The Story Of Me

the story of me -       Everly Brothers



Intro:

A - Em - D - Dm/B       2x



A           Em           D                     Dm/B                      

  Rescue me,   before my   dreams have flown a-    way

A            Em        D                 Dm/B                          

  Rescue me,   take me   back with you a-    gain

A                            Dm/B                                

  The lonely hours I wait for    dawn's caress I can't forget,

A                          Dm/B*                                 

  the silence of the lonely-   ness



A         Em             D                Dm/B                           

  Destiny,   I wrote the   book about the     game

A         Em          D                         Dm/B                     

  Destiny,   now I've   learned how to take the     pain

A                         Dm/B                                   

  Try as I may I can't ex-    plain the way I'm feeling now

A                         Dm/B*                                   

  Try as I may I can't ex-     plain

    E         C#m                      D                             

And   now I'm    walking right back to   you

    E       C#m                    D      E                            

And   all a-   long I never really   kne-   ew

               C#m                                            

That there was    heartbreak ahead

    Em/G             F#       Bm                                      

And     everyone but   I could   see

           Dm/B         A                                         

That's the     story of   me



Em - D - Dm/B



A                 Em            D                  Dm/B                

 Don't look back,   to think a-   bout the things we   did

A                 Em                  D                  Dm/B           

 Don't look back,   to pretend that's   how it might have    been

A                              Dm/B                               

  I'm walking homeward thru the    shadows of the night again

A                        Dm/B*                                     

  So now the story can be     told,

    E         C#m                      D                             

And   now I'm    walking right back to   you

     E      C#m                    D      E                            

And   all a-   long I never really   kne-   ew

               C#m                                            

That there was    sorrow to come 

    Em/G                      F#      Bm                                

And      I thought there'd be   ecsta-   sy

           Dm/B         A                                         

That's the     story of   me



Em - D - Dm/B



    E         C#m                      D                             

And   now I'm    walking right back to   you

     E       C#m                    D      E                            

And   all a-    long I never really   kne-   ew

             C#m                                              

That it's so    easy to see 

Em/G                F#         Bm                                      

    that's how it's    meant to   be

           Dm/B        A                                          

That's the    story of   me

Em          D                                                   

   Story of   me,

Dm/B                     A    A                                      

     That's the story of   me   //





Dm/B    x23231

Dm/B*   x2323x

C#m     x42120

        x46654

Em/G    322000