Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
E MajorE
Here you are alone, and you deserve it
E MajorE
Your friends have turned to stone
E MajorE E minorEm
And that's on you
E minorEm E MajorE E minorEm
You had a cause to serve but did you serve it?
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Or did you see yourself in a way that wasn't true?
E minorEm
Why tell all those lies?
E minorEm C majorC
You feel unworthy
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Like there isn't solid ground for you to stand
E minorEm C majorC
But a stack of lies is not a firm foundation
C majorC D MajorD C majorC
You cannot build a castle on a mountain made of sand
Pre-Chorus
C majorC Bb majorBb DmDm
This is not your father's fairytale
DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm
And no, it's not your mother's fault you fail
C majorC
So when your story comes to light
D MajorD
Make sure the story that they write
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Goes once upon a time she fought a dragon
D MajorD C majorC
Once upon a time that beast was me
E minorEm
Once upon a misspent youth
FF
She faced herself
C minorCm D#D#
She spoke the truth
D#D# D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
That's how I see my once upon a time
D MajorD G+G FF
This time
Verse 2:
FF Bb majorBb DmDm
Life is not a storybook but life unfolds in chapters
Bb majorBb DmDm
Turn the page and start to make amends
C majorC G+G
There's no pre-written guarantee of (Happily ever after)
A minorAm G+G C majorC D MajorD
Step into your greatness before your story ends
D MajorD
So when your story ends
C majorC G#G# C#C# D#D#
They'll say once upon a time a girl flew higher
G#G# F minorFm D#D# C#C# C majorC
Once upon a time she made things right
FF
Once upon a tie that binds
F#F#
She changed her heart
F minorFm E MajorE
To change their minds
E MajorE G#G# F minorFm C#C# D#D# F minorFm
That's got to be my once upon a time
F minorFm E MajorE
This once upon a time
E MajorE D#D# F minorFm C#C# D#D#
I'll finally see my once upon a time
G#G# C#C# A augmentedA G#G#
This time