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Still Alive Acoustic  Jonathan Coulton



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T[Bm]his was a t[D]riumph    [Bm]           [D]
[Bm]I�m making a [D]note here: [Bm]huge succ[D]ess      [Bm]
[Em]It�s hard to over[A]state my satis[D]facti[Bm]on    [D]
[Bm]Aperture [D]Science [Bm]         [D]
[Bm]We do what we [D]must be[Bm]cause we [D]can     [Bm]
[Em]For the good of [A]all of us
[BbM7]Except the ones who are dead
[F]But there�s no sense [C]crying over [Bb]every mis[F]take
[F]You just keep on [C]trying till you [Bb]run out of [F]cake
Gm C F Dm*
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
[Bb]For the people who are [A]still a[D]live [Bm]     [D]

[Bm]I�m not even [D]angry     [Bm]           [D]
[Bm]I�m being [D]so sin[Bm]cere right [D]now      [Bm]
[Em]Even though you [A]broke my heart and [D]killed me[Bm]      [D]
[Bm]And tore me to [D]pieces  [Bm]         [D]
[Bm]And threw every [D]piece i[Bm]nto a [D]fire    [Bm]
[Em]As they burned it [A]hurt because
[BbM7]I was so happy for you
[F]Now these points of [C]data make a [Bb]beautiful [F]line
[F]And we�re out of [C]beta, we�re re[Bb]leasing on [F]time
Gm C F Dm*
So I�m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
[Bb]For the people who are [A]still a[D]live [Bm]     [D]

[Bm]Go ahead and [D]leave me  [Bm]           [D]
[Bm]I think I�d pre[D]fer to [Bm]stay in[D]side     [Bm]
[Em]Maybe you�ll find [A]someone else to [D]help you [Bm]      [D]
[Bm]Maybe Black [D]Mesa    [Bm]         [D]
[Bm]That was a [D]joke, ha [Bm]ha, fat [D]chance  [Bm]
[Em]Anyway this [A]cake is great
[BbM7]It�s so delicious and moist
[F]Look at me still [C]talking when there�s [Bb]science to [F]do
[F]When I look out [C]there it makes me [Bb]glad I�m not [F]you
Gm C F Dm*
I�ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
[B]On the people who are [A]still a[D]live [Bm]     [D]

And bel[Bm]ieve me I [D]am still a[Bm]live   [D]
I�m doing [Bm]science and [D]I�m still a[Bm]live   [D]
I feel [Bm]fantastic and [D]I�m still a[Bm]live   [D]
And while you�re [Bm]dying I�ll [D]be still a[Bm]live   [D]
And when you�re [Bm]dead I will [D]be still a[Bm]live   [D]
[D]Still a[Bm]live
[D]Still a[Bm]live

The second version can be played sans capo using open chords, but is slightly harder.
capo the verse is played using A and F#.

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This was a t[A]riumph    [F#m]           [A]
[F#m]I�m making a [A]note here: [F#m]huge succ[A]ess      [F#m]
[Bm]It�s hard to over[E]state my satis[A]facti[F#m]on    [A]
[F#m]Aperture [A]Science [F#m]         [A]
[F#m]We do what we [A]must be[F#m]cause we [A]can     [F#m]
[Bm]For the good of [E]all of us
[FM7]Except the ones who are dead
[C]But there�s no sense [G]crying over [F]every mis[C]take
[C]You just keep on [G]trying till you [F]run out of [C]cake
Dm G C Am*
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
[F]For the people who are [E]still a[A]live [F#m]     [A]

[F#m]I�m not even [A]angry     [F#m]           [A]
[F#m]I�m being [A]so sin[F#m]cere right [A]now      [F#m]
[Bm]Even though you [E]broke my heart and [A]killed me[F#m]       [A]
[F#m]And tore me to [A]pieces  [F#m]          [A]
[F#m]And threw every [A]piece i[F#m]nto a [A]fire    [F#m]
[Bm]As they burned it [E]hurt because
[FM7]I was so happy for you

[C]Now these points of [G]data make a [F]beautiful [C]line
[C]And we�re out of [G]beta, we�re re[F]leasing on [C]time
Dm G C Am*
So I�m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
[F]For the people who are [E]still a[A]live [F#m]     [A]

[F#m]Go ahead and [A]leave me  [F#m]           [A]
[F#m]I think I�d pre[A]fer to [F#m]stay in[A]side     [F#m]
[Bm]Maybe you�ll find [E]someone else to [A]help you [F#m]      [A]
[F#m]Maybe Black [A]Mesa    [F#m]         [A]
[F#m]That was a [A]joke, ha [F#m]ha, fat [A]chance  [F#m]
[Bm]Anyway this [E]cake is great
[FM7]It�s so delicious and moist
[C]Look at me still [G]talking when there�s [F]science to [C]do
[C]When I look out [G]there it makes me [F]glad I�m not[C] you
Dm G C Am*
I�ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
[F]On the people who are [E]still a[A]live [F#m]     [A]

And bel[F#m]ieve me I [A]am still a[F#m]live   [A]
I�m doing [F#m]science and [A]I�m still a[F#m]live   [A]
I feel [F#m]fantastic and [A]I�m still a[F#m]live   [A]
And while you�re [F#m]dying I�ll [A]be still a[F#m]live   [A]
And when you�re [F#m]dead I will [A]be still a[F#m]live   [A]
[A]Still a[F#m]live
[A]Still a[F#m]live

Before each chord with an asterisk (*), it adds a good effect if you strum open once
the chord before the asterisk chord, which will be either a Dm or an Am depending on the version.

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