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"ALIVE" Pearl Jam As heard on Ten (EPIC)

Words by Eddie Vedder • Music by Stone Gossard • Transcribed by Alex Houton, Michael DuClos and Matt Scharfglass

"Son." she said, "have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a ... While you were sitt ing home alone at age th irteen Your real daddy was dy in'. sorry you didn 't see him But I'm glad we talked"

Oh I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey. I, oh, I'm still alive Hey. oh

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While she walks slowly across a young man's room She said, " I'm ready for you" I can't remember anything to this very day 'Cept the look, the look Oh. you know where, now I can't see. I just stare

I. I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I. oh, I'm still alive Hey, I. oh. I'm still alive, yeah

" Is something wrong," she said Well of course there is "You're st i ll al ive." she said Oh, and do I deserve to be Is that the quest ion And if so. if so, who answers. who answers

I. oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Yeah, I, ooh. I'm still alive Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

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Copyright© 1991 UNIVERSAL-POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING. INC .. WRITE TREATAGE MUSIC and INNOCENT BYSTANOER. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permlssion. Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.

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"ALIVE" [mist and 2nd Verses (0:31, 1:26)

1. "Son," she said ...

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