If You Knew My Story Chords by Carmen Cusack, Bright Star Original Broadway Company

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ If you knew my _ [C] story you'd have [G] a hard time _ [C] _ _
[G] Believing me you'd think I [D] was lying
[G] Joy and sorrow [C] _
_ never [G] last _ [C] _
I'll [G] die trying [D] not to live in the [G] past
If you knew [D] _
[Am] [G] my story, my heaven [D] _
If [G] _ _ _ you knew [D] _ [Am] [G] my story _ you'd have a [C] good story [D] to tell
[G] I left my clothes on [C] the cold [G] river rock My cares and my woes rolled up in [D] my socks
[G] I lay down [C] in that mountain [G]
stream [C] And the [G] icy water [D] rushed [G] over me
[D] If you knew [G] my story, [D] _ my heaven [G] If _ _ _ [D] you knew _ [G] my story you'd have a good [C] story to _ _ _ [Bm] tell
Tell me [B] I'm not, _ [C] _ _ _ _
tell _ _ _ [Bm] _ me [Am] I'm not [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] Many backs I've broken from lesser weight I know
I was born to carry more than [Em] I can [G] hold Even though I stumble, even though I fall
You'll never see me crumble, you'll never see me crawl [Am] If you knew my [G] _
story, to [D] the water _ [G] from my well
[D] If you _ knew [G] my story, you'd have a good [C] story to tell _ [Bm] _ _ Tell me [B] I'm _ [C] not, _ _ _ _ tell _ _ [Bm] _ me [Am] I'm [A] not
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[G] _ Many backs I've broken from lesser weight I know I was born to carry more than I can hold Even though I stumble, even though I fall
You'll never see me crumble, [D] you'll never _ see me _ _ [G] _ crawl
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