Story of My Life

(Cm7)Written in these walls are the stories that I can't (Eb)explain.

(Eb)I (Cm7)leave my heart open, but it stays right here empty for (Eb)days.

(Eb)She (Cm)told me in the mornin' she don't (Ab)feel the same about us in her (Eb)bones.

(Eb)Al (Cm7)Seems to me that when I die,

these (Ab)words will be written on my (Eb)stone.

(Eb)And I'll be (Ab)gone, (Bb)gone tonight.

The ground beneath my (Ab)feet is open wide,

the way that I've been holdin' on too tight with nothin' in (Bb)between.

(Bb)The (Eb)story of my life.

I take her home.

I (Ab)drive all night to keep her warm and time

is (Eb)frozen.

The story of my life.

I (Ebmaj7)give her hope.

I (Ab6)spend her love until she's broke (Cm7)inside.

(Ab)The story of my (Eb)life.

(Cm7)Written on these walls are the colors that I can't ex (Eb)change.

(Eb)I (Cm7)leave my heart open, but it stays right here emp in its (Eb)cage.

(Eb)I (Cm)know that in the mornin' now I (Ab)see a single light upon the (Eb)hill.

(Eb)Al (Cm7)though to I am bro I ken,

my (Ab)heart is untamed ten on still.

(Eb)stone.

(Eb)And I'll be (Ab)gone, (Bb)gone tonight.

The fire beneath my (Ab)feet is burnin' bright,

the way that I've been holdin' on so tight with nothin' in (Bb)between.

(Bb)The (Eb)story of my life.

I take her home.

I (Ab)drive all night to keep her warm and time

is (Eb)frozen.

The story of my life.

I (Ebmaj7)give her hope.

I (Ab6)spend her love until she's broke (Cm7)inside.

(Ab)The story of my (Eb)life.

(Eb)And I'll be (Fm7)waitin' for this time to come around,

but, baby, runnin' after you is like chasin' the (Bb)clouds.

The (Eb)story of my life.

I take her home.

I (Ab)drive all night to keep her warm.

And (Cm7)time is (Ab)frozen.

The The story of my life.