The Story Of A Teenager chords by America

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:

C                 Fmaj7           C
Boy, please don't throw away your life
                    Fmaj7               Am7
All the joy, please don't end it with a knife
       D7                        C/G  Em7  Dm7  Fm  C
'Cause you know there's hope for you

C                    Fmaj7          C
I was alone like the silence in the night
                     Fmaj7            Am7
I had no home no one close to hold me tight
    D7                        C/G  Em7  Dm7  Fm
But you know there's hope for you,
    C
For you

Chorus:
             F               C
Everywhere I look I see your face
             Am7               Em7
Every step I take seems out of place
                F              D7
You got to be a man to run the race
                   Dm7
I'm not a hopeless man
Dm7/G             C
How can you say I am?

Verse 2:

C                    Fmaj7          C
I was alone like the silence in the night
                     Fmaj7            Am7
I had no home no one close to hold me tight
    D7                        C/G  Em7  Dm7  Fm
But you know there's hope for you,
    C
For you

Chorus:

             F               C
Everywhere I look I see your face
             Am7               Em7
Every step I take seems out of place
                F              D7
You got to be a man to run the race
                   Dm7
I'm not a hopeless man
Dm7/G                Bb/C  Am/C  Gm/C  Am/D
How can you say I am

Ending:

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