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          This is the Story – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Calvin Arnold, Geoff Morrow, David Martin
From: "From Memphis to Vegas – From Vegas to Memphis (Back in Memphis)" (1969)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[LINK]
 [  A]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  
e|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------0---1---|
G|-----------------------|--------1---2-----------|
D|----------------0---1--|2---4-------------------|
A|0---2---3---4----------|------------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Faug      1-x-3-2-2-1
A/E       0-x-2-2-2-0
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[Intro]
|  A| % | % | % |
[Verse]
 AI play the song, Eit was our own
 FYour photograph's by my Cside
 AI know I can't forDget you
 BSo I don't even Etry
[Verse]
 AThe note you left Eis in my hand
 FI read again what you Csay
 AYou're sorry but you Dlove him
 BAnd you've both gone aEway
[Chorus
This is the Astory of a Dman
Whose C#world has fallen aF#mpart
FaugAnd it's the A/Estory
                 E|    A|  %  |
That is breaking my heart
                  (break)
[Verse]
 AAn open fire, our favorite Echair
 FI get a book from the Cshelf
 ABut the words I am Dreading
 BCould apply to myEself
[Chorus
This is the Astory of a Dman
Whose C#world is falling aF#mpart
FaugAnd it's the A/Estory
                 E|    A|  %  |
That is breaking my heart
                  (LINK)
[Outro]
                    A/E            E|    A|  %  |
It's the story that is breaking my heart
                                  (LINK)
                         A/E            E|    A|  %  |
Yes, it's the story that is breaking my heart
                                       (LINK)
(repeat and fade)

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This Is The Story

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This is the Story – Elvis Presley

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Written by: Calvin Arnold, Geoff Morrow, David Martin

From: "From Memphis to Vegas – From Vegas to Memphis (Back in Memphis)" (1969)

Tabbed by: maguri

Tuning: Standard

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[LINK]

[ ]

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +

e|-----------------------|------------------------|

B|-----------------------|----------------0---1---|

G|-----------------------|--------1---2-----------|

D|----------------0---1--|2---4-------------------|

A|0---2---3---4----------|------------------------|

E|-----------------------|------------------------|

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e

Faug 1-x-3-2-2-1

A/E 0-x-2-2-2-0

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Intro]

| | % | % | % |

[Verse]

A E

I play the song, it was our own

F C

Your photograph's by my side

A D

I know I can't forget you

B E

So I don't even try

[Verse]

A E

The note you left is in my hand

F C

I read again what you say

A D

You're sorry but you love him

B E

And you've both gone away

[Chorus

A D

This is the story of a man

C# F#m

Whose world has fallen apart

Faug A/E

And it's the story

E A

| | % |

That is breaking my heart

(break)

[Verse]

A E

An open fire, our favorite chair

F C

I get a book from the shelf

A D

But the words I am reading

B E

Could apply to myself

[Chorus

A D

This is the story of a man

C# F#m

Whose world is falling apart

Faug A/E

And it's the story

E A

| | % |

That is breaking my heart

(LINK)

[Outro]

A/E E A

| | % |

It's the story that is breaking my heart

(LINK)

A/E E A

| | % |

Yes, it's the story that is breaking my heart

(LINK)

(repeat and fade)

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