Story Of A Life Chords & Lyrics - Harry Chapin

[INTRO]
[G]

[VERSE 1]
I can s[G]ee myself it's a golden sunrise

Y[Em]oung boy open up your eyes

It's sup[Am]posed to be your day


Now o[C]ff you go horizon bound

And y[D]ou won't stop until you've found

Your o[G]wn kind of way


And the w[G]ind will whip your tousled hair

The [Em]sun, the rain, the sweet despair,

G[Am]reat tales of love and strife


And some[C]where on your path to glory

Y[D]ou will write your story of a l[G]ife

[VERSE 2]
And a[G]ll the towns that you walk through

And [Em]all the people that you talk to

S[Am]ing you their songs

And th[C]ere are times you change your stride

Th[D]ere are times you can't decide

St[G]ill you go on

And then the yo[G]ung girls dance their gypsy tunes

And s[Em]hare the secrets of the moon

So s[Am]oon you find a wife


And th[C]ough she sees your dreams go poorly

St[D]ill she joins your story of a l[G]ife

[Em] [G]

[VERSE 3]
So you se[G]ttle down and the children come

And you f[Em]ind a place that you come from

Your wan[Am]dering is done


And a[C]ll your dreams of open spaces

Y[D]ou find in your children's faces

O[G]ne by one


And a[G]ll the trips you know you missed

And [Em]all the lips you never kissed

Cut th[Am]rough you like a knife


And n[C]ow you see stretched out before t[D]hee

Just another story of a l[G]ife

[BRIDGE]
So what [D]do you do now?

When she looks at [Em]you now?

You know those s[F]ame old jokes all the jesters tell

You t[G]ell them to her now

And all the s[F]ame old songs all the minstrels sang

You s[G]ing 'em to her now

But it don't ma[D]tter anyhow

'Cause she k[Em]nows by now

[VERSE 4]
So every ch[G]ance you take don't mean a thing

What var[Em]iations can you bring

To this s[Am]hop worn melody

And the ye[C]ars roll by like a tollin' bell

It's batt[D]ered merchandise you sell

Not w[G]ell she can see

And though she's he[G]ard it all a thousand times

Co[Em]uched in your attempted rhymes

She'll m[Am]arch to your drum and fife

But the que[C]stion that goes up before me

Wh[D]ere's my magic story of a li[G]fe?

[VERSE 5]
Now some[G]times words can serve me well

Som[Em]etimes words can go to hell

For [Am]all that they do

And for ev[C]ery dream that took me high

There's b[D]een a dream that's passed me by

I k[G]now it's so true


And I can s[G]ee it clear out to the end

And I'll wh[Em]isper to her now again

Be[Am]cause she shared my life

For m[C]ore than all the ghosts of glory

S[D]he makes up the story

S[Am]he's the only st[D]ory

[Am7]Of [D]my l[G]ife