I Was Alive by The Whitlams From the forthcoming album "Little Cloud" Transcribed by Dan Meijer The progression of each section is the same each time, so they're just written out once. Intro riff: F Bb F * Bb e--1-1---1-1----1-1---1-1---1-1-- b--1-1---1-3----1-1---1-3---4-3-- g--2-2---2-3----2-2---2-3---3-3-- d--3-3---3-3----3-3---3-3---3-3-- a--x-x---x-x----x-x---x-x---x-x-- e--x-x---x-x----x-x---x-x---x-x-- * = Bbsus4 (it didnt fit!) F The night I met you were a fucking disgrace Bb Tripping over people falling flat on your face F I thought I’d dance with you ‘cause you wouldn’t remember Bb A year ago now yeah that was the end of December Gm* C There’s been blood, and there’s been biting Gm C There’s been Lizzie Taylor Richard Burton fighting Gm C It’s all gone bad, that’s alright F Bb ‘Cause god I was alive F Bb God I was alive Verse 2 (same structure): You found your schoolgirl French somewhere in the haze And I was gone by the middle of the very first phrase All’s fair in love and war in the Eastern Suburbs I suppose So I emptied the contents of my pocket in your nose Well here’s been blood, and there’s been biting There’s been drunk and disorderly fighting All down the street and through the night Chorus 2: God I was alive God I was alive Bridge: F Eb Ab She don’t know which one to buy Bb F Eb Ab Bb Australian Shooter or Australian Bride F C I throw my head up into the sky Eb Bb F Thank Dionysius for a little while I was alive Bb God I was alive Verse 3: Using up fast the last days of my youth Trying to see if you were coming from my hot tin roof And rolling down the highway looking like an evil child 40 hours later you’d be back in the wild There’s been blood, biting, Lizzie and Richard, fighting It’s all gone bad, but that’s alright All down the street, all through the night Chorus 3: And god I was alive Outro: F Eb Ab She don’t know which one to buy Bb F Eb Ab Bb Australian Shooter or Australian Bride Gm* The Gm to C arpeggio in the prechorus is based around 3rd position barres. -----5--------3----- ------3--------5---- -------3----5---5--- ---5-------5-------- --5-------3--------- -3------------------