• Song:

    Story Of My Life

  • Artist:

    Smash Mouth

  • Album:

    Summer Girl

Smash Mouth - Story of my Life
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tabbed by Strecktor

A great song! I'm not sure if this tab is 100% right, but at least it sounds good^^
Enjoy it!

Intro
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(This riff is also played during Verse 1 and Verse 2)

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d|----2--2-----3--3------2--2-----3--3---|
a|--3-----------------3------------------|
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   C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)
Verse 1
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F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)         CI (x32010@1)get to the party, but I'm too late
F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)              CAnd (x32010@1)I got stood up on my very first date
F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)                CI (x32010@1)listen to country and everybody goes rock
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)                   C (x32010@1) 
I get to the dance floor, that's when the music stops

Pre-Chorus
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C (x32010@1)                            FIt (133211@1)doesn't matter what I do, I just can't seem to win
C (x32010@1)             GBut (320003@1)here I go again

And I say

Chorus
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C (x32010@1)            FHey (133211@1)that's the story of my life
  G (320003@1)                    FI (133211@1)had a good plan but it didn't go right
C (x32010@1)       FOh (133211@1)no I'm overdrawn
  G (320003@1)                      FI (133211@1)check my account and the money's all gone
C (x32010@1)      FWhy (133211@1)me I don't know what to think
  G (320003@1)                        FI (133211@1)finally get aboard and the whole boat sinks
C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)   FSeems (133211@1)to be the story of my life

Intro

Verse 2
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              C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)         CI (x32010@1)pick a slot machine and lose it all again
F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)                 CBut (x32010@1)when I walk away, someone else always wins
F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)       CWhen (x32010@1)she finally calls me, I forget my phone
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)                CAnd (x32010@1)when I'm starving, you know the kitchen's closed

Pre-Chorus
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C (x32010@1)                           FIt (133211@1)doesn't matter what I try, it all ends up the same
C (x32010@1)             GAnd (320003@1)here I go again

Chorus
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C (x32010@1)            FHey (133211@1)that's the story of my life
  G (320003@1)                    FI (133211@1)had a good plan but it didn't go right
C (x32010@1)       FOh (133211@1)no I'm overdrawn
  G (320003@1)                      FI (133211@1)check my account and the money's all gone
C (x32010@1)      FWhy (133211@1)me I don't know what to think
  G (320003@1)                        FI (133211@1)finally get aboard and the whole boat sinks
C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)   FSeems (133211@1)to be the story of my life

Bridge
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C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)                CJust (x32010@1)when it seems like it's turnin' 'round for me
C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)           CThere's (x32010@1)always something that ends up happening
C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F        G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)           CI (x32010@1)found my car but I can't find my keys

Solo
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d|-12-s14-s12-12-10----10-------|-12-s14-s12-12-10-----10------|
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d|-12-s14-s12-12-10----10-------|-14?12-14---------------------|
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Verse 3
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I get to the party a little too late
And once again the music stops to play

Chorus
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C (x32010@1)            FHey (133211@1)that's the story of my life
  G (320003@1)                    FI (133211@1)had a good plan but it didn't go right
C (x32010@1)       FOh (133211@1)no I'm overdrawn
  G (320003@1)                      FI (133211@1)check my account and the money's all gone
C (x32010@1)      FWhy (133211@1)me I don't know what to think
  G (320003@1)                        FI (133211@1)finally get aboard and the whole boat sinks
C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)   FSeems (133211@1)to be the story of my life


Solo again

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