INSTRUMENTAL HALF-VERSE:

It’s A Great Day To Be Alive (G) ─ Gsus4 G

Darrell Scott (Travis Tritt), 2000 D ─ Em C5
YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/hG2krTI3FKg Oh, yeah
1st Note sus4 m(alt) 5 m (2)

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VERSES 3 & 4:
G Gsus4 G
It’s been fifteen years since I left home
[Slow bouncy strum: D-du Dudu] D Em C5
VERSES 1 & 2: I said good luck to every seed I’d so-own
G Gsus4 G G D Em C5
I got a rice - cookin in the microwave, got a Gave it my best and then I left it alo-one
D Em C5 D G
Three day beard I don’t plan to shave, and it’s a I hope they’re doin alright
G D Em C5
Goofy thing but I just gotta say, hey G Gsus4 G
D G Now I look in the mirror and what do I see
I’m a-doin alright D Em C5
A lone wolf there starin back at me
G D Em C5
G Gsus4 G
Yeah I think I’ll make me some homemade soup Long in the tooth but harmless as can be
D G
D Em C5
Feelin pretty good and that’s the truth Lord, I guess he’s doin alright
G D Em C5
It’s neither drink nor drug induced, no REPEAT CHORUS
D G with a final Em (instead of a G)
I’m just doin alright
BRIDGE:
CHORUS: [Smooth down strums]
D-D Em (Em) G C5
And it’s a great - day to be alive, I know the Sometimes it’s lonely - sometimes it’s only me
Am Em C D 2 Am Em C D2
Sun’s still shinin when I close my eyes, there’s some And the shadows that fill - this - room
Em G C5
Z D 2 - D2 Em
Sometimes I’m fallin - desperately callin
─ Hard times in the neighborhood
Am Em C D2 (G)
Am Em C D2
But why can’t every day be just this goo-ood Howlin at the moo-oo-oon, ah-hoo!
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 sus4 m(alt) 5 m (2)

INSTRUMENTAL VERSES: OUTRO INSTRUMENTAL VERSES:

[Return to bouncy strum] G ─ Gsus4 G D ─ Em C5
G ─ Gsus4 G D ─ Em C5 Ah-hoo!
Ah-hoo! G D Em C5 D ─ G ─
G D Em C5 D ─ G ─
G ─ Gsus4 G D ─ Em C5
G ─ G sus4
G D ─ Em C5 G D Em C5 D ─ G[hang]
Ye-eah! Uh-huh
G D Em C5 D ─ G [hang]
Well…

VERSE 5:
[Single down strums]
G Gsus4 G
I might go get me a new tattoo
D Em C5
Or take my ol’ Harley for a three day cruise
G D Em
C5[hang]
Might even grow me a fu Manchu ─ ─

CHORUS:
D-D Em
And it’s a great - day to be alive, I know the
Am Em C D2
Sun’s still shinin when I close my eyes, there’s some
Z D 2 - D2 Em
─ Hard times in the neighborhood
Am Em C D2 (G)
But why can’t every day be just this goo-ood

REPEAT CHORUS

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