Intro
C#
All that we got to be thankful for
A#m
All that we got to be thankful for
F# G# A#m
In the heat, try to love these streets
(VERSE 1)
C#
In this town, it all went down
F#
our chromosomes in sepia tones
A#m G# F#
in my mind, in my mind
C#
Where you lead your lives before
F#
From our small island brought right back
A#m G# F#
To these shores, to these shores, to these shores
(CHORUS)
A#m C#
It's alive, It's alive when
F# G#
I see it through your eyes
A#m C#
It's alive, It's alive
F# G#
Now I understand your lives
F#
Will you take me there
C# A#m
You show me the city
G#
I see it through your eyes
F#
Will you take me there
C# A#m
We drive through the city
G#
beneath the Durban Skies
A#m
Oh oh oh..
A#m
Oh oh oh..
C#
All that we got to be thankful for
(VERSE 2)
C#
On the day you made your vows
F# G#
The heavens opened, rain poured down
A#m G# F#
It poured down, down, down, down
C#
Grey and brown, the seventies
F# G#
The suits you wore, and the ones you love
A#m G# F#
Were so young, were so young, oh, you were so young
(CHORUS)
A#m C#
It's alive, It's alive when
F# G#
I see it through your eyes
A#m C#
It's alive, It's alive
F# G#
Now I understand your lives
F#
Will you take me there
C# A#m
You show me the city
G#
I see it through your eyes
F#
Will you take me there
C# A#m
We drive through the city
G#
beneath the Durban Skies
A#m
Oh oh oh..
C#
All that we got to be thankful for
A#m
Oh, all that we got to be thankful for
C#
All we got to be thankful for
(CHORUS)
A#m C#
It's alive, It's alive when
F# G#
I see it through your eyes
A#m C#
It's alive, It's alive
F# G#
Now I understand your lives
F#
Will you take me there
C# A#m
You show me the city
G#
I see it through your eyes
F#
Will you take me there
C# A#m
We drive through the city
G#
beneath the Durban Skies
F# C#
Will you take me there
A#m C#
It's alive, It's alive
F# C#
Will you take me there
A#m G#
It's alive, It's alive