Key: D5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: D- - G- - Bm- - A--


Verse 1:
D5                     B5
  It was not to long ago
                       G5
He bought tickets to a show
The curtains were drawn the 
A5
lights were on the 
story he didn't know
D5                         B5
  She was a foreign film about
                   G5
Love, mistrust and doubt
He tried to change and 
A5                              G--
rearrange and now he wanted out


Chorus 1:
    D5
(He said) She said he 
would never make it
G5
  Shot down he could 
never take it
B5
  He said that she never 
                A5
believes him at all
                     D5
It's the story of my life
She said he would 
never make it
G5
  Shot down he could 
never take it
B5
  He said that she never 
                A5
believes him at all
                     D--
It's the story of my life


Verse 2:
D5
  The plot had many holes
B5
  And the jokes were getting old
G5                       A5
  He tried to leave and for some 
reason he came back wanting more
D5                   B5
  He wasted so much time
                      G5
He could never get it right
He tried to change and 
A5                              G--
rearrange and now he wanted out


Chorus 2:
    D5
(He said) She said he 
would never make it
G5
  Shot down he could 
never take it
B5
  He said that she never 
                A5
believes him at all
                     D5
It's the story of my life
She said he would 
never make it
G5
  Shot down he could 
never take it
B5
  He said that she never 
                A5
believes him at all
It's the story of my life


Bridge:
G5                   D5
  I was never good enough

I could never be 
         B5
what you wanted
I'm gonna die trying
A5
  So just kill me now
G5                   D5
  I was never good enough
                  B5
I was never gonna make it
I'm gonna die trying
A5
  So just kill me now


Guitar Solo: D-- x4


(Repeat Chorus 2)


Outro:
D5
  Shot down he could 
never take it
She said he 
would never make it
  Shot down he could 
never take it
She said he 
                   D(hold)
would never make it