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Tell Me A Story by Phillip Phillips

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Tell Me a Story by Phillip Phillips
Tuning: Chord diagramCsus2Csus2 (CGCGCD)
Capo on 3rd fret

This is my first tab, i just figured out how to play it by watching him live and by ear.
The tuning was by
far the hardest part. I still dont know the intro, so feel free to tell me in the comments.
The timing here might be a little off so listen to the song


Chords (I dont know the names so here are just the bass Notes)

F: 2X4500
F2: 9X0700
F3: X70070
F4: X70500
E: 424500
C: X20050
C2: X20040
C3: X20020
C4: X20500
G: 5X0500 (play with pinky and ring finger)
G2: 5X2500
G3: 5X4500
G4: 5X5500
G5: 5x0200
D: 7X00010 (TENTH FRET)
D2: XX00012 (TWELFTH FRET)
D2: X40500
D4: X1o001o00  (1o=tenth fret)
A: X02500
INTRO: N/A

  VERSE:
     Chord diagramFF
Tell you a story and it starts with time
Chord diagramE MajorE
Moves to how you live, and learn how to die
     Chord diagramC majorC       C2             Chord diagramG+G
Another phase in this world that brings death to life
  Chord diagramFF
So don't believe in everything you see
Chord diagramE MajorE
Because what you want might not be what you need
     Chord diagramC majorC     C2            Chord diagramG+G
Hold your breath, jump with me and we'll survive
Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramE MajorE                 Chord diagramG+G   G2  G3  Chord diagramG4G4
Cause you are the song that leads me to the light

  CHORUS:
C3       Chord diagramG5G5      C3      F2
Hope is just a ray of what everyone should see
 D4   Chord diagramD MajorD         D2    F4
Alone is the street where you found me
C3         Chord diagramG5G5
Scared of what's behind you
  C3         F2
And scared of what's in front
 D4         Chord diagramD MajorD
Live with what you have now
       D2    F4
And make the best of what's to come

  INTRO: N/A

  VERSE:
 Chord diagramFF
Tell me a story long and true
         Chord diagramE MajorE
We aren't what we say
We are what we do
    Chord diagramC majorC         C2            Chord diagramG+G
Just pieces of a puzzle to find where we stand just to confused
Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramE MajorE               Chord diagramG+G   G2  G3  Chord diagramG4G4
So you are the moon that pulls me through the night

  CHORUS:
C3       Chord diagramG5G5      C3      F2
Hope is just a ray of what everyone should see
 D4   Chord diagramD MajorD         D2    F4
Alone is the street where you found me
C3         Chord diagramG5G5
Scared of what's behind you
  C3         F2
And scared of what's in front
 D4         Chord diagramD MajorD
Live with what you have now
       D2    F4
And make the best of what's to come

THE INTERLUDE HERE IS THE SAME AS THE CHORUS. REPEAT 2X

  CHORUS AGAIN:
 C3       Chord diagramG5G5      C3      F2
Hope is just a ray of what everyone should see
 D4   Chord diagramD MajorD         D2    F4
Alone is the street where you found me
C3         Chord diagramG5G5
Scared of what's behind you
  C3         F2
And scared of what's in front
 D4         Chord diagramD MajorD
Live with what you have now
       D2    F4
And make the best of what's to come

  OUTRO:
Chord diagramFF Chord diagramE MajorE  X2

C4  D2   Chord diagramA augmentedA  X4

C4 D2 Chord diagramA augmentedA    C4  D2  Chord diagramA augmentedA
So you are the sun that leads me,
C4 D2 Chord diagramA augmentedA   C4 D2   Chord diagramA augmentedA
You are the moon that pulls me,
C4 D2 Chord diagramA augmentedA    C4  D2  Chord diagramA augmentedA
So you are the sun that leads me,
C4 D2 Chord diagramA augmentedA   C4 D2   Chord diagramA augmentedA
You are the moon that pulls me

C4  D2   Chord diagramA augmentedA

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