Help Im Alive - Metric
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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
Tunning: Nashville (E A D G B E)
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Artist: Metric
Song: Help I'm Alive
Tabbed by: Manthony
03.04.14


TUNING: (E A D G B E)


CHORD DIAGRAM

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G5 A# Fsus2 C

x x 17 19 20 x 6 8 8 7 6 6 x 8 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 9 8 8


D#sus2

x 6 8 8 6 6


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*this is played through the entire first verse
E||------||
B||--20--||
G||--19--||
D||--17--||
A||------||
E||------||


I tremble
They're gonna eat me alive
If I stumble
They're gonna eat me alive


E||-------------------3------------------------||
B||-------------------3------------------------||
G||-------------------3------------------------||
D||-------------------5------------------------||
A||-------------------5------------------------||
E||-------------------3------------------------||
Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer?
Beating like a hammer?



E||-----------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------||
D||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------||
Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer


E||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||--8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Hard to be soft Tough to be tender


E||-----------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------||
D||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------||
Come take my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train


E||---------------------------------3--||
B||---------------------------------3--||
G||---------------------------------3--||
D||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7--------5--||
A||---------------------------------5--||
E||---------------------------------3--||
Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer


..........................................................................



E||-6-6-6-6---8---8---8--8--8--8--8--6--||
B||-6-6-6-6---8---8---8--8--8--8--8--6--||
G||-7-7-7-7--10---9---9--9--9--9--9--8--||
D||-8-8-8-8--10--10--10-10-10-10-10--8--||
A||-8-8-8-8---8--10--10-10-10-10-10--6--||
E||-6-6-6-6-------8---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


E||-------------------3------------------------||
B||-------------------3------------------------||
G||-------------------3------------------------||
D||-------------------5------------------------||
A||-------------------5------------------------||
E||-------------------3------------------------||

And my heart still beats...
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer


............................................................................




E||-----------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------||
D||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------||
Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer


E||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||--8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
Hard to be soft Tough to be tender


E||-----------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------||
D||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------||
Come take my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train


E||---------------------------------3--||
B||---------------------------------3--||
G||---------------------------------3--||
D||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7--------5--||
A||---------------------------------5--||
E||---------------------------------3--||
Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer



..........................................................................



E||-6-6-6-6---8---8---8--8--8--8--8--6--||
B||-6-6-6-6---8---8---8--8--8--8--8--6--||
G||-7-7-7-7--10---9---9--9--9--9--9--8--||
D||-8-8-8-8--10--10--10-10-10-10-10--8--||
A||-8-8-8-8---8--10--10-10-10-10-10--6--||
E||-6-6-6-6-------8---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


E||-------------------3------------------------||
B||-------------------3------------------------||
G||-------------------3------------------------||
D||-------------------5------------------------||
A||-------------------5------------------------||
E||-------------------3------------------------||

And my heart still beats...
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer


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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

Song info
Help Im Alive
Metric
2001
  • Electronic
  • Rock
  • Alternative Rock
  • Electro
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