WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Darrell Scott - Its A Great Day To Be Alive Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
G G/B C G D
I got rice cooking in the microwave, I got a three day beard I don't
Em C G D/F# Em C D
plan to shave and it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say, hey, I'm doing
G G G/B C G D
alright. Think I'll make me some homemade soup, I'm feeling pretty good
Em C G D/F# Em C D
and that's the truth, it's neither drink nor drug induced, no, I'm just
C G
doin' alright
[Chorus]
D Em Am7 G/B
And it's a great day to be alive, I know the sun's still shining when I
C D D Em Am
close my eyes, it's a hard times in the neighborhood but why can't
G/B C D G
every day be just this good?
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
G G/B C G D
It's been 15 years since I left home, I said good luck to every
Em C G D/F# Em C D
seed I've sown, gave it my best and then I left it alone, I hope they're
C G
doin' alright
G G/B C G D
Now red bird, red bird, what do you see? He says, I see a lone wolf
Em C G D/F# Em C D
looking' at me, head in the clouds but harmless as a tree, I guess he's
C G
doin' alright
[Chorus]
Em G C Em Am7 G/B C
And it's a great day to be alive, I know the sun's still shinin' when I
C D D Em Am7
close my eyes, it's a hard times in the neighborhood but why can't
G/B C D Em
every day be just this good?
[Bridge]
Em G C Em Am7 G/B C
Sometimes it's lonely, sometimes it's only me and the shadows that fill
D Em G C Em Am C
this room. Sometimes I'm fallin', desperately callin', howlin' at the moon
[Solo]
G G/B C G D Em C G D/F# Em C D C G x2
Ahhhwwoooooo! Ahhhwooooooo!
G G/B C G D
It's a colorful life that we go through; it's neither black or white, nor just
Em C G D/F# Em C
shades of blue, maybe I'll grow me a fu man chu, ohh aww!
[Chorus]
D Em Am7 G/B
And it's a great day to be alive, I know the sun's still shinin' when I
C G D Em
close my eyes, it's a hard times in the neigborhood but
Am7 G/B C D
why can't every day be just this good?
D Em Am7 G/B
And it's a great day to be alive, I know the sun's still shinin' when I
C D D Em Am7
close my eyes, it's a hard times in the neighborhood but why can't
G/B C D G
every day be just this good?
[Outro]
G G/B C G D Em C G D/F# Em C D C G
G G/B C G D Em C G G/B Em C D C G