Verse:
F#m E D
I was born in a thunderstorm,
F#m E D F#m E
I grew up overnight, I played alone,
D Bm
I’m playing on my own, I survived.
F#m E D
Hey, I wanted everything I never had,
F#m E D
like the love that comes with life
F#m E D
I wore Ambien and I hated it,
F#m
but I survived.
Pre-Chorus:
F#m E D
I had wanted to Go to a place where all the demons go,
F#m E D
where the wind don’t change and nothing in the ground can
ever grow,
F#m E D
No hope, just lies and you’re taught to cry in your pillow,
F#m
but I’ll survive.
Chorus:
F#m E D B
I’m still breathing, I’m still breathing,
F#m E D B
I’m still breathing, I’m still breathing,
F#m – E – A – D
I’m alive,
F#m – E – A – D
I’m alive,
A – E – F#m – D
I’m alive,
F#m – E – A – D
I’m alive.
Verse 2:
F#m E D
I found solace in the strangest place,
F#m E D
way in the back of my mind.
F#m E D C#
I saw my life in a stranger’s face and it was mine.
Pre-chorus:
F#m E D
I had wanted to Go to a place where all the demons go,
F#m E D
where the wind don’t change and nothing in the ground can
ever grow,
F#m E D
No hope, just lies and you’re taught to cry in your pillow,
F#m
but I’ll survive.
Chorus:
F#m E D B
I’m still breathing, I’m still breathing,
F#m E D B
I’m still breathing, I’m still breathing,
F#m – E – A – D
I’m alive,
F#m – E – A – D
I’m alive,
A – E – F#m – D
I’m alive,
F#m – E – A – D
I’m alive.
Reprise:
F#m E
You took it out, but I’m still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I’m still breathing.
F#m E
You took it out, but I’m still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I’m still breathing.
A E
You took it out, but I’m still breathing.
F#m D
You took it out, but I’m still breathing.
F#m E
You took it out, but I’m still breathing.
A D
You took it out, but I’m still breathing.
Bridge:
Bm
I had made every single mistake
F#m E
that you could ever possibly make.
Bm
I took and I took and I took what you gave
F#m E
but you never noticed that I was in pain.
Bm
I knew what I wanted, I went in and got it.
F#m E
Did all the things that you said that I wouldn’t,
Bm
I told you that I would never be forgotten,
F#m E C#
I know that’s part of you.
Chorus:
F#m E D B
I’m still breathing, I’m still breathing,
F#m E D B
I’m still breathing, I’m still breathing,
F#m – E – A – D
I’m alive,
(You took it out but I’m still breathing.
You took it out but I’m still breathing.)
F#m – E – A – D
I’m alive,
(You took it out but I’m still breathing.
You took it out but I’m still breathing.)
A – E – F#m – D
I’m alive,
(You took it out but I’m still breathing.
You took it out but I’m still breathing.)
I’m alive.
F#m – E – A – D
I’m alive,
F#m – E – A – D
I’m alive,
A – E – F#m – D
I’m alive,
F#m – E – A – D – F#m
I’m alive.
