Jeff Bates
Dead or Alive
Jeff Bates, 2008
Songwriters: Jeff Bates, Robert Arthur, Kirk Roth
Tabbed by Dan Pera


Capo 4


D                A            G           D
Its 4 a.m., I'm headed North straight up 65
  G                D       
I couldn't sleep a wink last night, 
   A             D
so I just had to drive
  D                 A
I know I'm gonna to see you 
       G           D
when I get to Louisville
     G             D               A                D
Only problem is, I just don't know how you're gonna feel

     D             A               G         D
That cold Kentucky rain is pourin' from my radio
          G               D
While the voice inside my head is screamin'
 A            D
I just gotta know
           D        A
Could this be our resurrection, 
         G              D
Could it be a brand new start?
G                  D           A                D
Or the nail in the coffin that holds our broken hearts?


      G    A  D
Is it dead or alive?
G                       A      D
Too for gone, or can it be revived?
D     A           G             D/F#    Em
Did I kill it, or does a little love survive?
      G    A  D
Is it dead or alive?


       D            A
Well I keep my eyes straight ahead, 
  G                     D
Between these two white lines
         G              D
While my mind is in the review mirror, 
A               D
Lookin' back in time
D                  A           G            D
I'm haunted by the memories of how I let us down
G               D
Can we patch it up, 
             A                   D
Or should we put our love in the ground?


      G    A  D
Is it dead or alive?
G                       A      D
Too for gone, or can it be revived?
D     A           G             D/F#    Em
Did I kill it, or does a little love survive?
      G    A  D
Is it dead or alive?


Bridge:

D Em G A D


D                   A
Theres one thing I never said, 
  G               D
I shoulda said to you
  G                 D           A              D
I hope its not too late to let you how much I do
D               A
I just pray you haven't laid your 
G              D
love for me to rest
G                 D
Another couple of miles of road, 
    A               D
And I wont have to guess, if its


      G    A  D
Is it dead or alive?
G                       A      D
Too for gone, or can it be revived?
D     A           G             D/F#    Em
Did I kill it, or does a little love survive?
      G    A  D
Is it dead or alive?