark
              G      C   G
OUR SOULS & SPIRITS RISE…
 G                      C         D
To carry the fire and light the spark
     G                             C             G
To fight shoulder to shoulder and HEART….    TO HEART…   
     G                             C            G
To stand shoulder to shoulder and HEART….   TO HEART…  
    C    G……….Stop
WE ARE ALIVE !!!!  

G  C  G  /  G  C  D…….4x's…..FADE with a whistle….