The Story Is Written Chords & Lyrics - Lake Fork Verne

This [D]is about Frenchy [E]Dubois,
Who was a [A]growing, lanky [D]boy
On a Christmas tree farm in [E]Illinois
The hero in a [A]novel I wrote with [D]joy-(D-7)

The [G]Story is about his [D]plight,
Being [E]raised by a mean Uncle and looney [A]Aunt
Bruno [D]and Aunt Viney, were always [A]right
Frenchy stayed away from their [D]rant.- [D7]

He [G]took cover in his secret [D]cave,
Hidden [E]by the weeds and brush on Salt [A]Creek
Put [D]away in a rock-lined [A]safe,
His journal, he wrote in, every [D]week

[CHORUS]
So the story is [E]written,
It is in a [A]box on my [D]shelf
Covered with slips of [E]rejection
Waiting to be discovered, [A]void of [D]myself- [D7]

Stories [G]about how his kin homesteaded this [D]place
Clearing [E]the timber to make crop [A]land
Now, full [D]circle, his dad, replaced corn with [A]trees
Frenchy was growing up, lending a [D]hand [D7]

In [G]a few short years, and he became of [D]age,
The [E]tree farm would be his per his dads [A]will
But until [D]then, Bruno and Viney wrote every [A]page
And Frenchy could only dream of this [D]thrill.

[CHORUS]
So the story is [E]written,
It is in a [A]box on my [D]shelf
Covered with slips of [E]rejection
Waiting to be discovered, [A]void of [D]myself.