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

Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

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

up in Milwaukee
Edim
Edim

Twenty minutes later,
peein' on the doctor's shirt
Pops makin' jokes sayin',
F
F

"Look, doc, it works"
Bb
Bb

So they tell me anyways,
I can't remember anything before pre- K
Gm
Gm

Edim
Edim

It's all blurred to gether and each day
my memory fades like worn leather
But what I can recall is sweeter than warm
Fsus4
Fsus4

Bb
Bb

weather with a cool breeze
D
D

Saturdays were heaven,
Gbdim
Gbdim

D
D

Gm
Gm

wake up watch cartoons from 7 straight to 11
Edim
Edim

Then it's outside to play
C
C

whatever sport was in season
My cousins they were older so
Gm
Gm

Fsus4
Fsus4

that made me the weak one
Bb
Bb

But it didn't stop me,
Eb
Eb

Gbdim
Gbdim

Gm
Gm

all we did was play we made up our own games
Rolled up socks and faked like
They were hand grenades makin'
Bb
Bb

C
C

forts out of couches
Cm
Cm

F
F

Mom would come home mad at how
Eb
Eb

messed up the house was
I stayed out of trouble
most of the time
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

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
F
F

There is no way to count all
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

of the mistakes I have made
Eb
Eb

F
F

And I wouldn't be here today
Bb
Bb

D
D

if it wasn't for Your grace
Eb
Eb

Gbdim
Gbdim

And you're still here with me,
Gm
Gm

C
C

You never gave up after all this time
Eb
Eb

And I owe it all to You,
Fsus4
Fsus4

You're the one that got me through
F
F

You wrote my story
Bb
Bb

Looking back on high school I see
how foolish that I really was
Gm
Gm

I thought I was the coolest
Edim
Edim

dude there ever was
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

'Til I went off to college and learned nobody
Edim
Edim

Gm
Gm

there even knew who I was
Fsus4
Fsus4

Bb
Bb

It all taught me that I fall short
Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Like junior year when they cut me even
though I left it all on the court
Eb
Eb

Gm
Gm

I had to learn how to fail and to fall
Edim
Edim

So I could learn how to get up shake
F
F

the dust off walk and stand tall
Bb
Bb

Learn how to call on the one
who's been there through it all
F
F

Gm
Gm

I remember when I got
the phone call
C
C

Freshman year in Virginia,
my grandfather passed away
Cm
Cm

Eight years after my grandmother
Fsus4
Fsus4

F
F

guess he couldn't wait
Bb
Bb

To see her on the other side
at the funeral I cried
D
D

So hard I never knew I'd hurt
C
C

that bad inside
But over time wounds heal
and all that's remembered
Is the love that we shared
Eb
Eb

F
F

while together forever
Eb
Eb

F
F

There is no way to count all
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

of the mistakes I have made
Eb
Eb

F
F

And I wouldn't be here today
Bb
Bb

D
D

if it wasn't for Your grace
Eb
Eb

Gbdim
Gbdim

And you're still here with me,
Gm
Gm

C
C

You never gave up after all this time
Eb
Eb

And I owe it all to You,
Fsus4
Fsus4

You're the one that got me through
F
F

Fm
Fm

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

You wrote my story
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

This is my story and
I wouldn't change a thing
Eb
Eb

I was put here for a purpose
this was written by a King
Bb
Bb

Was carefully designed,
hand- crafted and made
By the one who's never
made a mistake
Ab
Ab

Abm
Abm

I want to give all it takes from here on
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

out to make up for lost time
But what's done is done
and I can't press rewind
Bb
Bb

All of my regrets are chasin'
me from behind
But the future's unwritten,
I'm racin' towards the finish line
Ab
Ab

Abm
Abm

So from here on out
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

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

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

F
F

And promised that You'd finish
Bb
Bb

what you've started
Ab
Ab

And even though a four minute long song
Eb
Eb

can barely scratch the surface
It's sure enough to show
I'm far from perfect
Bb
Bb

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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