G C G
1) Well, you get up in the morning, shake the dew off 
of your mind,
C D
As the sun pours like honey through the ponderosa pine
C D G Em
You’re livin’ every moment as if you’ve 
just arrived,
C D G CG
Because you know what it means to be alive.
G C G
2) The crystal morning is broken with a cooin’ of 
a dove
C D
As you head on up the trail to the highlands up above
C D G Em
Where the colors of the rainbow, are the flowers at 
your feet,
C D G C G
And your heart sings a song with every beat.
C D G C D G
Chorus: All along the Great Divide, Yes, we can 
understand,
C D G C D G
What it means to be alive, All along the Great Divide.

3) You tramp across the ridgeline as the world spreads 
down below,
And you’re feeling like a king, just a-
hoardin’ o’er his gold,
You think that if you take another breath you’ll 
just explode
And you feel the choir a-singin’ in your soul.
(Repeat Chorus)
4) The hawk on the wing cries her warning from the sky,
Still you find yourself a-starrin’ into a 
grizzly’s lonesome eyes,
As she turns away in boredom, you’re frozen by her 
size,
And you know what it means to be alive.
(Repeat Chorus)
Key Change to A
A D A
5) The sun slowly sets into its crimson sea,
D E
And the darkness comes a-creepin’ like another 
life set free,
D E A F#m
The heavens light to greet you with another starry 
night
D E A DA
And the wonder of the great Northern Lights.
D E A D E A
Chorus: All along the Great Divide, Yes, we can 
understand,
D E A D E A
What it means to be alive, All along the Great Divide.