Biography:
Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures.
Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast
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Other songs:
- A Talk With George
- Alone At Home
- Artificial Heart
- Baby Got Back (acoustic Version)
- Baby Got Back Acoustic
- Betty And Me
- Big Bad World One
- Chiron Beta Prime
- Code Monkey
- Dissolve
- Down Today
- Drinking With You
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- First Of May
- Glasses
- Good Morning Tuscon
- I Crush Everything
- I'm Your Moon
- Ikea
- Mr. Fancy Pants
- My Monkey
- Nemeses
- Not About You
- One Christmas At A Time
- Portal - Still Alive - Valve (full)
- Re: Your Brains
- Shopvac
- Skullcrusher Mountain
- Soft Rocked By Me
- Still Alive
- Still Alive- Artificial Heart Version
- The Future Soon
- Tom Cruise Crazy
- When You Go
- You Ruined Everything
- Want You Gone
- A Laptop Like You
- All This Time
- Always The Moon
- Baby Got Back
- Ball And Chain
- Better
- Blue Sunny
- Blue Sunny Day
- Bozos Lament
- Brave
- Brookline
- Cave
- Christmas Is Interesting
- Creepy Doll
- Curl
- Dance Soterios Johnson Dance
- De
- Dont Talk To Strangers
- Flickr
- Fraud
- Furry Old Lobster
- Gamblers Prayer
- Good Morning Tucson
- I Feel Fantastic
- I Hate California
- I Will
- If The Earth Were A Sandwich
- Im Having A Party
- Im Your Moon
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Love Aint No Billy Goat
- Madelaine
- Mandelbrot Set
- Millionaire Girlfriend
- Mr Fancy Pants
- My Beige Bear
- Nemesese
- Nobody Loves You Like Me
- Nobodys Above The Law
- Now I Am An Arsonist
- Octopus
- Ordinary Man
- Over There
- Overhead
- Pizza Day
- Podsafe Christmas Song
- Popsci Podcast On The Moon
- Previously On Braindead
- Re Your Brains
- Red Shirt
- Screwed
- Shop Vac
- So Far So Good
- Solid State
- Someone Is Crazy
- Space Doggity
- Square Things
- Sticking It To Myself
- Sucker Punch
- The Big Boom
- The Presidents
- The Presidents Song
- The Princess Who Saved Herself
- The Town Crotch
- The World Belongs To You
- There You Are
- Today With Your Wife
- Todd The T1000
- Under The Pines
- You Could Be Her
- You Wouldnt Know
- Your Tattoo
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Still Alive (Acoustic Version- Jonathan Coulton
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Tabbed by:RoboGeek123
Email:[email protected]
So this is the 2nd version of the original I posted, I fixed some things and
changed stuff. This is the real version that Jonathan sings in the key of A.
Enjoy!
This is what he plays at the line before the chorus.
Csus? 0 0 3 2 1 0 (Let Ring)
Intro
e|--------------------------------|
B|---------2------------2---------|
G|------2-----2------2-----2------|
D|---2-----------4------------2---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
A F#m A
This was a triumph
F#m A F#m A F#m
I’m making a note here: huge success
Bm E A F#m A
It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction
F#m A F#m A
Aperture Science
F#m A F#m A F#m
We do what we must because we can
Bm E
For the good of all of us
Csus? ~~~~~~~ (Let Ring)
Except the ones who are dead
C G F C
But there’s no sense crying over every mistake
C G F C
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
Dm G C Am*
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
F E A F#m A
For the people who are still alive
F#m A F#m A
I’m not even angry
F#m A F#m A F#m
I’m being so sincere right now
Bm E A F#m A
Even though you broke my heart and killed me
F#m A F#m A
And tore me to pieces
F#m A F#m A F#m
And threw every piece into a fire
Bm E
As they burned it hurt because
Csus? ~~~~~~ (Let Ring)
I was so happy for you
C G F C
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
C G F C
And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time
Dm G C Am*
So I’m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
F E A F#m A
For the people who are still alive
F#m A F#m A
Go ahead and leave me
F#m A F#m A F#m
I think I’d prefer to stay inside
Bm E A F#m A
Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you
F#m A F#m A
Maybe Black Mesa
F#m A F#m A F#m
That was a joke, ha ha, fat chance
Bm E
Anyway this cake is great
Csus? ~~~~~~ (Let Ring)
It’s so delicious and moist
C G F C
Look at me still talking when there’s science to do
C G F C
When I look out there it makes me glad I’m not you
Dm G C Am*
I’ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
F E A F#m A
On the people who are still alive
F#m A F#m A
And believe me I am still alive
F#m A F#m A
I’m doing science and I’m still alive
F#m A F#m A
I feel fantastic and I’m still alive
F#m A F#m A
And while you’re dying I’ll be still alive
F#m A F#m A
And when you’re dead I will be still alive
A F#m
Still alive
A F#m
Still alive
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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Still Alive (Acoustic Version- Jonathan Coulton
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by:RoboGeek123
Email:[email protected]
So this is the 2nd version of the original I posted, I fixed some things and
changed stuff. This is the real version that Jonathan sings in the key of A.
Enjoy!
This is what he plays at the line before the chorus.
Csus? 0 0 3 2 1 0 (Let Ring)
Intro
e|--------------------------------|
B|---------2------------2---------|
G|------2-----2------2-----2------|
D|---2-----------4------------2---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
A F#m A
This was a triumph
F#m A F#m A F#m
I’m making a note here: huge success
Bm E A F#m A
It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction
F#m A F#m A
Aperture Science
F#m A F#m A F#m
We do what we must because we can
Bm E
For the good of all of us
Csus? ~~~~~~~ (Let Ring)
Except the ones who are dead
C G F C
But there’s no sense crying over every mistake
C G F C
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
Dm G C Am*
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
F E A F#m A
For the people who are still alive
F#m A F#m A
I’m not even angry
F#m A F#m A F#m
I’m being so sincere right now
Bm E A F#m A
Even though you broke my heart and killed me
F#m A F#m A
And tore me to pieces
F#m A F#m A F#m
And threw every piece into a fire
Bm E
As they burned it hurt because
Csus? ~~~~~~ (Let Ring)
I was so happy for you
C G F C
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
C G F C
And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time
Dm G C Am*
So I’m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
F E A F#m A
For the people who are still alive
F#m A F#m A
Go ahead and leave me
F#m A F#m A F#m
I think I’d prefer to stay inside
Bm E A F#m A
Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you
F#m A F#m A
Maybe Black Mesa
F#m A F#m A F#m
That was a joke, ha ha, fat chance
Bm E
Anyway this cake is great
Csus? ~~~~~~ (Let Ring)
It’s so delicious and moist
C G F C
Look at me still talking when there’s science to do
C G F C
When I look out there it makes me glad I’m not you
Dm G C Am*
I’ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
F E A F#m A
On the people who are still alive
F#m A F#m A
And believe me I am still alive
F#m A F#m A
I’m doing science and I’m still alive
F#m A F#m A
I feel fantastic and I’m still alive
F#m A F#m A
And while you’re dying I’ll be still alive
F#m A F#m A
And when you’re dead I will be still alive
A F#m
Still alive
A F#m
Still alive
************************************
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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