[C]                                                     [F] nWas - n't   it yes - ter - day,  I  was eight  years  old n        [C]                                  [F]                        [G] nI had a poc - et full of rocks that I knew were made of sol - id gold n           [Am]                      [G]         nThere were girls to be ha - ted  trees to be climbed, n[C]                           [F]                          [C                  Am7]  nforts to be built,  there was so much time; It's good to be alive good to be alive  n n[F        C]                                             [F] nThere's  no - thing in the world like be - ing fif - teen: n      [C]                                      [F             G] nYour poc - kets are empty,  but your head is full of dreams   n[Am]                         [G] nof girls to be loved,  of  plac - es to see n         [C]                         [F]                      [Dm7              G]  nit's the best and the worst, just my friends and me and we're anything we want to be  n         [C                    F          Bb]               nAnd it's good to be a - live   feel the wind in my face, n             [F]                      [C             F              Bb       F] nsee the blue in the sky;  It's days like this I re-al-lize  what a gift it is, n                      [C] nit's good to be a - live  n n[F       C]                            [F                   C]   nWell, I won - der what this day will see.   Will  I find my dreams  n          [F]                        [G            Am]    nor stare in the face of tra - ge - dy;  What - ever may come , n       [G              C]                           [F]     nwhat - ever may be of this I am sure,  I'm for - given and free; n                       [G]                                     [C] nAnd I will live like I be - lieve.   It's good to be a - live n n n n n