Story Of My Life Chords

KeyBb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays606

Story Of My Life by Herman's Hermits is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, C, F, G, C7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bb
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: Bb C Bb C Bb C 

#1. 
C                 F         C           F 
Someday I'm gonna write the story of my life. 
     C              G                F 
I'll tell about the night we met and how my  
      G                C       F         C 
heart can't forget the way you smiled at me. 

#2. 
C                   F        C           F 
I want the world to know the story of my life. 
    C                G             F 
The moment when your lips met mine and that first  
  G             C        F        C   C7 
exciting time I held you close to me. 


    F                        C 
The sorrow when our love was breaking up. 
    F                  C 
The memory of a broken heart. 
     F                   C          D 
Then later on the joy of making up..never, never  
        G 
more to part. 

#3. 
            C             F    C               F 
There's one thing left to do before my story's through. 
     C               G            F             G 
I've got to take you for my wife..so, the story of my  
         C         F        C    C7 
life can start and end with you. 


    F                        C 
The sorrow when our love was breaking up. 
    F                  C 
The memory of a broken heart. 
     F                   C          D 
Then later on the joy of making up..never, never  
        G 
more to part. 

#4. 
            C             F    C               F 
There's one thing left to do before my story's through. 
     C               G            F             G 
I've got to take you for my wife..so, the story of my  
         C                     F                 C     
life can start (can start) and end (and end) and start 
                F                 C 
(and start) and end (and end) and start (and start)  
    F                  C 
and end (and end) with you. 


OUTRO: Bb C (x4)  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante