Key: E
Introduction: E
A
E
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E
A
I could tell you the wildest of tales
B
A
E
My friend the giant and travelling sales
E
A
Tell you all the times that I failed
B
The years all behind me
A
E
The stories excelled.
C#m
E
And I'm drying out
B
Crying out
A
E
This isn't how I go
E
A
I could tell you of a man not so tall
B
A
E
Who said life's a circus and so we are small
E
A
Tell you of a girl that I saw
B
A
E
I froze in the moment and she changed it all
C#m
E
And I'm drying out
B
Crying out
A
C#m
This isn't how I go
E
Hurry now
B
Lay me down
A
B
C#m
A
E
And let these waters flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
B
C#m
A
E
Flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
C#m
B
A
E
Son I am not everything you thought that I would be
C#m
E
A
B
But every story I have told is part of meeeee
E
A
And you keep the air in my lungs
B
A
E
Floating along as a melody comes
E
A
And my heart beats like timpani drums
B
A
E
Keeping the time while a symphony strums
C#m
E
And I'm drying out
B
Crying out
A
C#m
This isn't how I go
E
Hurry now
B
Lay me down
A
B
C#m
A
E
And let these waters flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
B
C#m
A
E
Flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
B
C#m
A
E
Let it flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
B
C#m
A
E
Let it flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
C#m
B
A
E
Son I am not everything you thought that I would be
C#m
E
A
B
But every story I have told is part of me
C#m
B
A
E
Son I leave you now but you have so much more to do
C#m
E
A
B
And every story I have told is part of you
(riff)