Chords for Matt Maher - The Stories I Tell Myself (Official Audio Video)
Tempo:
137.8 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Db
Fm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb] [Ab]
[Bbm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [Fm] Never faced a battle [Ab] that he [Ab] couldn't win [Bbm] All [Ab] you ever wanted [Eb] was to be [Db] like him
[Fm] But he drank his [Eb] way through your teenage years [Bbm] Now you're [Ab] stuck with the bill for your
[Db] father's sins [C] These [Db] are the [Eb] stories I tell [Ab] myself
[Fm] This town has a ceiling [Eb] that you'll never [Ab] break through
[Bbm] You'll always [Ab] be [Cm] alone in a [Ab] crowded room [Fm] And no matter how [Eb] hard you [Ab] work, it's true
[Bb] You'll never [Ab] be enough [Cm] just [Db] being you [Ab] These [Db] are the stories [Eb] I tell [Ab] myself
[Db] When I think of Abraham Counting [Eb] the stars up in the sky
[Ab] When [Fm] I think of Jacob [Ab] Fighting an angel for his life
When I [Db] think of Joshua [Ab] Walking round the walls until they [Fm] fell
[Ab] These are the stories I tell myself These are the stories I tell
[Eb]
[Fm] My children, there are lessons [Eb] that I [Ab] cannot teach [Bb] There's always [Ab] gonna be something out [Db] of reach
[Fm] By the grace of God [Eb] you [Ab] remember well [Bbm] These [Ab] are the stories you'll tell
When I [Db] think of Abraham [Ab] Counting the stars up in the sky
When I think of
[Fm] Jacob [Ab] Fighting an angel for his life
When I [Db] think of Joshua [Ab] Walking round the walls until they [Fm] fell
[Ab] These are the stories I tell [Fm] myself [Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell
[Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself [Ab] These are the stories I [Eb] tell
[Ab]
When I think about Jesus [Eb]
Oh, oh, oh
[Ab]
When I think about [Eb] Jesus
He [Bb] [Fm] never faced a battle [G] that he [Ab] couldn't win [Bb] And all I [Ab] ever needed I found [Db] in Him
[Fm] And He made his way [Eb] through the [Ab] wilderness From glory [Bb] to glory, [Cm] he is [Db] my story
[Ab] When I [Db] think of Abraham
[Ab] Counting the stars up in the sky
When I [Db] think of Jacob [Ab] Fighting [Eb] an angel for his [Ab] life
When I [Db] think of Joshua
[Ab] Walking [Eb] round the walls until they [Fm] fell
They went [Ab] before me, but these are the [Eb] stories I think [Db] of, oh, [Ab] oh
[Eb] Looking for a sign after the [Ab] rain When I think [Fm] about Moses
[Ab] Seeking for the powerless in faith When I think [Db] about Joseph
[Ab] Dreaming [Eb] at the bottom of a [Fm] well These are [Db] the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself
These are [Db] the stories [Eb] I tell [Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself
[Ab] These are the stories I tell myself
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[Bbm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [Fm] Never faced a battle [Ab] that he [Ab] couldn't win [Bbm] All [Ab] you ever wanted [Eb] was to be [Db] like him
[Fm] But he drank his [Eb] way through your teenage years [Bbm] Now you're [Ab] stuck with the bill for your
[Db] father's sins [C] These [Db] are the [Eb] stories I tell [Ab] myself
[Fm] This town has a ceiling [Eb] that you'll never [Ab] break through
[Bbm] You'll always [Ab] be [Cm] alone in a [Ab] crowded room [Fm] And no matter how [Eb] hard you [Ab] work, it's true
[Bb] You'll never [Ab] be enough [Cm] just [Db] being you [Ab] These [Db] are the stories [Eb] I tell [Ab] myself
[Db] When I think of Abraham Counting [Eb] the stars up in the sky
[Ab] When [Fm] I think of Jacob [Ab] Fighting an angel for his life
When I [Db] think of Joshua [Ab] Walking round the walls until they [Fm] fell
[Ab] These are the stories I tell myself These are the stories I tell
[Eb]
[Fm] My children, there are lessons [Eb] that I [Ab] cannot teach [Bb] There's always [Ab] gonna be something out [Db] of reach
[Fm] By the grace of God [Eb] you [Ab] remember well [Bbm] These [Ab] are the stories you'll tell
When I [Db] think of Abraham [Ab] Counting the stars up in the sky
When I think of
[Fm] Jacob [Ab] Fighting an angel for his life
When I [Db] think of Joshua [Ab] Walking round the walls until they [Fm] fell
[Ab] These are the stories I tell [Fm] myself [Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell
[Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself [Ab] These are the stories I [Eb] tell
[Ab]
When I think about Jesus [Eb]
Oh, oh, oh
[Ab]
When I think about [Eb] Jesus
He [Bb] [Fm] never faced a battle [G] that he [Ab] couldn't win [Bb] And all I [Ab] ever needed I found [Db] in Him
[Fm] And He made his way [Eb] through the [Ab] wilderness From glory [Bb] to glory, [Cm] he is [Db] my story
[Ab] When I [Db] think of Abraham
[Ab] Counting the stars up in the sky
When I [Db] think of Jacob [Ab] Fighting [Eb] an angel for his [Ab] life
When I [Db] think of Joshua
[Ab] Walking [Eb] round the walls until they [Fm] fell
They went [Ab] before me, but these are the [Eb] stories I think [Db] of, oh, [Ab] oh
[Eb] Looking for a sign after the [Ab] rain When I think [Fm] about Moses
[Ab] Seeking for the powerless in faith When I think [Db] about Joseph
[Ab] Dreaming [Eb] at the bottom of a [Fm] well These are [Db] the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself
These are [Db] the stories [Eb] I tell [Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself
[Ab] These are the stories I tell myself
[N]
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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Fm] Never faced a battle [Ab] that he [Ab] couldn't win _ [Bbm] All [Ab] you ever wanted [Eb] was to be [Db] like him _
[Fm] But he drank his [Eb] way through your teenage years [Bbm] Now you're [Ab] stuck with the bill for your
[Db] father's sins _ _ [C] These [Db] are the [Eb] stories I tell [Ab] myself _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] This town has a ceiling [Eb] that you'll never [Ab] break through
_ [Bbm] You'll always [Ab] be [Cm] alone in a [Ab] crowded room _ [Fm] And no matter how [Eb] hard you [Ab] work, it's true _
[Bb] You'll never [Ab] be enough [Cm] just [Db] being you _ _ [Ab] These [Db] are the stories [Eb] I tell [Ab] myself
_ _ _ _ [Db] When I think of Abraham _ _ Counting [Eb] the stars up in the sky
[Ab] When [Fm] I think of _ _ Jacob _ [Ab] Fighting an angel for his life
When I [Db] think of Joshua _ [Ab] Walking round the walls until they [Fm] fell _ _ _
[Ab] These are the stories I tell myself These are the stories I tell
[Eb] _
[Fm] My children, there are lessons [Eb] that I [Ab] cannot teach _ [Bb] There's always [Ab] gonna be something out [Db] of reach
_ [Fm] By the grace of God [Eb] you [Ab] remember well _ _ [Bbm] These [Ab] are the stories you'll tell
When I [Db] think of _ Abraham _ _ [Ab] Counting the stars up in the sky
When I think of _
[Fm] Jacob _ _ [Ab] Fighting an angel for his life
When I [Db] think of _ Joshua _ _ [Ab] Walking round the walls until they [Fm] fell
_ _ _ [Ab] These are the stories I tell [Fm] myself [Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell
_ [Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself _ [Ab] These are the stories I [Eb] tell
_ _ [Ab] _
When I think about _ Jesus [Eb] _ _
Oh, oh, oh
[Ab] _
When I think about _ _ [Eb] Jesus _
He _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] never faced a battle [G] that he [Ab] couldn't win _ [Bb] And all I [Ab] ever needed I found [Db] in Him
_ [Fm] And He made his way [Eb] through the [Ab] wilderness From glory [Bb] to glory, [Cm] he is [Db] my story
_ [Ab] When I [Db] think of Abraham _
[Ab] _ Counting the stars up in the sky
_ When I [Db] think of _ Jacob [Ab] _ Fighting [Eb] an angel for his [Ab] life
_ When I [Db] think of Joshua _
[Ab] _ _ Walking [Eb] round the walls until they [Fm] fell
They went [Ab] before me, but these are the [Eb] stories I think [Db] of, oh, [Ab] oh
_ [Eb] Looking for a sign after the [Ab] rain When I think [Fm] about Moses _
_ [Ab] _ Seeking for the powerless in faith When I think [Db] about Joseph _
[Ab] _ _ Dreaming [Eb] at the bottom of a [Fm] well _ _ These are [Db] the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself
These are [Db] the stories [Eb] I tell _ [Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself
[Ab] These are the stories I tell myself _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Fm] Never faced a battle [Ab] that he [Ab] couldn't win _ [Bbm] All [Ab] you ever wanted [Eb] was to be [Db] like him _
[Fm] But he drank his [Eb] way through your teenage years [Bbm] Now you're [Ab] stuck with the bill for your
[Db] father's sins _ _ [C] These [Db] are the [Eb] stories I tell [Ab] myself _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] This town has a ceiling [Eb] that you'll never [Ab] break through
_ [Bbm] You'll always [Ab] be [Cm] alone in a [Ab] crowded room _ [Fm] And no matter how [Eb] hard you [Ab] work, it's true _
[Bb] You'll never [Ab] be enough [Cm] just [Db] being you _ _ [Ab] These [Db] are the stories [Eb] I tell [Ab] myself
_ _ _ _ [Db] When I think of Abraham _ _ Counting [Eb] the stars up in the sky
[Ab] When [Fm] I think of _ _ Jacob _ [Ab] Fighting an angel for his life
When I [Db] think of Joshua _ [Ab] Walking round the walls until they [Fm] fell _ _ _
[Ab] These are the stories I tell myself These are the stories I tell
[Eb] _
[Fm] My children, there are lessons [Eb] that I [Ab] cannot teach _ [Bb] There's always [Ab] gonna be something out [Db] of reach
_ [Fm] By the grace of God [Eb] you [Ab] remember well _ _ [Bbm] These [Ab] are the stories you'll tell
When I [Db] think of _ Abraham _ _ [Ab] Counting the stars up in the sky
When I think of _
[Fm] Jacob _ _ [Ab] Fighting an angel for his life
When I [Db] think of _ Joshua _ _ [Ab] Walking round the walls until they [Fm] fell
_ _ _ [Ab] These are the stories I tell [Fm] myself [Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell
_ [Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself _ [Ab] These are the stories I [Eb] tell
_ _ [Ab] _
When I think about _ Jesus [Eb] _ _
Oh, oh, oh
[Ab] _
When I think about _ _ [Eb] Jesus _
He _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] never faced a battle [G] that he [Ab] couldn't win _ [Bb] And all I [Ab] ever needed I found [Db] in Him
_ [Fm] And He made his way [Eb] through the [Ab] wilderness From glory [Bb] to glory, [Cm] he is [Db] my story
_ [Ab] When I [Db] think of Abraham _
[Ab] _ Counting the stars up in the sky
_ When I [Db] think of _ Jacob [Ab] _ Fighting [Eb] an angel for his [Ab] life
_ When I [Db] think of Joshua _
[Ab] _ _ Walking [Eb] round the walls until they [Fm] fell
They went [Ab] before me, but these are the [Eb] stories I think [Db] of, oh, [Ab] oh
_ [Eb] Looking for a sign after the [Ab] rain When I think [Fm] about Moses _
_ [Ab] _ Seeking for the powerless in faith When I think [Db] about Joseph _
[Ab] _ _ Dreaming [Eb] at the bottom of a [Fm] well _ _ These are [Db] the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself
These are [Db] the stories [Eb] I tell _ [Ab] These are the stories [Eb] I tell [Fm] myself
[Ab] These are the stories I tell myself _ _ _ _ _
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