[Verse] G riff* G D I Got Rice cooking in the microwave got a three day beard I don't Em C G D Em C D C plan to shave and its a goofy thing but I just gotta say hey Im doing G G riff* G D alright. Yeah I think Ill make me some homemade soup feelin pretty Em C G D Em C D good and thats the truth its neither drink nor drug induced no Im just C G doin alright *Travis is playing a little riff, put you can substitute B and C e|-3-----3-| B|-3-----3-| G|-0-----0-| D|-0-----0-| A|-2-2-3-2-| E|-3-----3-| [Chorus] D Em Am Em And Its a great day to be alive I know the suns still shinin when I C D D D Em Am close my eyes theres some hard times in the neigborhood but why can't Em C D G every day be just this good? (FILL riff* D C ) [Verse 2] Its been 15 years since I left home said good luck to every seed I'd sown, give it my best and then I left it alone ohhh I hope their doin alright. Now I look in the mirror and what do I see? A lone wolf there starin back at me, long in the tooth but harmless as can be, lord I guess hes doin alright [Chorus] D Em Am Em And Its a great day to be alive I know the suns still shinin when I C D D D Em Am close my eyes theres some hard times in the neigborhood but why can't Em C D Em every day be just this good? [Bridge 1] Em D C G Em C D Sometimes its lonely, sometimes its only me and the shadows that fill Em D C G Am Em C D this room, sometimes Im fallin desperately callin howlin at the moon G Ahhhwwoooooo! Ahhhwooooooo! [Bridge 2] G riff* G D Em Well I might go get me a new tatoo or take my old harley for a three C G D Em C day cruise might even grow me a fu man chu, ohh Aww! [Chorus] D Em Am Em And Its a great day to be alive I know the suns still shinin when I C D D D Em Am close my eyes theres some hard times in the neigborhood but why can't Em C D G every day be just this good? D Em Am Em And Its a great day to be alive I know the suns still shinin when I C D D D Em Am close my eyes theres some hard times in the neigborhood but why can't Em C D G every day be just this good?