What a Time to Be Alive Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][F][Am][Em][Dm][Em][F][Am]
[Dm][F][Am][C][Bb]

[Verse 1]
Sometimes you [Dm]wonder [Em]if we[F]'re ever looki[Am]ng back[G]
[Am]At a p[Dm]icture o[Am]f 201[F]9[Am]
And saying, [Dm]"That's the way,
[F]the world, it use[Am]d to be
[G]Befor[Em]e our dre[Bb]ams started
bursting at the seams"

[Verse 2]
We're out [Dm]here and we're [F]ready
We're [Am]here and we're ready
[Em]To l[F]ives[C]tream the apoc[F]alypse[Am]
I don't [F]care [C]if it's [F]pretty
The [Am]view's so pretty
[C]From the [Bb]deck of a sinking ship
Yeah, oh

[Verse 3]
'Cause [F]everything [Am]is lit except
[Dm]my serot[Am]onin, yeah
[F]Everything [C]is lit[Am] but my
lightning bolt brain
[F]Everything [Em]is lit[Am][Bb]
[G]But baby, please,

[Verse 4]
[Dm]
[Em]I ju[F]st need so[Am]meone to hold me[Em]
[Dm]Even[Em] thoug[F]h you
[Am]don't even know me
Oh, [Dm]I'm going [F]neon in the [Am]night time
[Em]Oh,

[Verse 5]
[Bb]what a time to
be [Dm]alive[C][F]
[Am]What a time to be [Em]alive[Dm][Em][F]
[Am]What a time to be [Dm]alive[Em][F]
[Am]What a time to be [C]alive
[Bb]

[Verse 6]
They say that [Dm]I should
[F]try med[Am]itation
But I don't [Dm]want to [Am]be with my[F]
own [Am]thoughts (own thoughts)
It never [Dm]felt that [F]much like [Am]medication
And I just [Bb]want to be your cherry on top

[Verse 7]
We're out [Dm]here [G]and we're [F]ready
[Am]We're here and we're ready[G]
[Em]To l[F]ives[Em]tream the apoc[F]alypse[Am]
And I'm going [F]on and [G]on [F]and [G]on
[Am]Make me like a [G]charm [C]on your [Bb]necklace
Oh, your necklace

[Verse 8]
Oh, 'cause [F]everything [C]is lit[Am]
except my serotonin, yeah
[F]Everything [Em]is lit [Am]but my
lightning bolt brain
[F]Everything [Em]is lit[Am][Bb]
[G]But baby, please,

[Verse 9]
[Dm]
[G]I j[F]ust need s[Am]omeone to hold m[Em]e
Even [F]though [Am]you don't
even know me
[Dm]Oh, I'm [Em]going [F]neon in [Am]the night time
[Em]Oh,

[Verse 10]
[Bb]what a time to
be [Dm]alive[C][F]
[Am]What a time to be [Dm]alive[Em][F]
[Am]What a time to be [Dm]alive[C][F]
[Am]What a time to be [C]alive
[Bb]

[Verse 11]
[Dm]
What a time [F]to be alive
[G]To [Am]be alive

[Interlude 1]
[D][Bb][F]
[Dm][F][Am][Em]
[Dm][F][Am][Dm][F][Am]
[C][Bb]
When, [C]when, when I said,

[Verse 12]
[Dm]
"Leave me [C]alone"
[F]This isn[Am]'t quite what I meant
I [Em]got [Dm]the quaranti[Em]ne b[F]lues
[Am]Bad news, what's left?
[Dm]So it seems the vu[F]lture's
[Am]getting too full to fly
[C]Oh

[Verse 13]
[Bb](oh), what a time
to be [Dm]alive[C][F]
[Am]What a time to be [Em]alive[Dm][Em][F]
[Am]What a time to be [Dm]alive[C][F]
[Am]What a time to [C]be alive[Bb]

[Verse 14]
What a [Bb]time to be alive
[Dm](What a time, what [Am]a tim[F]e to[Am]
be alive) what a time to be [Dm]alive
[F](What a time,
[Am]what a time to be alive) what a time to be alive
[Dm](What a time, what a [F]time to be alive) what
[Am]a time to be alive
[Csus4][Bb]

[Verse 15]
Sometimes you wonder if
we're ever looking back