Stories To Tell Chords
by Dave Barnes
Stories To Tell by Dave Barnes is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords F7, Cmaj7, C9, C, F, G, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
F7 Cmaj7 F7 C9 C Cmaj7
verse 1:
Cmaj7 F7
Let's get to bed early
Cmaj7
Sneak out right before the sunrise
F7
We don't need all the goodbyes
C9 C Cmaj7
We won't be gone for long
F7
Oh, baby, don't worry
Cmaj7
I hid away a little money
F7
We don't need much, honey
Cmaj7
Enough just to get us home
Pre-Chorus 1:
F C G
Let's don't wait 'til love comes undone
C
There's life to be lived
Am
And stories to tell
Em
Lessons to learn
F7 F
We don't know yet
C
Nothing to lack, looking back
Am F G
Knowing that we have lived it well
G F7
With stories to tell
Interlude:
F7 Cmaj7 F7 Cmaj7
verse 2:
F7
What about California
Cmaj7
LA out by the seaside?
F7
Watch the sun turn to moonlight
C9 C Cmaj7
Then stay up and talk 'til dawn
F7
Maybe Carolina
Cmaj7
Hide out up in the mountains
F7
A week or two, no one's counting
Cmaj7
Come back before too long
Pre-Chorus 2:
F C G
We won't wait 'til love comes undone
C
There's life to be lived
Am
And stories to tell
Em
Lessons to learn
F7 F
We don't know yet
C
Nothing to lack, looking back
Am F G
Knowing that we have lived it well
G F
With stories to tell
Bridge 1:
F
The sea and the cities
C
The runway lights
Am
The highway humming
G
Staying awake all night
F
How all those mountains
C
Turned to desert sand
Am
Let's just disappear
G
Come on baby, take my hand
Part-Chorus: