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The Story Of My Life

Bon Jovi

MetalMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
D××
Em
C×
Am×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: G D Em C 2X 
 
G 
Yesterday's a memory 
D 
Another page of history 
C 
Sell yourself for hopes and dreams 
Am 
That leave you feeling sideways 
G 
Tripping over my own feet 
D 
Trying to walk to my own beat 
C 
Another car out on the street 
Am                C     
Trying to find the highway 
Hey, are you going my way? 
 
Chorus 
G            D 
This is the story of my life 
            Em 
And I write it everyday 
              C     
I know it isn't black and white 
               G             
And it's anything but gray 
               D     
I know that no, I'm not alright 
                 
But I'll be OK ?cause  
Em                C     
Anything can, everything can happen 
                 G D 
That's the story of my life 
G 
I'm gonna write the melody  
D 
That's gonna make history 
C 
Yeah, and when I paint my masterpiece  
  Am 
I swear I'll show you first 
G 
There just ain't a way to see 
D 
Who, when, why or what will be 
 
C 
?Til now is then it's a mystery 
    Am          C     
A blessing and a curse  
 
Or something worse, yeah 
G             D     
This is the story of my life 
 
            Em 
And I write it everyday 
                           C 
I know it isn't black and white 
                       G 
And it's anything but gray 
                          D 
I know that no, I'm not alright 
 
But I'll be OK ?cause  
Em 
Anything can, everything can  
C 
I've been thinking 
              Am                 C     
Baby, you can help me write the story of my life 
        Em        
Hey, whaddaya say? 
 
Solo: Em C Am D G 
 
                         D   
This is the story of my life 
                    Em    
And I write it everyday 
                        C  
And I hope you're by my side 
 
When I'm writing the last page 
G             D 
This is the story of my life 
                    Em 
And I write it everyday 
                           C 
I know it isn't black and white 
            G 
And it's anything but gray 
                           D 
I know that no, I'm not alright 
 
But I'll be OK ?cause  
 
Em 
Anything can, everything can 
C                G 
I've been thinking, baby we can.. 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
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Transcripted By Bruno Panno 
MSN: [email protected] 
17/09/2005 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

G · D · Em · C · Am

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.