the story of me -       Everly Brothers

Intro:
A - Em - D - Dm/B       2x

A           Em           D                     Dm/B                      
  Rescue me,   before my   dreams have flown a-    way
A            Em        D                 Dm/B                          
  Rescue me,   take me   back with you a-    gain
A                            Dm/B                                
  The lonely hours I wait for    dawn's caress I can't forget,
A                          Dm/B*                                 
  the silence of the lonely-   ness

A         Em             D                Dm/B                           
  Destiny,   I wrote the   book about the     game
A         Em          D                         Dm/B                     
  Destiny,   now I've   learned how to take the     pain
A                         Dm/B                                   
  Try as I may I can't ex-    plain the way I'm feeling now
A                         Dm/B*                                   
  Try as I may I can't ex-     plain
    E         C#m                      D                             
And   now I'm    walking right back to   you
    E       C#m                    D      E                            
And   all a-   long I never really   kne-   ew
               C#m                                            
That there was    heartbreak ahead
    Em/G             F#       Bm                                      
And     everyone but   I could   see
           Dm/B         A                                         
That's the     story of   me

Em - D - Dm/B

A                 Em            D                  Dm/B                
 Don't look back,   to think a-   bout the things we   did
A                 Em                  D                  Dm/B           
 Don't look back,   to pretend that's   how it might have    been
A                              Dm/B                               
  I'm walking homeward thru the    shadows of the night again
A                        Dm/B*                                     
  So now the story can be     told,
    E         C#m                      D                             
And   now I'm    walking right back to   you
     E      C#m                    D      E                            
And   all a-   long I never really   kne-   ew
               C#m                                            
That there was    sorrow to come 
    Em/G                      F#      Bm                                
And      I thought there'd be   ecsta-   sy
           Dm/B         A                                         
That's the     story of   me

Em - D - Dm/B

    E         C#m                      D                             
And   now I'm    walking right back to   you
     E       C#m                    D      E                            
And   all a-    long I never really   kne-   ew
             C#m                                              
That it's so    easy to see 
Em/G                F#         Bm                                      
    that's how it's    meant to   be
           Dm/B        A                                          
That's the    story of   me
Em          D                                                   
   Story of   me,
Dm/B                     A    A                                      
     That's the story of   me   //


Dm/B    x23231
Dm/B*   x2323x
C#m     x42120
        x46654
Em/G    322000