Chords for Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive (Lyric Video)
Tempo:
79 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
C#m
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [A]
[D] [A] [E] [A] [D]
[A] You brushed your teeth and found your calling at the bottom of a swamp.
There was no air but to [C#m] be clear darkness [Bm] was all you [A] wanted.
And now just blow into the surface, hoping to find some kind of light.
Revise your look, but [C#m] some instincts that you [Bm] will never smell right.
There's a cooking [A] line that [Em] runs through every creak in this [F#] map.
And you want to [A] take us all the way [G#] back.
[D]
[G] [A] [E]
[C#m] To see the [D] rock, you'll need a [B] scan.
Oh [D] what a [A] time to [E] be alive.
[C#m] The scope, the [D] shape, the form, the [A] lies.
Oh what a [D] time to be [A] alive.
Oh what a [E] time to [Bm] be alive.
[A] [E] [F#m]
[A] [G#] [A] Now you've been calling tales for months out of libel and out of mind.
Let's turn your hero tales [C#m] to puns and throw [Bm] them straight under the [A] fire.
And just below the surface look, a shadow breathing through a straw.
Clinging to the name that you [E] were issued, [Bm] all the victims you allowed.
And there's a cooking [A] line that runs [E] through every creak in this [F#] map.
And you want to [D] take us [A] all the way [G#] back.
[D] [A] [G] [A]
[F#] [G] [A] [G] [A]
[F#] [G] [A]
To see the [D] rock, you'll need a scan.
[B] Oh [D] what a [A] time [E]
[C#] to [D] [A] [E] [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to [D] be [C#m] alive.
Oh what a time to be alive.
We [D] can't pretend [E] to [F#m] be the [D] [A] [E] [C#m] last.
[D] A season [Em] shake and a [F#m] slow [A] survival.
Oh what a [E] time to [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to be [D] alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [D]
[B] time
[D]
[G] to [A] be alive!
[C#m] [Bm]
[A]
[C#m] [Bm]
[A]
[E] [Bm]
[A]
[D] [A] [E] [A] [D]
[A] You brushed your teeth and found your calling at the bottom of a swamp.
There was no air but to [C#m] be clear darkness [Bm] was all you [A] wanted.
And now just blow into the surface, hoping to find some kind of light.
Revise your look, but [C#m] some instincts that you [Bm] will never smell right.
There's a cooking [A] line that [Em] runs through every creak in this [F#] map.
And you want to [A] take us all the way [G#] back.
[D]
[G] [A] [E]
[C#m] To see the [D] rock, you'll need a [B] scan.
Oh [D] what a [A] time to [E] be alive.
[C#m] The scope, the [D] shape, the form, the [A] lies.
Oh what a [D] time to be [A] alive.
Oh what a [E] time to [Bm] be alive.
[A] [E] [F#m]
[A] [G#] [A] Now you've been calling tales for months out of libel and out of mind.
Let's turn your hero tales [C#m] to puns and throw [Bm] them straight under the [A] fire.
And just below the surface look, a shadow breathing through a straw.
Clinging to the name that you [E] were issued, [Bm] all the victims you allowed.
And there's a cooking [A] line that runs [E] through every creak in this [F#] map.
And you want to [D] take us [A] all the way [G#] back.
[D] [A] [G] [A]
[F#] [G] [A] [G] [A]
[F#] [G] [A]
To see the [D] rock, you'll need a scan.
[B] Oh [D] what a [A] time [E]
[C#] to [D] [A] [E] [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to [D] be [C#m] alive.
Oh what a time to be alive.
We [D] can't pretend [E] to [F#m] be the [D] [A] [E] [C#m] last.
[D] A season [Em] shake and a [F#m] slow [A] survival.
Oh what a [E] time to [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to be [D] alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [D]
[B] time
[D]
[G] to [A] be alive!
[C#m] [Bm]
[A]
[C#m] [Bm]
[A]
[E] [Bm]
[A]
Key:
A
D
E
C#m
Bm
A
D
E
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[A] You brushed your teeth and found your calling at the bottom of a swamp.
There was no air but to [C#m] be clear darkness [Bm] was all you [A] wanted.
And now just blow into the surface, hoping to find some kind of light.
Revise your look, but [C#m] some instincts that you [Bm] will never smell right.
There's a cooking [A] line that [Em] runs through every creak in this [F#] map.
And you want to [A] take us all the way [G#] back.
[D] _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[C#m] To see the [D] rock, you'll need a [B] scan.
Oh [D] what a [A] time to [E] be alive.
[C#m] The scope, the [D] shape, the form, the [A] lies.
Oh what a [D] time to be [A] alive.
Oh what a [E] time to [Bm] be alive. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] Now you've been calling tales for months out of libel and out of mind.
Let's turn your hero tales [C#m] to puns and throw [Bm] them straight under the [A] fire.
And just below the surface look, a shadow breathing through a straw.
Clinging to the name that you [E] were issued, [Bm] all the victims you allowed.
And there's a cooking [A] line that runs [E] through every creak in this [F#] map.
And you want to [D] take us [A] all the way [G#] back.
[D] _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ [F#] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ [F#] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
To see the [D] rock, you'll need a scan.
[B] Oh [D] what a [A] time [E]
[C#] to _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to [D] be [C#m] alive.
Oh what a time to be alive.
We [D] can't pretend [E] to [F#m] be the [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] [C#m] last.
[D] A season [Em] shake and a [F#m] slow [A] survival.
Oh what a [E] time to [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to be [D] alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [D] _ _
[B] _ _ time
[D] _ _ _
[G] to _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] be alive! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[A] You brushed your teeth and found your calling at the bottom of a swamp.
There was no air but to [C#m] be clear darkness [Bm] was all you [A] wanted.
And now just blow into the surface, hoping to find some kind of light.
Revise your look, but [C#m] some instincts that you [Bm] will never smell right.
There's a cooking [A] line that [Em] runs through every creak in this [F#] map.
And you want to [A] take us all the way [G#] back.
[D] _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[C#m] To see the [D] rock, you'll need a [B] scan.
Oh [D] what a [A] time to [E] be alive.
[C#m] The scope, the [D] shape, the form, the [A] lies.
Oh what a [D] time to be [A] alive.
Oh what a [E] time to [Bm] be alive. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] Now you've been calling tales for months out of libel and out of mind.
Let's turn your hero tales [C#m] to puns and throw [Bm] them straight under the [A] fire.
And just below the surface look, a shadow breathing through a straw.
Clinging to the name that you [E] were issued, [Bm] all the victims you allowed.
And there's a cooking [A] line that runs [E] through every creak in this [F#] map.
And you want to [D] take us [A] all the way [G#] back.
[D] _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ [F#] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ [F#] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
To see the [D] rock, you'll need a scan.
[B] Oh [D] what a [A] time [E]
[C#] to _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to [D] be [C#m] alive.
Oh what a time to be alive.
We [D] can't pretend [E] to [F#m] be the [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] [C#m] last.
[D] A season [Em] shake and a [F#m] slow [A] survival.
Oh what a [E] time to [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to be [D] alive.
[A] Oh what a [E] time to [D] be alive.
[A] Oh what a [D] _ _
[B] _ _ time
[D] _ _ _
[G] to _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] be alive! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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