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Artist: Alex Clare
Song: The Story
From: Three Hearts Album
Tuning: Standard
Chords: Cm   D#   Bb  Fm  
Intro:
Cm   D#   Bb   Fm(x2)
Verse 1:
Take the Cmclouds a D#while jBbust to faFmll
Change it Cmback when D#I was lBbying on the flFmoor
Maybe Cmthat's a D#sacrifice cBballed foFmrth
Let it Cmgive up D#everything I've ever wBborked foFmr
Pre-Chorus:
You Cmthink D#I'm cBbrazyFm  
You Cmthink D#I'm cBbrazyFm  
Chorus:
But the Cmstory D#isn't oBbverFm  
No, Cmit's D#only jBbust beFmgun
You know Cmsometimes it's D#hard to uBbnderstand
The Fmroad we're on, the Bbroad we're oFmn
Verse 2:
Wore my Cmfingers D#down tBbo the boFmne
Gave you Cmeverything, D#my mind, mBby heart, my Fmsoul
If you Cmhad of D#seen the hBbeartache in my eyFmes
You Cmknow that D#I could nBbever coFmmpromise
Pre-Chorus:
You Cmthink D#I'm cBbrazyFm  
You Cmthink D#I'm cBbrazyFm  
But the Cmstory D#isn't oBbverFm  
No, Cmit's D#only jBbust beFmgun
You know Cmsometimes it's D#hard to uBbnderstand
The Fmroad we're on, the Bbroad we're oFmn
The Cmstory's D#just bBbeginningFm  
I can Cmfeel D#the rBbising suFmn
You know Cmsometimes it's D#hard to cBbomprehend
The Fmroad we're on, the Bbroad we're oFmn, yeah
Bridge:
When you're at your endCm  
And the road's still onD#  
You know a broken boneBb  
Grows back twice as strongFm  
Yeah, Cmgrows D#back tBbwice as stFmrong
Chorus:
You know Cmsometimes it's D#hard to uBbnderstand
The Fmroad we're on, the Bbroad we're oFmn
The CmstoryD#'s just Fmbeginning
I can Cmfeel D#the rBbising suFmn
You know Cmsometimes it's D#hard to uBbnderstand
The Fmroad we're on, the Bbroad we're oFmn
Outro:
Cm   D#   Bb   Fm(x2)
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