The Story I Heard Chords

by Blind Pilot
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author Capo71 [a] 61.
3 contributors total, last edit on Aug 25, 2020

Chords

F
F6
C
Cadd9
Am
Fadd9
Fmaj7

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[Intro]
F  F6  F  F6  C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
F  F6  F  F6  C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
 
[Verse]
F            F                    C    C
  Hey, JoJo - Yeah, I know your name.
F                    F                 C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
  I thought I saw you jump the Utah train
                 Am      Am  F          C    C
but I could not say...     I could not say
 
[Verse]
F                   F                     C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
  Heard you tried to keep your hat on a shelf.
F                F                 C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
Marry the woman; went off and loved someone else.
             Am    Am  F       C    C
Could be as well...  I cannot tell - Oh, no I cannot tell!
 
[Instrumental]
Fadd9    Fadd9    C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
Fadd9    Fadd9    C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
 
[Verse]
F           F                       C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
  Hey Jojo, don't you forget your name.
F                    F                        C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
Might try to keep you from the man you have been.
                  Am   Am  F            C    C
So, don't go that way... Don't go that way.
 
[Chorus]
                F6                   F6
Oh, 'cause the story I heard is the people are bored
           C                 C
and the measures you take to wrestle with your Lord.
         Fadd9                   Fadd9
All the money you take, all the memories you spill
          C                           C
Will He measure your tongue? Will He measure your will? oh now
 
[Break]
F6   F6   Cadd9   Cadd9
 
[Verse]
F                     F                             C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
One of these mornings we'll be the loudest you’ll hear.
F                       F                 C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
You'll write your story on firecracker paper
 
[Tag]
         Am   Am F        C     C
And disappear... Near disappear...
         Am   Am F        C     C
And disappear... Near disappear...
 
[Chorus]
                 F6                   F6
Oh, because the story I heard is the people are bored
         C                       C
and the measures you take to wrestle with your Lord.
         Fadd9                             Fadd9
All the measures you fake, whether you're dead or just still.
         C                            C
Will He measure your tongue? Will He measure your will? oh now
 
[Outro]
F6      F6     Cadd9     Cadd9
 
F            F         C          C
One of these mornings We'll be... We'll be...
F            F         C          C
One of these mornings We'll be... We'll be home.
 
[Instrumental]
Fadd9    Fadd9    C  Cadd9  C  Cadd9
Fmaj7  Fadd9      C
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5 comments
triumph_91
Hey great job on this the only part I think needs to be changed is the F*'s switching to the F7's. Where you have the F* should be: xx3210 and where you have the F7 should be: xx3230
+22
TJarnold92
I wholeheartedly agree with triumph_91 above me.
+4
tom.edwards.716
Triumph_91 is correct, also towards the end of the verses it goes to Am at "could be as well", then quick change to F and then the C. :)
+2