“We Are Alive”
By Bruce Springsteen
Capo 5 / Intro G C G / G C D
D C G / G C D
G C G
There is a cross up yonder up on Calvary Hill
G C D
There is a slip of blood on a silver knife
C G
There is a graveyard kid Down below
G D
Where at night did come to life
C G
And above the stars, they crackle in fire
G C D
A dead man's moon throws seven rings
C G
Well, we put our ears to the cold grave stones
G D
This is the song they'd sing
C G
WE ARE ALIVE…
G C D
And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark
C G C
OUR SPIRITS RISE…. To carry the fire and light the spark
G D
To stand shoulder to shoulder and HEART… TO HEART …
G C G / G C D / D C G / G C D
(Whistle………….)
G C G
A voice cried out, I was killed in Maryland in 1877
C Am D
When the railroad workers made their stand
C G Am D
Well, I was killed in 1963 one Sunday morning in Birmingham
C G
Well, I died last year crossing the southern desert
Am D
My children left behind in San Pablo
C G
Well they left our bodies here to rot
D
Oh please let them know…
C G
WE ARE ALIVE…
C Am D
Oh, and though we lye alone here in the dark
C G
OUR SOULS WILL RISE…
C
To carry the fire and light the spark
G D
To fight shoulder to shoulder and HEART… TO HEART…
G C G / G C D / D C G / G C D x2
(Whistle………….)
C D G
Let your mind rest easy, sleep well my friend
C D
It's only our bodies that betray us in the end
G C G
I awoke last night in a dark and dreamy deep
D
From my head to my feet, my body gone stone cold
C G
There were worms crawling all around me
Am D
Fingers scratching at an earth black and six foot low
C G
And alone in the blackness of my grave
D
Alone I'd been LEFT TO DIE
C G
Then I heard voices calling all around me
D
The earth rose above me, my eyes filled with sky
C G
WE ARE ALIVE…
C Am D
And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark
C G
OUR SOULS and SPIRITS RISE…
C
To carry the fire and light the spark
G D C G
To fight shoulder to shoulder and HEART TO HEART…
C G D C G
To stand shoulder to shoulder and HEART TO HEART…
C G
WE ARE ALIVE
G C G / G C D / D C G / G C D x4 to fade
G C G / G C D…….4x’s…..FADE with a whistle….
Tabbed by Marc Baca @ [email protected]
