• Song:

    Help Im Alive

  • Artist:

    Metric

SONG:   Help, I'm Alive
ARTIST: Metric
ALBUM:  (pre-release)
TUNING: eBGDAE (standard)


  I tremble
  They're gonna eat me alive
  If I stumble
  They're gonna eat me alive
  Can you hear my heart


(0:36) - Honestly, I can't tell what the hell guitar is playing here. But the note's a G.
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
D|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|    ×4
A|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
E|-------------------------------|
  Beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer


(0:44)                                                           
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----88888888-7777-88888888888888888888-777777777777----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
  Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
  Hard to be soft, tough to be tender


(0:55)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----888888888888888888888888-7777-8888888888888888888888888-7777----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Come take my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train
  Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps


(1:09)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
D|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|    ×4
A|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
E|-------------------------------|
  Beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer


(1:17)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------10------------------8----|
D|----8-8-8-8-8----10----1010101010----8----|    ×8   (just keep on strumming the C
A|----8-8-8-8-8----8-----1010101010----6----|            on the eight iteration)
E|----6-6-6-6-6----------8-8-8-8-8----------|
  If you're still alive,
  My regrets are few
  If my life is mine,
  What shouldn't I do?
  I get wherever I'm going
  I get whatever I need
  While my blood's still flowing
  And my heart still beats


(1:50)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
D|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|    ×4
A|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
E|-------------------------------|
  Beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer


(1:58)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----88888888-7777-88888888888888888888-777777777777----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
  Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
  Hard to be soft, tough to be tender


(2:09)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----888888888888888888888888-7777-8888888888888888888888888-7777----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Come take my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train
  Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps


(2:23)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
D|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|    ×4
A|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
E|-------------------------------|
  Beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer


(2:31)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------10------------------8----|
D|----8-8-8-8-8----10----1010101010----8----|    ×8
A|----8-8-8-8-8----8-----1010101010----6----|
E|----6-6-6-6-6----------8-8-8-8-8----------|
  If you're still alive,
  My regrets are few
  If my life is mine,
  What shouldn't I do?
  I get wherever I'm going
  I get whatever I need
  While my blood's still flowing
  And my heart still beats


(3:04) - It sounds like he goes up another octave and plays around a little bit near
e|-------------------------------|  the end, but I don't know how to tab that out.
B|-------------------------------|
G|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
D|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|    ×8
A|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
E|-------------------------------|
  Beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer
  Beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer


  Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
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