How The Story Ends Chords

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How The Story Ends by Bobby Bare is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7, D7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Show your request for this song.  This is my first attempt at this.  I took 
the song off of a Freddy Fender album "Before the Next Teardrop Falls".  The 
big hit was made by Bobby Bare in 1971.  The song was written by Kris 
Kristofferson. 
 
 
             PLEASE DON'T TELL ME HOW THE STORY ENDS 
                       (BOBBY BARE - 8/71) 
                         (FREDDY FENDER) 
 
C                                F                                   C 
THIS COULD BE OUR LAST GOOD NIGHT TOGETHER; WE MAY NEVER PASS THIS  
            G7      C                        F                        C 
F         C 
WAY AGAIN; JUST LET ME ENJOY IT TILL IT'S OVER, OR FOR EVER; PLEASE  
                       G7                              C 
DON'T TELL ME    HOW THE STORY ENDS. 
 
C                               F                               C 
SEE THE WAY OUR SHADOWS COME TOGETHER; SOFTER THAN YOUR FINGERS ON  
      G7               C                                 F               C 
F           C 
MY SKIN; SOMEDAY THESE MAY BE ALL WE REMEMBER OF EACH OTHER, PLEASE  
                       G7                              C 
DON'T TELL ME   HOW THE STORY ENDS. 
 
F                                                   C         D7 
NEVER'S JUST AN ECHO OF FOREVER; LONESOME AS A LOVE THAT MIGHT HAVE  
G     G7  C                       F                      C 
F         C 
BEEN;     LET ME GO ON LOVIN' AND BELIEVIN' TILL IT'S OVER; PLEASE  
                        G7                             C 
DON'T TELL ME   HOW THE STORY ENDS. 
 
(REPEAT) 
NEVER'S JUST AN ECHO OF FOREVER; LONESOME AS A LOVE THAT MIGHT HAVE  
 
BEEN; LET ME GO ON LOVIN' AND BELIEVIN' TILL IT'S OVER; PLEASE  
 
DON'T TELL ME HOW THE STORY ENDS. 
 
Enjoy 
Nancy 
 
 

    	

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