Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

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


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


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


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


Chorus 2:
    D
(He said) She said he 
would never make it
G
  Shot down he could 
never take it
Bm
  He said that she never 
                A
believes him at all
                     D
It's the story of my life
She said he would 
never make it
G
  Shot down he could 
never take it
Bm
  He said that she never 
                A
believes him at all
It's the story of my life


Bridge:
G                   D
  I was never good enough

I could never be 
         Bm
what you wanted
I'm gonna die trying
A
  So just kill me now
G                   D
  I was never good enough
                  Bm
I was never gonna make it
I'm gonna die trying
A
  So just kill me now


Guitar Solo: D-- x4


(Repeat Chorus 2)


Outro:
D
  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