We Are Alive Chords by Bruce Springsteen
- Key: C
- BPM: 122
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
WE ARE ALIVE CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] C7 C C G ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] C There is a cross up yonder up on Calvary Hill G There is a slip of blood on a silver knife F C There is a graveyard kid down below G Where at night did come to life F C And above the stars they crackle in fire G A dead man's moon throws seven rings F C Well we put our ears to the cold grave stones G This is the song they'd sing F C We are alive ■ G And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark C F Our spirits rise to carry the fire and light the spark C G C To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart [Inst] G F C G ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] C F C A voice cried out I was killed in Maryland in eighteen seventyseven ■ G When the railroad workers made their stand F C G Well I was killed in nineteen sixtythree one Sunday morning in Birmingham F C ■ Well I died last year crossing the southern desert G My children left behind in San Pablo F C Well they left our bodies here to rot G Oh please let them know F C We are alive ■ G Oh and though we lie alone here in the dark F C F Our souls will rise to carry the fire and light the spark C G C To fight shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart [Solo] G F C G C G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F C G ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] Am G C Let your mind rest easy sleep well my friend F G It's only our bodies that betray us in the end [Verse] C I awoke last night in a dark and dreamy deep G From my head to my feet my body gone stone cold F C There were worms crawling all around me G Fingers scratching at an earth black and six foot low F C And alone in the blackness of my grave G Alone I'd been left to die F C Then I heard voices calling all around me G The earth rose above me my eyes filled with sky [Chorus] F C We are alive ■ G And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark F C Our souls and spirits rise F To carry the fire and light the spark C G Gsus4 C To fight shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart ■ F C G F C F To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart ■ C F ■ We are alive [Solo] C G F C G C G F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C G C G F C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G C G ■ ■ ■ [Outro]