The Story You Should Tell Chords
by Nick Santino
The Story You Should Tell by Nick Santino is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, G/F# and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G
verse 1
G
If you ain't one for talking loud and screamin’ at a bar
C
and you'd rather drive for miles with you lover in your arm
D G
Oh hey hey, well thats okay
G
If you hate the job you're workin but you keep it for the pay
C
and it takes a pack of cigarettes to get you through the day
D G
Oh hey hey, well thats okay
D G
Oh hey hey, well thats okay
C D G
If you've got your lovers and your friends
C D G
and you've got that heart inside your chest
C D G G/F# Em
and if you're happy with yourself then all the rest can go to hell
C D G
Hey brother thats the story you should tell
verse 2
G
If you take a shot a whiskey and you chase it with a coke
C
and everybody laughs at you cause you're tryin not to choke
D G
Oh hey hey, well thats okay
G
And if you can't afford your car loan and your dog just ran away
C
and your girlfriend's always mad at you and its raining every day
D G
Oh hey hey, well thats okay
C D G
If you've got your lovers and your friends
C D G
and you've got that heart inside your chest
C D G G/F# Em
and if you're happy with yourself then all the rest can go to hell
C D G
Hey brother thats the story you should tell
verse 3
G
If you're feeling like you lost it and you just can't catch a break
C
and it seems like you can't ever find the right words to say
D G
Oh hey hey, well thats okay
D G
Oh hey hey, well thats okay
C D G
If you've got your lovers and your friends
C D G
and you've got that heart inside your chest
C D G G/F# Em
and if you're happy with yourself then all the rest can go to hell
C D G
Hey brother thats the story you should tell
C D G G/F# Em
and if you're happy with yourself then all the rest can go to hell
C D G
Hey brother thats the story you should tell