Intro: [Bm]
When my [Bm]heart doesn't [F#]beat [G]anymore
And my [D]body's [F#]cold [Bm]
You will [Bm]walk, dressed in [F#]black, to my [G]door
And the [D]bells will [F#]toll [Bm]
You use my [Bm]love like an open [F#m/A]vein
Just when I thought it would [G]heal
Back you [F#sus4]came
[F#]Seeing you again for the first [Bm]time
Tryna look ahead and not [Bm7/A]behind
Raging as you do against the [G]tide
Knowing that your his instead of [Em]mine
Getting used to being hurt [Bm]again
Every day's closer to the [Bm7/A]end
Holding back the tears I need to [E/G#]cry
Waiting to breathe for the [G]last time
Yeah, that's how it feels to be [Bm]alive [Bm7/A] [G]
[Em]That's how it feels to be [Bm]alive [Bm7/A] [G] [Em]
At my [Bm]grave, they did [F#]say one last [G]verse
'Bout the [D]new love [F#]that you [Bm]found
And I [Bm]lay in the [F#]rain by the [G]church
And they [D]lured me [F#]into the [Bm]ground
You stole my [Bm]heart as your [F#m/A]souvenir
Thought that you would never come [G]back
But now you're [F#sus4]here
[F#]Seeing you again for the first [Bm]time
Tryna look ahead and not [Bm7/A]behind
Raging as you do against the [G]tide
Knowing that your his instead of [Em]mine
Getting used to being hurt [Bm]again
Every day's closer to the [Bm7/A]end
Holding back the tears I need to [E/G#]cry
Waiting to breathe for the last [G]time
Yeah, that's how it feels to be [Bm]alive [Bm7/A] [G]
Yeah, [Em]that's how it feels to be [Bm]alive [Bm7/A] [G]
Yeah, [Em]that's how it feels to be [Bm]alive
(Outside [Bm7/A]waiting in the cold [G]
again) (I'm outside waiting to be held again)
Yeah, [Em]that's how it feels to be [Bm]
alive (Outside [Bm7/A]standing on my own [G]again)
[Em]That's how it feels to be [Bm]alive