The Story Chords

by Brandi Carlile
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
Author carnieatlarge [a] 61.
6 contributors total, last edit on Jan 3, 2023
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Chords

A
Asus4
E
F#m
D

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The Story
 
Standard Tuning
Capo: 2
 
Note:
The first verse is fingerpicked slowly usually up and down the D, G, and B strings.
That continues until the second line of the second verse when she uses a pick.
Tim will also occasionally hammer on a lot of the A chords using his pinky on the third
(relative to capo).
 
 
*  = strum softly
** = start rocking out like your hair is on fire
 
 
[Intro]
A   Asus4   x2
 
 
[Chorus]
             A
All of these lines across my face
             E
Tell you the story of who I am
        F#m
So many stories of where I've been
          D
And how I got to where I am
          A
But these stories
           E
don't mean anything
            F#m            D
When you've got no one to tell them to
     A       E              A
It's true....I was made for you
 
 
[Verse]
          A*
I climbed across the mountain tops
         E**
Swam all across the ocean blue
                  F#m
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
           D
But baby I broke them all for you
        A           E
Because even when I was flat broke
    F#m                  D
You made me feel like a million bucks
         A       E              A
Yeah you do, and I was made for you
(back to fingerpicking at the A)
            A
You see the smile that's on my mouth
                E
It's hiding the words that won't come out
              F#m
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
                D
Well they don't know my head is a mess
   A*                  E
No they don't know who I really am
    F#m                   D                      A
And they don't know what I've been through, but you do
    E              A
And I was made for you
 
 
[Chorus]
             A**
All of these lines across my face
             E
Tell you the story of who I am
        F#m
So many stories of where I've been
          D
And how I got to where I am
          A
But these stories
           E
don't mean anything
            F#m            D
When you've got no one to tell them to
     A       E              A
It's true... I was made for you
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8 comments
sporty_angel_14
I think it's a really good tab, it just sounds a little better to me played as F#M rather than F#...just trying to be helpful:-)..perfect in everything else.
+5
jesmaq
ROCK OUT LIKE YOUR HAIR IS ON FIRE!!!
+2
Janaca
I love it! These tabs are great. Although while watching a live video of her playing, I noticed she uses a F#m not F#. Other than that, perfect!
+2