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The Book Of My Life

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Great stuff here by a true master, Sting is truly the best.
Standard tuning (sorry about the mystery notes as I am not sure what they are called.)
 Music and lyrics by Sting.  
 The Book of my life.
Let me F#mwatch by the fire and remember my days
And it Emay be a trick of the firelight 
But the [B?/D#]flickering pages that trouble my sight
Is a Dbook I'm afraid to write
It's the F#mbook of my days, it's the book of my life
And it's Ecut like a fruit on the blade of a knife
And it's[B?/D#] all there to see as the section reveals
There's Dsome sorrow in every life
If it reAads like a puzzle, a waBmndering maze
Then I F#mwon't understand 'til the Dendim7d of my days
I'm still Dforced to remember, 
RemBmember the words of my life [F?]
(sorry that's it for now more to come)
There are promises broken and promises kept
Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept
There's a chapter of secrets, and words to confess
If I lose everything that I possess
there's a chapter on loss and a ghost who won't die
There's a chapter on love where the ink's never dry
There are sentences served in a prison I built out of lies.
Though the pages are numbered 
I can't see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life
There's a chapter on fathers a chapter on sons
There are pages of conflicts that nobody won
And the battles you lost and your bitter defeat,
There's a page where we fail to meet
There are tales of good fortune that couldn't be planned
There's a chapter on god that I don't understand
There's a promise of Heaven and Hell but I'm damned if I see
Though the pages are numbered 
I can't see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life
Now the daylight's returning
And if one sentence is true
All these pages are burning 
And all that's left is you
Though the pages are numbered 
I can't see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life
Definitions
     F#m244222
       E012200
B?/D#   001202
       DXX0232
       A002220
      Bm224432
Ddim7 xx1212
F?      2xxxxx (let ring)

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The Book Of My Life

by Sting

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F#m

Great stuff here by a true master, Sting is truly the best.

Standard tuning (sorry about the mystery notes as I am not sure what they are called.)

Music and lyrics by Sting.

The Book of my life.

F#m

Let me watch by the fire and remember my days

And it may be a trick of the firelight

But the [B?/D#]flickering pages that trouble my sight

Is a book I'm afraid to write

F#m

It's the book of my days, it's the book of my life

And it's cut like a fruit on the blade of a knife

And it's[B?/D#] all there to see as the section reveals

There's some sorrow in every life

A Bm

If it reads like a puzzle, a wandering maze

F#m D dim7

Then I won't understand 'til the end of my days

I'm still forced to remember,

Remember the words of my life [F?]

(sorry that's it for now more to come)

There are promises broken and promises kept

Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept

There's a chapter of secrets, and words to confess

If I lose everything that I possess

there's a chapter on loss and a ghost who won't die

There's a chapter on love where the ink's never dry

There are sentences served in a prison I built out of lies.

Though the pages are numbered

I can't see where they lead

For the end is a mystery no-one can read

In the book of my life

There's a chapter on fathers a chapter on sons

There are pages of conflicts that nobody won

And the battles you lost and your bitter defeat,

There's a page where we fail to meet

There are tales of good fortune that couldn't be planned

There's a chapter on god that I don't understand

There's a promise of Heaven and Hell but I'm damned if I see

Though the pages are numbered

I can't see where they lead

For the end is a mystery no-one can read

In the book of my life

Now the daylight's returning

And if one sentence is true

All these pages are burning

And all that's left is you

Though the pages are numbered

I can't see where they lead

For the end is a mystery no-one can read

In the book of my life

Definitions

F#m

244222

012200

B?/D# 001202

XX0232

002220

224432

Ddim7 xx1212

? 2xxxxx (let ring)

About The Book Of My Life Chords by Sting

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The chords for "The Book Of My Life" show the original chord names (including F#m, E, B, D, A, Bm). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.