Intro: C

Verse 1
C               
I'm like a child looking off on the horizon
G
I'm like an ambulance that's turning on the sirens
Am  G         F
Oh, I'm still alive
C
I'm like a soldier coming home for the first time
G
I dodged a bullet and I walked across a landmine
Am  G         F
Oh, I'm still alive

Pre-chorus
C                   G 
Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding from the storm?
Am                                   F
Just shine a light into the wreckage, so far away, away

Chorus:
                C        C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
                  Am           G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
   F                      
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
               C        C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
                    Am          G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
   F          
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
          C       
My way to you

Verse 2
C
I'm like a junkie tying off for the last time
G
I'm like a loser that's betting on his last dime
Am G          F
Oh, I'm still alive
C
I'm like a son that was raised without a father
G
I'm like a mother barely keeping it together
Am  G         F
Oh, I'm still alive

Pre-chorus
C                   G 
Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding from the storm?
Am                                   F
Just shine a light into the wreckage, so far away, away

Chorus:
                C       C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
                  Am           G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
   F                      
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
               C       C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
                    Am          G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
   F          
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
            
Bridge
Am    G        F         C
As I walked out on the ledge
Am    G        F         C
Are you scared to death to live?
Am    G        F         C
I've been running all my life
        Am               G
Just to find a home that's for the restless
F 
And the truth that's in the message
G
Making my way, away, away


C G Em F x2


Chorus:
                C        C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
                  Am           G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
   F                      
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
               C         C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
                    Am          G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
   F          
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
                C        C/B
Cause I'm still breathing
                  Am           G
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
   F                      
My head's above the rain and roses
G
Making my way, away
              C