My Story chords by
B.reith
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Key: E major
Verse 1
Eb
Eb

Cm
Cm

Ab
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My story is a simple one to tell,
popped out my momma's tummy
26th of January winter
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Cm

up in Milwaukee
Adim
Adim

Twenty minutes later,
peein' on the doctor's shirt
Pops makin' jokes sayin',
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"Look, doc, it works"
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So they tell me anyways,
I can't remember anything before pre- K
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Adim
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It's all blurred to gether and each day
my memory fades like worn leather
But what I can recall is sweeter than warm
Bbsus4
Bbsus4

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Eb

weather with a cool breeze
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G

Saturdays were heaven,
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G
G

Cm
Cm

wake up watch cartoons from 7 straight to 11
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Adim

Then it's outside to play
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whatever sport was in season
My cousins they were older so
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that made me the weak one
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But it didn't stop me,
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Cm
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all we did was play we made up our own games
Rolled up socks and faked like
They were hand grenades makin'
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forts out of couches
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Mom would come home mad at how
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messed up the house was
I stayed out of trouble
most of the time
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But when I got out of line,
Pops would smack my behind
The wonder years are over now
somehow I'm fully grown
Still I fully know I didn't make
it this far on my own
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There is no way to count all
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of the mistakes I have made
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And I wouldn't be here today
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G
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if it wasn't for Your grace
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And you're still here with me,
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Cm

F
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You never gave up after all this time
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And I owe it all to You,
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You're the one that got me through
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You wro te my story
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Looking back on high school I see
how foolish that I really was
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I thought I was the coolest
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Adim

dude there ever was
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'Til I went off to college and learned nobody
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there even knew who I was
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It all taught me that I fall short
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Like junior year when they cut me even
though I left it all on the court
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Cm
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I had to learn how to fail and to fall
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Adim

So I could learn how to get up shake
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Bb

the dust off walk and stand tall
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Learn how to call on the one
who's been there through it all
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Bb

Cm
Cm

I remember when I got
the phone call
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Freshman year in Virginia,
my grandfather passed away
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Eight years after my grandmother
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Bbsus4

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guess he couldn't wait
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To see her on the other side
at the funeral I cried
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G

So hard I never knew I'd hurt
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that bad inside
But over time wounds heal
and all that's remembered
Is the love that we shared
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while together forever
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Bb

There is no way to count all
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Cm
Cm

of the mistakes I have made
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And I wouldn't be here today
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Eb

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G

if it wasn't for Your grace
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Bdim
Bdim

And you're still here with me,
Cm
Cm

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You never gave up after all this time
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Ab

And I owe it all to You,
Bbsus4
Bbsus4

You're the one that got me through
Bb
Bb

Bbm
Bbm

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Db

Ab
Ab

You wrote my story
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Eb

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Db

This is my story and
I wouldn't change a thing
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I was put here for a purpose
this was written by a King
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Was carefully designed,
hand- crafted and made
By the one who's never
made a mistake
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Db

Dbm
Dbm

I want to give all it takes from here on
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Ab
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out to make up for lost time
But what's done is done
and I can't press rewind
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All of my regrets are chasin'
me from behind
But the future's unwritten,
I'm racin' towards the finish line
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Db

Dbm
Dbm

So from here on out
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Db

Ab
Ab

everyday counts
I know Your grace meets me no
matter what the amount
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Eb

Despite that I'm hard- hearted,
You gave me a clean slate
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Cm

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Bb

And promised that You'd finish
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Eb

what you've started
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Db

And even though a four minute long song
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Ab

can barely scratch the surface
It's sure enough to show
I'm far from perfect
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So thank You for the past,
help me live in the present
To prepare me for the
future 'til my story ends

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