This is based on the acoustic version that John played at a radio station in San Francisco
Tuning:
(All down a full step)
D G C F A D
If you want to play along with the radio version, tuning is standard
(E A D G B E)
Fingering:
G Em Cadd9 D C C/B G' D' C'
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-- INTRO --
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
-- VERSE 1 --
G
We keep heading in the same direction
Cadd9
You've become my own reflection
Em
Is that your soul that you're trying to protect
Cadd9
I always hoped that we would intersect, yeah
G
You need time to cope and time to heal
Cadd9
Time to cry if it's what you feel
Em
Oh, life can hurt, when it gets too real
Cadd9
I can hold you up when it's hard to deal
-- BRIDGE 1 --
Em
Alive, alive
Cadd9
Alive is all I wanna feel
Em
Tonight, tonight
D
I need to be where you are
I need to be where you are
-- CHORUS --
G D
Hey you, look around
Cadd9
Can you hear that noise, it's a rebel sound
G D Caddd9
We got nowhere else to go
G D
And when the sun goes down and we fill the streets
Cadd9
You're gonna dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
Em D Cadd9
You can take everything from me
'Cause this is all I need
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
-- VERSE 2 --
G
You know that life is like a ticking clock
Cadd9
Nobody knows when it's gonna stop, yeah
Em
Before I'm gone I need to touch someone
C/B
With a word, with a kiss, with a decent song yeah
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G
And it gets lonely when you live out loud
Cadd9
When the truth that you seek isn't in this crowd
Em
You better find your voice, better make it loud
C/B
We gotta burn that fire, or we'll just burn out
-- BRIDGE 1 --
Em
Alive, alive
Cadd9
Alive is all I wanna feel
Em
Tonight, tonight
D
I wanna be where you are
I need to be where you are
-- CHORUS --
G D
Hey you, look around
Cadd9
Can you hear that noise, it's a rebel sound
G D Caddd9 D
We got nowhere else to go
G D
And when the sun goes down and we fill the streets
Cadd9
You're gonna dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
Em D Cadd9
You can take everything from me, oh yeah
Em D Cadd9
You can take everything from me
'Cause this is all I need
- BRIDGE 2 --
G
We are free tonight
Cadd9
And everything's alright
G
Just put your arms around me
Cadd9
Baby, show me how to move you
G Cadd9
'Cause there's no worries, there's no cares
Feel the sound that's everywhere
G Cadd9
We'll take what's ours for once and baby, RUN LIKE HELL!
(Barre chords)
G' D' C' D'
-- CHORUS --
G' D'
Hey you, look around
C' D'
Can you hear that noise, it’s a rebel sound
G' D' C'
We got nowhere else to go
(standard chords)
G D
And when the sun goes down and we fill the streets
C
Gonna dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
Em D C
You can take everything from me, oh yeah
Em D C
You can take everything from me
'Cause this is all I need
G Cadd9
Yeah, this is all I need
G Cadd9
This is all I need
