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[Verse 1]
         G                    G                 
I got uh-rice cookin' in the microwave
       D                        Em      C
 got a three day beard I don't plan to shave 
          Em      C            G     D           Em     
and it's a goofy thing, but I just gotta say 
 C   D      C     G
hey, I'm a-doin' alright. 
                G               G         D
Yeah, I think I'll make me some homemade soup
  Em             C        G
 feelin' pretty good and that's the truth     
G       D         Em     C     D
it's neither drink nor drug induced 
               C      G
No, I'm just  doin' alright

[Chorus]
           D            Em            
And it's a great day to be alive 
           Am           Em              C       D
I know the sun's still shinin' when I  close my eyes
                D    D                Em      
there's some    hard times in the neigborhood 
     Am              Em     C         D  G
but why can't every day be just this good?

[Verse 2]
         G                    G       
It's been 15 years since I left home 
       D                        Em      C
said good luck to every seed I'd sown,
        Em      C               G     D      
give it my best and then I left it alone
 C   D      C     G
 ohhh I hope their doin alright.
            G                         G    D
Now I look in the mirror and what do I see?
      Em        C      G
 A lone wolf there  starin back at me
G       D         Em     C     D
 long in the tooth but harmless as can be,
               C      G
 Lord, I guess he's doin' alright

[Chorus]
           D            Em            
And it's a great day to be alive 
           Am           Em              C       D
I know the sun's still shinin' when I  close my eyes
                D    D                Em      
there's some    hard times in the neigborhood 
     Am              Em     C         D  G
but why can't every day be just this good?


[Bridge 1]
Em            D                     C    G          Em      C    D
Sometimes its lonely, sometimes its only me and the shadows that fill
     Em                 D                  C      G            Am Em C D
this room, sometimes Im fallin desperately callin howlin at the moon
G
Ahhhwwoooooo!   Ahhhwooooooo!


[Bridge 2]
       G                   G        D                        Em
Well I might go get me a new tatoo or take my old Harley for a three
    C      G          D         Em      C
day cruise might even grow me a fu man chu, ohh Aww!


[Chorus]
           D            Em            
And it's a great day to be alive 
           Am           Em              C       D
I know the sun's still shinin' when I  close my eyes
                D    D                Em      
there's some    hard times in the neigborhood 
     Am              Em     C         D  G
but why can't every day be just this good?

[Chorus]
           D            Em            
And it's a great day to be alive 
           Am           Em              C       D
I know the sun's still shinin' when I  close my eyes
                D    D                Em      
there's some    hard times in the neigborhood 
     Am              Em     C         D  G
but why can't every day be just this good?