The Stories I Tell Myself Chords

Original Key:Ab
Capo:1st fret

[Intro]
C    D Em
C    D G
 
[Verse 1]
C                            D            Em
Never faced a battle that he couldn’t win
C                            D           G
All you ever wanted was to be like him
C                            D             Em
But he drank his way through your teenage years
C                         G             D        G
Now you're stuck with the bill for your father’s sins
C                       D       G
These are the stories I tell myself
 
 
[Verse 2]
C                                   D           Em
This town has a ceiling that you'll never break through
C                           D       G
You'll always be alone in a crowded room
        C                  D         Em
And no matter how hard you work it’s true
C               G           D     G
You'll never be enough just being you
C                       D      G
These are the stories I tell myself
 
 
[Chorus 1]
G               C   G
When I think of Abraham
             Em       D      G
Counting the stars up in the sky
                C  G
When I think of Jacob
            Em    D       G
Fighting an angel for his life
                C  G
When I think of Joshua
                   Em      D        G
Walking around the walls until they fell
C                       D      G
These are the stories I tell myself
C                       D
These are the stories I tell
 
 
[Verse 3]
   C                                 D      Em
My children there are lessons that I cannot teach
        C                            D      G
There's always going to be something out of reach
       C                D        G
By the grace of God you remember well
C                         D
These are the stories you tell
 
[Tag]
C                       D      G
These are the stories I tell myself
C                       D
These are the stories I tell
 
 
[Chorus 1]
G               C   G
When I think of Abraham
             Em       D      G
Counting the stars up in the sky
                C G
When I think of Jacob
            Em    D       G
Fighting an angel for his life
                C  G
When I think of Joshua
                   Em      D        G
Walking around the walls until they fell
C                       D      G
These are the stories I tell myself
C                       D
These are the stories I tell
 
 
[Bridge]
                       C G         D    Em
And when I think about Jesus (Oh – oh – oh)
                   C G
When I think about Jesus
C                               D        Em
He never faced a battle that he couldn’t win
C                   D        G
All I ever needed I found in him
       C        G                D     G
And he made his way through the wilderness
     C
From glory to glory
G              D
He is my story
 
 
[Chorus 2]
                C   G
When I think of Abraham
             Em          D   G
Counting the stars up in the sky
                C G
When I think of Jacob
            Em    D       G
Fighting an angel for his life
                C  G
When I think of Joshua
                   Em      D        G
Walking around the walls until they fell
C
They went before me
G                    D
These are the stories
 
           C G
I think of Noah
              Em     D       G
Looking for a sign after the rain
                   C G
When I think about Moses
                 Em       D   G
Speaking for the powerless in faith
                   C G
When I think about Joseph
                Em     D    G
Dreaming at the bottom of a well
C                       D     G
These are the stories I tell myself
C                       D
These are the stories I tell
 
 
[Outro]
C                       D    G
These are the stories I tell myself
C                       D    G
These are the stories I tell myself