Lirik dan Chord Lagu How It Feels to be Alive - James Blunt

Lagu tersebut muncul sebagai trek ketujuh dalam album studio keenam miliknya yang bertajuk Once Upon a Mind.

Album yang berisikan 11 trek itu dirilis pada 25 Oktober 2019 melalui label Atlantic Records.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “How It Feels to be Alive” dari James Blunt.

[Intro]
| Am |

[Verse 1]
               Am                   E          F
When my heart doesn't beat anymore
             C          E    Am
And my body's cold
              Am                       E                    F
You will walk, dressed in black, to my door
              C           E   Am
And the bells will toll

[Pre-Chorus]
                   Am                        Em/G
You use my love like an open vein
                                               F
Just when I thought it would heal
               Esus4
Back you came

[Chorus]
E                                             Am
Seeing you again for the first time
                                           C/G
Tryna look ahead and not behind
                                                 F
Raging as you do against the tide
                                                     Dm
Knowing that your his instead of mine
                                             Am
Getting used to being hurt again
                                       C/G
Every day's closer to the end
                                                    D/F#
Holding back the tears I need to cry
                                                   F
Waiting to breathe for the last time
                                               Am    C/G    F
Yeah, that's how it feels to be alive
Dm                                  Am   C/G   F   Dm
That's how it feels to be alive

[Verse 2]
           Am                     E                    F
At my grave, they did say one last verse
               C              E               Am
'Bout the new love that you found
          Am             E                   F
And I lay in the rain by the church
                 C             E                Am
And they lured me into the ground

[Pre-Chorus]
                      Am                         Em/G
You stole my heart as your souvenir
                                                            F
Thought that you would never come back
                        Esus4
But now you're here

[Chorus]
E                                             Am
Seeing you again for the first time
                                             C/G
Tryna look ahead and not behind
                                                 F
Raging as you do against the tide
                                                      Dm
Knowing that your his instead of mine
                                             Am
Getting used to being hurt again
                                       C/G
Every day's closer to the end
                                                   D/F#
Holding back the tears I need to cry
                                                  F
Waiting to breathe for the last time
                                                Am   C/G   F
Yeah, that's how it feels to be alive
Dm                                           Am   C/G   F
Yeah, that's how it feels to be alive
Dm                                           Am
Yeah, that's how it feels to be alive

[Outro]
               C/G                           F
(Outside waiting in the cold again)
(I'm outside waiting to be held again)
          Dm                                   Am
Yeah, that's how it feels to be alive
               C/G                              F
(Outside standing on my own again)
Dm                                  Am
That's how it feels to be alive