Stories To Tell Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays480

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.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			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:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante