Short Stories Chords by Harry Chapin

[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Have you ever been up?
[A] Have you ever been down?
[B] Have you ever been lost?
[G#m] [D] Have you ever been found?
[E] Have you ever been right?
[A] Have you ever been wrong?
[B] Have you come up short?
_ [D] Can you come along? _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] Have you left the _ [B] way?
Have you strayed away?
_ [D] Can you come back home? _
[A] _ [E] Short stories
[B] That's what [C#] we live [A] Short [E] stories
They [B] just change what they [C#] will do
_ _ [A] Short [E] stories
[B] That's all it's ever [G#] been
[C#] [A] Don't worry about [E] the ending babe
[B] Before we [C#] begin
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I have seen the sun
That's [A] behind the rain
[B] I have felt the joy _
[D] That's behind the pain
[E] Did you ever go soft? _
[A] Did you ever run wild?
I've [B] been a hundred years old
I've [D] been a newborn child
And [E] I have found _ us
[A] In the midst of tears
And [B] I can find a heart _
[D] In the midst of fear
_ [A] Short [E] stories
[B] That's what [C#] we live
_ [A] Short [E] stories
They [B] just change what they [C#] will do
Short [A] _ _ [E] stories
[B] That's all it's ever [C#] been
[A] Don't worry about [E] the ending babe
[B] Before we [C#] begin _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] [C#m] Don't you [F#m] know
_ I need [C#m] you near me
All [F#m] my happy [C#m] endings gone
[A] And I [F#m] see now
So very [C#m] clearly
That [F#] our story
Must [G#] go on _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ If I give myself
[A] Can I ask for you?
[B] If I give you hope _
[D] Can we make it through?
You [E] know I need a dream
Just [A] like I need my prayer
We've [B] got to take the life
Before [D] we get to death
[F#m] You [E] know I need your love
Just [A] like I need the light
_ [B] As I need a chance
[D] Can I please tonight?
_ [A] _ [E] Short stories
[B] That's what [G#] we live
_ _ _ [A] Short [E] stories
They [B] just change what they [C#] will do _ _
[A] Short [E] stories
[B] That's all it's ever [C#] been
_ [A] Don't worry about [E] the ending babe
[B] Before we [C#] begin
_ _ _ [A] Short [E] stories
[B] That's what [G#] we live
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _