Key: G major•
Verse 1
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I got a rice cooking in the microwave
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Got a three day beard I don't plan to shave
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And it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say,
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hey I'ma doing alright
Yeah,
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I think I'll make me some home-made soup
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I'm feeling pretty good and that's the truth
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It's neither drink nor drug induced,
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no I'm just doing alright
Chorus 1
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And it's a great day to be alive
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When I close my eyes
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But why can't every day be just this good
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Ah,
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yeah
Verse 2
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It's been fifteen years since I left home
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I said good luck to every seed I'd sown
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Gave it my best and then I left it alone
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I hope they're doing alright
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Now I look in the mirror and what do I see
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A lone wolf there staring back at me
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Long in the tooth but harmless as can be
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Lord, I guess he's doin' alright
Chorus 2
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And it's a great day to be alive
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When I close my eyes
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But why can't every day be just this good
Bridge 1
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Sometimes it's lonely,
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And the shadows that fill this room
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Sometimes I'm falling,
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Howling at the moon, ah-ooh,
Interlude 1
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ah-ooh
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Yeah-yeah,
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oh-oh
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Verse 3
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Well, I might go get me a new tattoo
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Or take my old Harley for a three day cruise
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Might even grow me a Fu Manchu
Chorus 3
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And it's a great day to be alive
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When I close my eyes
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But why can't every day be just this good
Chorus 4
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It's a great day to be alive
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When I close my eyes
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But why can't every day be just this good
Outro 1
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ah-ooh
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oh yeah-yeah
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Bm
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[Repeat and fade]
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