Chords for My Story (With Lyrics) - B. Reith
Tempo:
92.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
C#m
F#
A
A#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m] [E] My story is a simple one to tell.
Popped out my mama's tummy 26th of January.
Went to Upper
[A#] Milwaukee 20 minutes later peeing on a doctor's shirt.
Pops making jokes saying,
[E] look doc it works, so they tell me anyway.
I can't remember anything before pre-K.
It's all blurred [A#] together and each day my memory fades like worn leather.
But what
I can recall is sweeter than warm [E] weather with the cool breeze.
Saturdays were [Cm] heaven.
Wake up, watch cartoons [C#m] from 7 straight to 11.
[F#] Then it's outside to play whatever sport
wasn't seasoned.
My cousins, they were [E] older so that made me the weak one but it didn't
stop me.
All we did was [C] play.
We met up for old [G#] games, rolled up socks and picked like
they were [F#] hand grenades.
Making for it side of [F#] couch as mama come home.
[E] No matter how
messed up the house was, I stayed out of trouble most of the time.
But when I got out of line,
pops would [C#m] smack my behind.
The wonder is I over now.
Somehow I'm fully grown.
Still
I fully know I didn't make it this far on my own.
There is no way.
[E] Found all the mistakes
[C#m] I had made.
[A] And I wouldn't be here [E] today if it wasn't [G#] for your grace.
[A] And you're still
here with me.
You [C#m] never gave up [F#] after all this [E] time and I owe it all to you.
[B] You're
the one that got me through.
You wrote my story.
Looking back on high school, I see
how foolish that I really was.
I thought I was the [A#] coolest kid there ever was.
Till [C#m] I
went off to college and learned nobody there even [E] knew who I was.
It all taught me that
I'd fall short.
My junior year when they cut me even though I left it all in the [A#] court.
I had to learn how to fail in the fall so I could learn how to get up, shake the dust
off so [E] I could stand tall.
Learn how to call the one who's been there through it [G#] all.
I
remember when I got the phone call freshman [F#] year in Virginia.
My grandfather passed away
eight years after my grandmother.
Guess he couldn't [E] wait to see her on the other side.
At the funeral I [G#] cried so hard I never knew I'd hurt that bad [F#] inside.
But over time wounds
heal and all that's remembered is the love that we [C#] shared while together [A] forever.
There
is no way to [E] count all the mistakes [C#m] I have made and I wouldn't be here [E] today if it wasn't
for your grace [C#m] and your still [Cm] here with me.
You [C#m] never gave up [F#] after all this [E] time and
I owe it all to you.
You're [Bm] the one that got me through.
You wrote my story.
[F#] [A]
[E]
[D] This is [E] my
story and I wouldn't change [A] a thing.
I was put here for a purpose.
This was written by
[E] a king.
It was carefully designed, handcrafted and made by the one who's never made a mistake.
I want [D] to give all it takes from here [E] on out to make up for lost [A] time but what's done is
done and I can't press [E] rewind.
[B] All of my regrets are chasing me from behind but the future's
unwritten.
[E] I'm racing towards the [D] finish line so from here [E] on out, every day [A] counts.
I know
your grace meets me no matter what the [E] amount.
[B] Despite that I'm hard hearted, you gave me
a [C#m] clean slate and promised that [E] you'd finish what you started and even though a four minute
long song barely [A] scratched the surface, it's sure enough to show I'm far from perfect.
[E] So
thank you for the past, help me live in the present, and prepare me for [B] the future till
my story ends.
Popped out my mama's tummy 26th of January.
Went to Upper
[A#] Milwaukee 20 minutes later peeing on a doctor's shirt.
Pops making jokes saying,
[E] look doc it works, so they tell me anyway.
I can't remember anything before pre-K.
It's all blurred [A#] together and each day my memory fades like worn leather.
But what
I can recall is sweeter than warm [E] weather with the cool breeze.
Saturdays were [Cm] heaven.
Wake up, watch cartoons [C#m] from 7 straight to 11.
[F#] Then it's outside to play whatever sport
wasn't seasoned.
My cousins, they were [E] older so that made me the weak one but it didn't
stop me.
All we did was [C] play.
We met up for old [G#] games, rolled up socks and picked like
they were [F#] hand grenades.
Making for it side of [F#] couch as mama come home.
[E] No matter how
messed up the house was, I stayed out of trouble most of the time.
But when I got out of line,
pops would [C#m] smack my behind.
The wonder is I over now.
Somehow I'm fully grown.
Still
I fully know I didn't make it this far on my own.
There is no way.
[E] Found all the mistakes
[C#m] I had made.
[A] And I wouldn't be here [E] today if it wasn't [G#] for your grace.
[A] And you're still
here with me.
You [C#m] never gave up [F#] after all this [E] time and I owe it all to you.
[B] You're
the one that got me through.
You wrote my story.
Looking back on high school, I see
how foolish that I really was.
I thought I was the [A#] coolest kid there ever was.
Till [C#m] I
went off to college and learned nobody there even [E] knew who I was.
It all taught me that
I'd fall short.
My junior year when they cut me even though I left it all in the [A#] court.
I had to learn how to fail in the fall so I could learn how to get up, shake the dust
off so [E] I could stand tall.
Learn how to call the one who's been there through it [G#] all.
I
remember when I got the phone call freshman [F#] year in Virginia.
My grandfather passed away
eight years after my grandmother.
Guess he couldn't [E] wait to see her on the other side.
At the funeral I [G#] cried so hard I never knew I'd hurt that bad [F#] inside.
But over time wounds
heal and all that's remembered is the love that we [C#] shared while together [A] forever.
There
is no way to [E] count all the mistakes [C#m] I have made and I wouldn't be here [E] today if it wasn't
for your grace [C#m] and your still [Cm] here with me.
You [C#m] never gave up [F#] after all this [E] time and
I owe it all to you.
You're [Bm] the one that got me through.
You wrote my story.
[F#] [A]
[E]
[D] This is [E] my
story and I wouldn't change [A] a thing.
I was put here for a purpose.
This was written by
[E] a king.
It was carefully designed, handcrafted and made by the one who's never made a mistake.
I want [D] to give all it takes from here [E] on out to make up for lost [A] time but what's done is
done and I can't press [E] rewind.
[B] All of my regrets are chasing me from behind but the future's
unwritten.
[E] I'm racing towards the [D] finish line so from here [E] on out, every day [A] counts.
I know
your grace meets me no matter what the [E] amount.
[B] Despite that I'm hard hearted, you gave me
a [C#m] clean slate and promised that [E] you'd finish what you started and even though a four minute
long song barely [A] scratched the surface, it's sure enough to show I'm far from perfect.
[E] So
thank you for the past, help me live in the present, and prepare me for [B] the future till
my story ends.
Key:
E
C#m
F#
A
A#
E
C#m
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] My story is a simple one to tell.
Popped out my mama's tummy 26th of January.
Went to Upper
[A#] Milwaukee 20 minutes later peeing on a doctor's shirt.
Pops making jokes saying,
[E] look doc it works, so they tell me anyway.
I can't remember anything before pre-K.
It's all blurred [A#] together and each day my memory fades like worn leather.
But what
I can recall is sweeter than warm [E] weather with the cool breeze.
Saturdays were [Cm] heaven.
Wake up, watch cartoons [C#m] from 7 straight to 11.
[F#] Then it's outside to play whatever sport
wasn't seasoned.
My cousins, they were [E] older so that made me the weak one but it didn't
stop me.
All we did was [C] play.
We met up for old [G#] games, rolled up socks and picked like
they were [F#] hand grenades.
Making for it side of [F#] couch as mama come home.
[E] No matter how
messed up the house was, I stayed out of trouble most of the time.
But when I got out of line,
pops would [C#m] smack my behind.
The wonder is I over now.
Somehow I'm fully grown.
Still
I fully know I didn't make it this far on my own.
There is no way.
[E] Found all the mistakes
[C#m] I had made.
[A] And I wouldn't be here [E] today if it wasn't [G#] for your grace.
[A] And you're still
here with me.
You [C#m] never gave up [F#] after all this [E] time and I owe it all to you.
[B] You're
the one that got me through.
You wrote my story.
Looking back on high school, I see
how foolish that I really was.
I thought I was the [A#] coolest kid there ever was.
Till [C#m] I
went off to college and learned nobody there even [E] knew who I was.
It all taught me that
I'd fall short.
My junior year when they cut me even though I left it all in the [A#] court.
I had to learn how to fail in the fall so I could learn how to get up, shake the dust
off so [E] I could stand tall.
Learn how to call the one who's been there through it [G#] all.
I
remember when I got the phone call freshman [F#] year in Virginia.
My grandfather passed away
eight years after my grandmother.
Guess he couldn't [E] wait to see her on the other side.
At the funeral I [G#] cried so hard I never knew I'd hurt that bad [F#] inside.
But over time wounds
heal and all that's remembered is the love that we [C#] shared while together [A] forever.
There
is no way to [E] count all the mistakes [C#m] I have made and I wouldn't be here [E] today if it wasn't
for your grace [C#m] and your still [Cm] here with me.
You [C#m] never gave up [F#] after all this [E] time and
I owe it all to you.
You're [Bm] the one that got me through.
You wrote my story.
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] This is [E] my
story and I wouldn't change [A] a thing.
I was put here for a purpose.
This was written by
[E] a king.
It was carefully designed, handcrafted and made by the one who's never made a mistake.
I want [D] to give all it takes from here [E] on out to make up for lost [A] time but what's done is
done and I can't press [E] rewind.
[B] All of my regrets are chasing me from behind but the future's
unwritten.
[E] I'm racing towards the [D] finish line so from here [E] on out, every day [A] counts.
I know
your grace meets me no matter what the [E] amount.
[B] Despite that I'm hard hearted, you gave me
a [C#m] clean slate and promised that [E] you'd finish what you started and even though a four minute
long song barely [A] scratched the surface, it's sure enough to show I'm far from perfect.
[E] So
thank you for the past, help me live in the present, and prepare me for [B] the future till
my story ends.
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] My story is a simple one to tell.
Popped out my mama's tummy 26th of January.
Went to Upper
[A#] Milwaukee 20 minutes later peeing on a doctor's shirt.
Pops making jokes saying,
[E] look doc it works, so they tell me anyway.
I can't remember anything before pre-K.
It's all blurred [A#] together and each day my memory fades like worn leather.
But what
I can recall is sweeter than warm [E] weather with the cool breeze.
Saturdays were [Cm] heaven.
Wake up, watch cartoons [C#m] from 7 straight to 11.
[F#] Then it's outside to play whatever sport
wasn't seasoned.
My cousins, they were [E] older so that made me the weak one but it didn't
stop me.
All we did was [C] play.
We met up for old [G#] games, rolled up socks and picked like
they were [F#] hand grenades.
Making for it side of [F#] couch as mama come home.
[E] No matter how
messed up the house was, I stayed out of trouble most of the time.
But when I got out of line,
pops would [C#m] smack my behind.
The wonder is I over now.
Somehow I'm fully grown.
Still
I fully know I didn't make it this far on my own.
There is no way.
[E] Found all the mistakes
[C#m] I had made.
[A] And I wouldn't be here [E] today if it wasn't [G#] for your grace.
[A] And you're still
here with me.
You [C#m] never gave up [F#] after all this [E] time and I owe it all to you.
[B] You're
the one that got me through.
You wrote my story.
Looking back on high school, I see
how foolish that I really was.
I thought I was the [A#] coolest kid there ever was.
Till [C#m] I
went off to college and learned nobody there even [E] knew who I was.
It all taught me that
I'd fall short.
My junior year when they cut me even though I left it all in the [A#] court.
I had to learn how to fail in the fall so I could learn how to get up, shake the dust
off so [E] I could stand tall.
Learn how to call the one who's been there through it [G#] all.
I
remember when I got the phone call freshman [F#] year in Virginia.
My grandfather passed away
eight years after my grandmother.
Guess he couldn't [E] wait to see her on the other side.
At the funeral I [G#] cried so hard I never knew I'd hurt that bad [F#] inside.
But over time wounds
heal and all that's remembered is the love that we [C#] shared while together [A] forever.
There
is no way to [E] count all the mistakes [C#m] I have made and I wouldn't be here [E] today if it wasn't
for your grace [C#m] and your still [Cm] here with me.
You [C#m] never gave up [F#] after all this [E] time and
I owe it all to you.
You're [Bm] the one that got me through.
You wrote my story.
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] This is [E] my
story and I wouldn't change [A] a thing.
I was put here for a purpose.
This was written by
[E] a king.
It was carefully designed, handcrafted and made by the one who's never made a mistake.
I want [D] to give all it takes from here [E] on out to make up for lost [A] time but what's done is
done and I can't press [E] rewind.
[B] All of my regrets are chasing me from behind but the future's
unwritten.
[E] I'm racing towards the [D] finish line so from here [E] on out, every day [A] counts.
I know
your grace meets me no matter what the [E] amount.
[B] Despite that I'm hard hearted, you gave me
a [C#m] clean slate and promised that [E] you'd finish what you started and even though a four minute
long song barely [A] scratched the surface, it's sure enough to show I'm far from perfect.
[E] So
thank you for the past, help me live in the present, and prepare me for [B] the future till
my story ends.