The World Is Alive Chords & Tabs
The World Is Alive Chords
It's a simple song, so I'll let you work out the strumming. The timings aren't
100% accurate, I've mostly timed the chords by the vocal line.
Ezra plays the chords as follows, in standard tuning:
G: 320033
C/G: 332010 (though don't stress the low G too much)
Em: 022000
G/B: x20033
D/A: x00232 (I know you probably just think of this as a D chord, but technically it's D/A)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/ezra_furman_and_the_harpoons/the_world_is_alive_crd.html ]
G C/G x 4
G C/G
There is life on this planet
Em
And I know because I've seen it
G/B D/A G
It is waiting in the slimiest of Saturday nights
C/G
There's a white haunted moon
Em
Hanging over the lagoon
G/B D/A C/G
It was made for a moment just such as this
G D/A C/G
There is love in the eyes of the birds and bees
G D/A C/G
There are plastic bags in suburban trees
Em
Keep your eyes open all the time
D/A C/G
And I think you'll find there's no place to hide
Am D/A
And the world is alive
(Between the verses, strum a few times with all the strings muted with your left hand)
G C/G
There are sailors on the ocean
Em
Little kids with crazy notions
G/B D
And their heads are gonna spin like a tornado
G C/G
There's a Bible by the TV
Em
And the curtains blowing freely
G/B D G
In this hotel room make my heart do flips
C\G G D C/G
There's a bush that burns but is not consumed
G D C/G
There's a glass of milk in an empty room
Em
There's a song at the heart of it all
D C/G
And we all try hard just to write it down
Am D
But you can't write it down
G C/G x4
End on G
