Chords for Breathe, You are Alive - Poetry and Violin Looping by Gaelynn Lea
Tempo:
86.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
B
Bm
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [D]
[B] [D]
[Bm]
[E] [D] [Bm]
[E] [D]
Breathe, you are [B] alive.
Stillness is [D] not the enemy.
It's the only bomb.
It is the spark [E] that wakes you up.
[D] Remember who you are.
Who are you?
Are you what you do?
[Bm] How [E] you perform?
[D] Different acts every hour.
Are you brilliant, burning, beautiful?
[B] Or are your fighters on a [D] fixed role?
Who pulls in every direction?
[F#] Can you honestly admit that maybe you're tired?
Exhausted even?
Are you your fears?
[Bm] Your wants?
Your [E] needs?
Are you the [D] good and the bad words that you use to [B] describe yourself?
Some of the time at [E] least.
[D] Are you your inconsistencies?
Are you afraid to look at yourself?
[E] Afraid to remember?
We make ourselves up.
We put ourselves [Bm] out there as works of art.
[B] As entertaining shows [D] for the world to see, to judge, to notice.
[Bm]
[E] [D]
[Bm] [E] [D]
[E]
[D] [B] [A]
[E]
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[Bm] [D]
[E] [D]
[F#] [D] You are a work of art.
But not how you think.
It's [E] in your eyes when you laugh.
When you [D] smile.
When you're angry.
When you cry.
You can't hide it.
[E] It leaks out.
It flashes across [D] your face.
Your soul bursts through in moments of true [E] tenderness.
When [C#] empathy just kind of swells up from nowhere, from very deep.
You are in there.
[B] Divine.
Why are [D] we afraid of it?
Why do we try to bury it alive in schedules, in [B] important deadlines, in [D] hurrying?
We have let too much in and crowded ourselves out.
[F#] We have forgotten our purpose.
[D] We have forgotten to show up.
So, pause.
[E]
[G] Sit with yourself.
Sit with a neighbor.
Sit with me.
[G#] Notice when you are quiet [E] how the divine [D#] whispers.
Notice all things.
Just be in [B] the present [A#] for a moment.
[G#]
Remember to breathe.
[A] Love.
For you are [Am] alive.
[Dm]
[F#] [B] [D]
[G#] Thank you.
[N]
[B] [D]
[Bm]
[E] [D] [Bm]
[E] [D]
Breathe, you are [B] alive.
Stillness is [D] not the enemy.
It's the only bomb.
It is the spark [E] that wakes you up.
[D] Remember who you are.
Who are you?
Are you what you do?
[Bm] How [E] you perform?
[D] Different acts every hour.
Are you brilliant, burning, beautiful?
[B] Or are your fighters on a [D] fixed role?
Who pulls in every direction?
[F#] Can you honestly admit that maybe you're tired?
Exhausted even?
Are you your fears?
[Bm] Your wants?
Your [E] needs?
Are you the [D] good and the bad words that you use to [B] describe yourself?
Some of the time at [E] least.
[D] Are you your inconsistencies?
Are you afraid to look at yourself?
[E] Afraid to remember?
We make ourselves up.
We put ourselves [Bm] out there as works of art.
[B] As entertaining shows [D] for the world to see, to judge, to notice.
[Bm]
[E] [D]
[Bm] [E] [D]
[E]
[D] [B] [A]
[E]
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[Bm] [D]
[E] [D]
[F#] [D] You are a work of art.
But not how you think.
It's [E] in your eyes when you laugh.
When you [D] smile.
When you're angry.
When you cry.
You can't hide it.
[E] It leaks out.
It flashes across [D] your face.
Your soul bursts through in moments of true [E] tenderness.
When [C#] empathy just kind of swells up from nowhere, from very deep.
You are in there.
[B] Divine.
Why are [D] we afraid of it?
Why do we try to bury it alive in schedules, in [B] important deadlines, in [D] hurrying?
We have let too much in and crowded ourselves out.
[F#] We have forgotten our purpose.
[D] We have forgotten to show up.
So, pause.
[E]
[G] Sit with yourself.
Sit with a neighbor.
Sit with me.
[G#] Notice when you are quiet [E] how the divine [D#] whispers.
Notice all things.
Just be in [B] the present [A#] for a moment.
[G#]
Remember to breathe.
[A] Love.
For you are [Am] alive.
[Dm]
[F#] [B] [D]
[G#] Thank you.
[N]
Key:
D
E
B
Bm
F#
D
E
B
_ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Breathe, you are [B] alive.
Stillness is [D] not the enemy.
It's the only bomb.
It is the spark [E] that wakes you up.
[D] Remember who you are.
Who are you?
Are you what you do?
[Bm] How [E] you perform?
[D] Different acts every hour.
Are you brilliant, burning, beautiful?
[B] Or are your fighters on a [D] fixed role?
Who pulls in every direction?
[F#] Can you honestly admit that maybe you're tired?
Exhausted even?
Are you your fears?
[Bm] Your wants?
Your [E] needs?
Are you the [D] good and the bad words that you use to [B] describe yourself?
Some of the time at [E] least.
[D] Are you your inconsistencies?
Are you afraid to look at yourself?
[E] Afraid to remember?
We make ourselves up.
We put ourselves [Bm] out there as works of art.
[B] As entertaining shows [D] for the world to see, to judge, to notice.
[Bm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] You are a work of art.
But not how you think.
It's [E] in your eyes when you laugh.
When you [D] smile.
When you're angry.
When you cry.
You can't hide it.
[E] It leaks out.
It flashes across [D] your face.
Your soul bursts through in moments of true [E] tenderness.
When [C#] empathy just kind of swells up from nowhere, from very deep.
You are in there.
[B] Divine.
Why are [D] we afraid of it?
Why do we try to bury it alive in schedules, in [B] important deadlines, in [D] hurrying?
We have let too much in and crowded ourselves out.
[F#] We have forgotten our purpose.
[D] We have forgotten to show up.
So, pause.
[E] _ _
[G] Sit with yourself.
Sit with a neighbor.
Sit with me.
[G#] Notice when you are quiet [E] how the divine [D#] whispers.
Notice all things.
Just be in [B] the present [A#] for a moment.
[G#]
Remember to breathe.
[A] Love.
For you are [Am] alive.
[Dm] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] Thank you.
[N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Breathe, you are [B] alive.
Stillness is [D] not the enemy.
It's the only bomb.
It is the spark [E] that wakes you up.
[D] Remember who you are.
Who are you?
Are you what you do?
[Bm] How [E] you perform?
[D] Different acts every hour.
Are you brilliant, burning, beautiful?
[B] Or are your fighters on a [D] fixed role?
Who pulls in every direction?
[F#] Can you honestly admit that maybe you're tired?
Exhausted even?
Are you your fears?
[Bm] Your wants?
Your [E] needs?
Are you the [D] good and the bad words that you use to [B] describe yourself?
Some of the time at [E] least.
[D] Are you your inconsistencies?
Are you afraid to look at yourself?
[E] Afraid to remember?
We make ourselves up.
We put ourselves [Bm] out there as works of art.
[B] As entertaining shows [D] for the world to see, to judge, to notice.
[Bm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] You are a work of art.
But not how you think.
It's [E] in your eyes when you laugh.
When you [D] smile.
When you're angry.
When you cry.
You can't hide it.
[E] It leaks out.
It flashes across [D] your face.
Your soul bursts through in moments of true [E] tenderness.
When [C#] empathy just kind of swells up from nowhere, from very deep.
You are in there.
[B] Divine.
Why are [D] we afraid of it?
Why do we try to bury it alive in schedules, in [B] important deadlines, in [D] hurrying?
We have let too much in and crowded ourselves out.
[F#] We have forgotten our purpose.
[D] We have forgotten to show up.
So, pause.
[E] _ _
[G] Sit with yourself.
Sit with a neighbor.
Sit with me.
[G#] Notice when you are quiet [E] how the divine [D#] whispers.
Notice all things.
Just be in [B] the present [A#] for a moment.
[G#]
Remember to breathe.
[A] Love.
For you are [Am] alive.
[Dm] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] Thank you.
[N] _ _