Capo on 3.
(Picking intro is OPTIONAL!!!!)
Am C Am C
Am F C
Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain
Am F C
I leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days
Am F C
She told me in the morning she don't feel the same about us in her bones
Am F C
Seems to me that when I die these words will be written on my stone
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Am G C
And I'll be gone, gone tonight
Am G C
The ground beneath my feet is open wide
Am C
The way that I been holding on too tight
G
With nothing in between
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C
This time I'm ready to run
Am
Escape from the city and follow the sun
F C F C
'Cause I wanna be yours, don't you wanna be mine?
F C G Am
I don't wanna get lost in the dark of the night
C
This time I'm ready to run
Am
Wherever you are is the place I belong
F C F C
'Cause I wanna be free, and I wanna be young
F C G C
I will never look back now I'm ready to run
C
The story of, the story of,
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Am F C
There's a future in my life I can't foresee
Am F C
Unless, of course, I stay on course and keep you next to me
Am F C
There will always be the kind that criticize
Am F C
But I know, yes, I know we'll be alright
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C
The story of my life
I take her home
Am
I drive all night
To keep her warm
Am F
And time is frozen (the story of, the story of)
C
The story of my life
I give her hope
Am
I spend her love
Until she's broke
F
Inside
C
The story of my life
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Am F
And I been waiting for this time to come around
C G
But baby running after you is like chasing the clouds
C
This time I'm ready to run
Am
Escape from the city and follow the sun
F C F C
'Cause I wanna be yours, don't you wanna be mine?
F C G Am
I don't wanna get lost in the dark of the night
C
This time I'm ready to run
Am
Wherever you are is the place I belong
F C F C
'Cause I wanna be free, and I wanna be young
F C G C
I will never look back now I'm ready to run
C
The story of my life