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Still Alive

Words and Music by Jonathan Coulton

Transcribed by Ryan Maziarz
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Moderately q = 120
Verse

GLaDOS:

1. This was

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HUGE

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Copyright 2007 VALVE SOFTWARE

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we

ones who are dead.

keep

on

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for

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of

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no

sense

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try - ing

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of

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cake,

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be - cause

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Sci - ence gets

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make a

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neat

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gun

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peo - ple who

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are

still

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a - live.

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2. Im

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not

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an -

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gry.

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you

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right

now

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my

heart

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killed
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me

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and tore me

to

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in - to

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fire.

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Fill 1

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hurt

be - cause

was so

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hap - py

for you!

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leas - ing

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on

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GLaD. I

got

burned. Think of

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of

be - ta, were re -

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Dm

the things we learned

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for

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Interlude

Bb

peo - ple

who

are

still

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Gtr. 1: w/ Riff A, 1st 4 meas.

Gtr. 2: w/ Riff C

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a - live.

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Verse

Bm

3. One last thing: Go

a - head and

leave

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let ring

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0

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Gtr. 1: w/ Riff A

Bm

Bm

think

Id

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pre - fer

to

stay

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me

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Gtr. 3 tacet

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in - side.

Em

May - be

youll

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find

some - one

to

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else

help

you.

Gtr. 4 (clean)

mf
let ring throughout

May - be Black Me

Bm

Gtr. 2: w/ Riff E

Bm

Bm

Bm

Em

An

THAT WAS A JOKE.

FAT CHANCE.

sa...

HA HA.

Bm

y - way.

This

Chorus
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Gtr. 3: w/ Fill 2

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Gtr. 1: w/ Riff B
Gtrs. 2 & 3: w/ Rhy. Figs. 1 & 1A

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cake

is great,

its

so

de - lic - ious and moist.

Look at

me

still

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talk - ing when theres

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Sci - ence

to

do.

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per - i - ments to

there

it

When

look

out

run. There is

Dm

re - search to

be done

Bb

GLaD Im

not

you.

Ive

Bb6

ex -

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on

makes me

the

peo - ple who

are

still

a - live.

Outro
Gtr. 1: w/ Riff A, 1st 4 meas., 3 times
Gtr. 2: w/ Riff C
Gtr. 3: w/ Riff F, 2 1/4 times (decresc.)

Bm

Bm

PS: And

be - lieve me

D
Bm

sci - ence and

Im

Bm

dead

will

be

a - live.

still

Bm

dy - ing

Ill

still

be

Im

Bm

live.

STILL

LIVE.

a - live.

FINAL THOUGHT PS: And when youre

STILL

All gtrs. tacet

still

Bm

do - ing

a - live.

PPS: Im

feel FAN - TAS - TIC and

still

Bm

PPPS: I

Bm

a - live.

Bm

am

Bm

Bm

still

FINAL THOUGHT: While youre

LIVE.