Storyteller chords by Laurenn Marchand

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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They call him the storyteller man
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He sits with the Bible in his hand
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Tells us tales of his life,
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his mother, father and his wife
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He tells us about his life
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When I   was young I was a
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hard working man
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Worked long nights to put
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a dollar in my hand
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Oh, the lumberyard was hard,
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but the paint I disregard
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Cause the money brought me far
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I adventured as a young, strong man
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Lived my life before I came back home again
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I found myself a place,
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one that I  could call my own
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And then it all began
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I met my wife while I was
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working on the shapes
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Saw it  dark and she walked
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off with swaying hips
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She had fire red hair
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and a heart that always cared
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I met my wife there
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We'd found happiness, some say
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We had a baby on the way
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Then at only twenty -five
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the Lord came down an d shut her eyes
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That storytelling man said as he cried
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When we buried her
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the babe was in my arms
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She had given up her life
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so it could start
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Raised him on my own,
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I watched him love, I watched him grow
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Into a  man as I grow
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Now my  son, he has to settle me in bed
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Put a pillow underneath my tired head
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Cause I've got brittle bones
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and I can't do it on my own
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I'm getting old
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It's getting hard for him to care for me
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I've become a bird and I can see
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Like me, well, he's been married
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and has a child on the way
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Soon will come the day
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They'll take me from my home
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To a house that is unknown
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New faces, strange places,
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well now I am alone
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Now I am alone
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