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