alive in the world – jackson browne
chorded by bendave

intro D Bm F#m D Bm F#m

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i want to live in the world , not inside my head
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i want to live in the world , i want to stand and be counted
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with the hopeful and the willing with the open and the strong
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with the voices in the darkness fashioning daylight out of song
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and the millions of lovers alive in the world

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i want to live in the world , not behind some wall
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i want to live in the world , where i will hear if another voice should call
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to the prisoner inside me to the captive of my doubt
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who among his fantasies harbors the dream of breaking out
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and taking his chances alive in the world

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to open my eyes and wake up alive in the world
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to open my eyes and fully arrive in the world
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with it’s beauty and it’s cruelty with it’s heartbreak and it’s joy
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with it constantly giving birth to life and to forces that destroy
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and the infinite power of change alive in the world

G A G A
to open my eyes and wake up alive in the world
G A G A
to open my eyes and fully arrive in the world
G A G A
to open my eyes and wake up alive in the world
G A G A
to open my eyes and fully arrive in the world