I Was Alive Back Then

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G                C
All my lives are coming through
     G                 D7/F#
And, even though there isn’t room
  Am             D7 G       Fill 1
I save seats for my selves
Am                   D7   G     Fill 1
Invite them in, wish them well
Am                   G             D     Fill 2
The way I feel & the way I guess I felt

C          G
I was 23 & crazy
C                            G
Frightened, overwhelmed, and angry
C                     B7
You said, “That’s not how I see you
    Em               A7
You treat yourself unfairly
      Em               A7
Don’t treat yourself unfairly.”

[Chorus]
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then
       C    G    D7/F#    Fill 3
I was alive back then
           G     Fill 4
I remember when

G      
It was Christmas
C      
We were wrestlers
G
Bay Ridge Parkway
D7/F#
Our apartment
Am             D7   G      Fill 1
We were fast & best friends
Am           D7     G      Fill 1
We were just little kids
Am                      G
You were Lenny Dykstra
            D      Fill 2
I was Wally Backman

C                        G
This was before I got so lonely
C                       G
With my lovers, with my family
C
Scared of living
B7
Scared of dying
Em              A7
Scared of being happy
           Em            A7
I couldn't let myself be happy

[Chorus]
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then
       C    G    D7/F#    Fill 3
I was alive back then
           G     Fill 4
I remember when

G
I was 20
C
Kolankowski
G              D7/F#
Asked me who I thought I’d marry
Am         D7   G    Fill 1
I answered your name
Am              D7    G    Fill 1
Years before we would date
Am                G             D       Fill 2
Years before he’d officiate our wedding

    C
You never “know”
              G
You’re never “ready”
C                            G
But all your fear is just confetti
C                B7
Let it blow all 'round your bedroom
Em               A7
When it gets too heavy
      Em             A7
Don’t let it get too heavy

[Chorus]
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then

C                         G
No one asks you if you’re ready
C                            G
When they’re handing you the baby
C                         B7
My mother said, “Son, you can’t imagine
       Em                    A7
You’ll have your mind blown, honey
          Em             A7
You’ll be crazy in love, honey.”

[Chorus]
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then
       C    G    D7/F#
I was alive back then
       C    G    D7/F#  Fill 3
I was alive back then
           Em    B7   G    A7
I remember when
       C    G    D   Fill 3
I was alive back then
            Fill 4     G
Now, I am again

Fill 1

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B|-------|
G|-----0-|
D|-0h2---|
A|-------|
E|-------|

Fill 2

E|------------|
B|-3---1p0----|
G|---------2--|
D|------------|
A|------------|
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Fill 3

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B|---1---3---------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-0---0---0---0---0-----|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

Fill 4

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Eb|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|