The Story Of A Teenager chords by America

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:

C majorC         Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC
Boy, please don't throw away your life
          Fmaj7Fmaj7        Am7Am7
All the joy, please don't end it with a knife
    D7D7            C/GC/G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 F minorFm C majorC
'Cause you know there's hope for you

C majorC          Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC
I was alone like the silence in the night
           Fmaj7Fmaj7      Am7Am7
I had no home no one close to hold me tight
  D7D7            C/GC/G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 F minorFm
But you know there's hope for you,
  C majorC
For you

Chorus:
       FF        C majorC
Everywhere I look I see your face
       Am7Am7        E minor 7Em7
Every step I take seems out of place
        FF       D7D7
You got to be a man to run the race
          Dm7Dm7
I'm not a hopeless man
Dm7/G       C majorC
How can you say I am?

Verse 2:

C majorC          Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC
I was alone like the silence in the night
           Fmaj7Fmaj7      Am7Am7
I had no home no one close to hold me tight
  D7D7            C/GC/G E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 F minorFm
But you know there's hope for you,
  C majorC
For you

Chorus:

       FF        C majorC
Everywhere I look I see your face
       Am7Am7        E minor 7Em7
Every step I take seems out of place
        FF       D7D7
You got to be a man to run the race
          Dm7Dm7
I'm not a hopeless man
Dm7/G        Bb/CBb/C Am/C Gm/C Am/D
How can you say I am

Ending:

Bb/CBb/C Am/C Gm/C Am/D (repeat and fade)