Biography:
Patrick Hernandez didn't have one of the biggest, most iconic one-hit-wonder disco smashes, but he did have one of the best. 1979's hypnotic, gold-selling "Born to Be Alive" reached number 16 on the Top 40 pop chart, yet it's not often cited as one of the genre's definitive songs. It doesn't show up on many disco compilations either, with 1993's Double Knit Dance Hits being an exception. The song is, of course, the centerpiece of its parent album, Born to Be Alive.
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Born To Be Alive: Patrick Hernandez.
Earned 52 Gold & Platinum records. #1 around the
world in 1979.
INTRO/CHORUS:
A
D C G D C G
We were born to be a..live...We were born to be a..live.
Bm C D
Born, born to be alive (Born to be alive.)
Bm A G D
You see, we're born, born, born..(born to be alive.)
#1.
D G
People ask me why I never find a place to stop
D C G
and settle down, down, down.
G D G
But I never wanted all those things people need to justify
D
their lives, lives, lives.
CHORUS:
Bm C D
You see, we're born, born..born to be alive.
(Born to be alive.)
Bm A G
You see, we're born, born, born...
Bm G
It's good to be alive, to be alive, to Be alive.
Bm G
It's good to be alive, to be alive, to Be alive.
Bm D
It's good to be alive.
#2.
D G
Time was on my side when I was running down the street..
D C G
it was no bind, bind, bind.
D G
A suitcase and an old guitar, is all I need to occupy
D
my mind, mind, mind.
Bm C D
You see we're born, born..born to be alive.
(Born to be alive.)
Bm A G
You see we're born, born, born..
Bm C D
You see, we're born, born..born to be alive.
(Born to be alive.)
Bm A G
You see we're born, born, born..
Bm C D
You see we're born, born..born to be alive.
(Born to be alive.)
Bm A G D
You see, we're born, born, born..born to be alive.
Bm C D
Born, born, to be alive.
(Born to be alive.)
Bm A G D
You see, we're born, born, born..born to be alive.
Bm C D
Born, born, to be alive...(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
Earned 52 Gold & Platinum records. #1 around the
world in 1979.
INTRO/CHORUS:
A
D C G D C G
We were born to be a..live...We were born to be a..live.
Bm C D
Born, born to be alive (Born to be alive.)
Bm A G D
You see, we're born, born, born..(born to be alive.)
#1.
D G
People ask me why I never find a place to stop
D C G
and settle down, down, down.
G D G
But I never wanted all those things people need to justify
D
their lives, lives, lives.
CHORUS:
Bm C D
You see, we're born, born..born to be alive.
(Born to be alive.)
Bm A G
You see, we're born, born, born...
Bm G
It's good to be alive, to be alive, to Be alive.
Bm G
It's good to be alive, to be alive, to Be alive.
Bm D
It's good to be alive.
#2.
D G
Time was on my side when I was running down the street..
D C G
it was no bind, bind, bind.
D G
A suitcase and an old guitar, is all I need to occupy
D
my mind, mind, mind.
Bm C D
You see we're born, born..born to be alive.
(Born to be alive.)
Bm A G
You see we're born, born, born..
Bm C D
You see, we're born, born..born to be alive.
(Born to be alive.)
Bm A G
You see we're born, born, born..
Bm C D
You see we're born, born..born to be alive.
(Born to be alive.)
Bm A G D
You see, we're born, born, born..born to be alive.
Bm C D
Born, born, to be alive.
(Born to be alive.)
Bm A G D
You see, we're born, born, born..born to be alive.
Bm C D
Born, born, to be alive...(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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