Intro
[F#m] [E] [D] x2
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 wer'e envy and I hated it,
[C#]
but I survived.
Pre Chorus
[F#m] [E] [D]
I had one way ticket 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,
[C#]
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 one way ticket 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,
[C#]
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 all, but I'm still breathing.
[A] [D]
You took it all, but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] [E]
You took it all, but I'm still breathing.
[A] [D]
You took it all, but I'm still breathing.
[A] [E]
You took it all, but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] [D]
You took it all, but I'm still breathing.
[F#m] [E]
You took it all, but I'm still breathing.
[A] [D]
You took it all, but I'm still breathing.
Bridge:
[Bm]
I had made every single mistake
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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#]
And all in spite 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 all but I'm still breathing. You took it all but I'm still breathing.)
[F#m] [E] [A] [D]
I'm alive,
(You took it all but I'm still breathing. You took it all but I'm still breathing.)
[A] [E] [F#m] [D]
I'm alive,
(You took it all but I'm still breathing. You took it all but I'm still breathing.)
Outro
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.
