Still Alive Jonathan Coulton
Important!
This is not the version found in the credits to Valve's game Portal, that is in the key
D. This is Jonathan Coulton's version in the key of A, when you see him play it live, or
all for that matter, it is in A.
I will go over both ways to play this version.
First is the capoed version with any standard capo on the seventh fret. This is the
pattern for the verse, rinse and repeat as many times as necessary. With capo the chords
D and Bm.
e|----------9--------------9----------| B|------10-----10------10-----10------| G|---9-------------11-------------9---| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------|
T[Bm]his was a t[D]riumph[Bm] [D]
[Bm]Iā??m making [D]a note here[Bm]: huge su[D]ccess[Bm]
[Em]Itā??s hard to ov[A]erstate my sat[D]isfac[Bm]tion[D]
[Bm]Aperture [D]Science[Bm] [D]
[Bm]We do what we [D]must be[Bm]cause we [D]can[Bm]
[Em]For the good of [A]all of us
[Bbm7]Except the ones who are dead
[F]But thereā??s no sens[C]e crying ove[Bb]r every m[F]istake
[F]You just keep on [C]trying till you [Bb]run out of [F]cake
Gm C F Dm*
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
[B]For the people who are [A]still a[D]live[Bm] [D]
[Bm]Iā??m not eve[D]n angry[Bm] [D]
[Bm]Iā??m bein[D]g so s[Bm]incere righ[D]t now[Bm]
[Em]Even though you [A]broke my heart and [D]killed me[Bm] [D]
[Bm]And tore me to [D]pieces[Bm] [D]
[Bm]And threw every [D]piece i[Bm]nto a [D]fire[Bm]
[Em]As they burned it [A]hurt because
[Bbm7]I was so happy for you
[F]Now these points of [C]data make a [Bb]beautiful [F]line
[F]And weā??re out o[C]f beta, weā??r[Bb]e releasing[F] on time
Gm C F Dm*
So Iā??m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
[B]For the people who are [A]still a[D]live[Bm] [D]
[Bm]Go ahead and [D]leave me[Bm] [D]
[Bm]I think Iā??d p[D]refer t[Bm]o stay [D]inside[Bm]
[Em]Maybe youā??ll fin[A]d someone else t[D]o help yo[Bm]u[D]
[Bm]Maybe Black [D]Mesa[Bm] [D]
[Bm]That was a [D]joke, ha [Bm]ha, fat [D]chance[Bm]
[Em]Anyway this [A]cake is great
[Bbm7]Itā??s so delicious and moist
[F]Look at me still [C]talking when thereā??[Bb]s science t[F]o do
[F]When I look out [C]there it makes me [Bb]glad Iā??m no[F]t you
Gm C F Dm*
Iā??ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
[B]On the people who are [A]still a[D]live[Bm] [D]
And bel[Bm]ieve me I [D]am still a[Bm]live[D]
Iā??m doin[Bm]g science an[D]d Iā??m sti[Bm]ll aliv[D]e
I feel [Bm]fantastic and [D]Iā??m still[Bm] alive[D]
And while youā??r[Bm]e dying Iā?[D]?ll be sti[Bm]ll aliv[D]e
And when youā??r[Bm]e dead I wil[D]l be still[Bm] alive[D]
[D]Still a[Bm]live
[D]Still a[Bm]live
The second version can be played sans capo using open chords, but is slightly harder.
capo the verse is played using A and F#.
e|--------------------------------| B|---------2------------2---------| G|------2-----2------2-----2------| D|---2-----------4------------2---| A|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|
This was a t[A]riumph[F#m] [A]
[F#m]Iā??m making [A]a note here[F#m]: huge su[A]ccess[F#m]
[Bm]Itā??s hard to ov[E]erstate my sat[A]isfac[F#m]tion[A]
[F#m]Aperture [A]Science[F#m] [A]
[F#m]We do what we [A]must be[F#m]cause we [A]can[F#m]
[Bm]For the good of [E]all of us
[Fm7]Except the ones who are dead
[C]But thereā??s no sens[G]e crying ove[F]r every m[C]istake
[C]You just keep on [G]trying till you [F]run out of [C]cake
Dm G C Am*
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
[F]For the people who are [E]still a[A]live[F#m] [A]
[F#m]Iā??m not eve[A]n angry[F#m] [A]
[F#m]Iā??m bein[A]g so s[F#m]incere righ[A]t now[F#m]
[Bm]Even though you [E]broke my heart and [A]killed me[F#m] [A]
[F#m]And tore me to [A]pieces[F#m] [A]
[F#m]And threw every [A]piece i[F#m]nto a [A]fire[F#m]
[Bm]As they burned it [E]hurt because
[Fm7]I was so happy for you
[C]Now these points of [G]data make a [F]beautiful [C]line
[C]And weā??re out o[G]f beta, weā??r[F]e releasing[C] on time
Dm G C Am*
So Iā??m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
[F]For the people who are [E]still a[A]live[F#m] [A]
[F#m]Go ahead and [A]leave me[F#m] [A]
[F#m]I think Iā??d p[A]refer t[F#m]o stay [A]inside[F#m]
[Bm]Maybe youā??ll fin[E]d someone else t[A]o help yo[F#m]u[A]
[F#m]Maybe Black [A]Mesa[F#m] [A]
[F#m]That was a [A]joke, ha [F#m]ha, fat [A]chance[F#m]
[Bm]Anyway this [E]cake is great
[Fm7]Itā??s so delicious and moist
[C]Look at me still [G]talking when thereā??[F]s science t[C]o do
[C]When I look out [G]there it makes me [F]glad Iā??m n[C]ot you
Dm G C Am*
Iā??ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
[F]On the people who are [E]still a[A]live[F#m] [A]
And bel[F#m]ieve me I [A]am still a[F#m]live[A]
Iā??m doin[F#m]g science an[A]d Iā??m sti[F#m]ll aliv[A]e
I feel [F#m]fantastic and [A]Iā??m still[F#m] alive[A]
And while youā??r[F#m]e dying Iā?[A]?ll be sti[F#m]ll aliv[A]e
And when youā??r[F#m]e dead I wil[A]l be still[F#m] alive[A]
[A]Still a[F#m]live
[A]Still a[F#m]live
Before each chord with an asterisk (*), it adds a good effect if you strum open once
the chord before the asterisk chord, which will be either a Dm or an Am depending on the version.
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