G G C G If you knew my story, you'd have a hard time C G Believing me G D You'd think I was lying G G C G Joy and sorrow never last C G D G I'll die trying not to live in the past D G If you knew my story D G My heaven and my hell D G If you knew my story G C D You'd have a good story to tell G G C G I left my clothes on that cold river rock C G G D My cares and my woes rolled up in my socks G G C G I lay down in that mountain stream C G D G And the icy water rushed over me D G If you knew (if you knew) my story D G My heaven and my hell D G If you knew (if you knew) my story G C Em G You'd have a good story to tell me Am C I'm not alone Em G A D Tell me I'm not alone G G C G Many backs have broken from lesser weight I know C G G D I was born to carry more than I can hold G G C G Even though I stumble, even though I fall C G You'll never see me tumble D G You'll never see me crawl D G If you knew (if you knew) my story D G My heaven and my hell D G If you knew (if you knew) my story G C Em G You'd have a good story to tell me Am C I'm not alone Em G A D Tell me I'm not alone G G C G Even though I stumble, even though I fall C G You'll never see me tumble D You'll never see (you'll never see) G C D G C D Me crawl D G If you knew my story