G 
Being alive 
             C 
I see you in everything 
                     G 
My vocabulary's limited 
                           C 
But I wanna tell it all to you 
     Em              Bm      C 
If I could would you want me to? 

     G 
Being alive 
                        C 
If I become a piece of dirt 
      Em           Bm          C 
For a dollar can I enter your brain? 

G 
Being alive 

(slowly) 
C               Em 
Matters quite a bit 
Bm 
Even when you 
C         Am 
Feel like shit 
G 
Being alive 

C               Em 
Matters quite a bit 
Bm 
Even when you 
C         Am 
Feel like shit 
G 
Being alive 

(fast) 
                     C 
I'm collapsing inwardly 
     Em             G        C 
Your name strikes a match in me 
   G                       C 
After a drum solo I looked up 

G    C 
Craig 
Em               C 
Called out to me after 
G   C 
Said 
Em    Bm       C 
"maybe see you later?" 

G 
Being alive 

(slowly) 

C               Em 
Matters quite a bit 
Bm 
Even when you 
C         Am 
Feel like shit 
G 
Being alive 

C               Em 
Matters quite a bit 
Bm 
Even when you 
C         Am 
Feel like shit 
G 
Being alive 


C               Em 
Matters quite a bit 
Bm 
Even when you 
C         Am 
Feel like shit 
G 
Being alive 

C               Em 
Matters quite a bit 
Bm 
Even when you 
C         Am 
Feel like shit 

G 
Being alive