x"The Story I Heard"
Blind Pilot
3 Rounds and a Sound
Capo 1
All chords relative to capo.
(Chords used)
F7/C (F7) x33210
F7sus2/C (F*) x33010
Fadd9 (F9) xx3213
C (C) x32010
Cadd9 (C9) x32030
[Intro]
F* F7 F* F7 C C9 C C9
F* F7 F* F7 C C9 C C9
[Verse 1]
F* F7
Hey, JoJo.
F* F7 C C9 C C9
Yeah, I know your name.
F* F7
I thought I saw you
F* F7 C C9 C C9
jump the Utah train,
F* F* F* F7
but I could not say.
C
I could not say.
[Verse 2]
F* F7
Heard you tried to
F* F7 C C9 C C9
keep your hat on a shelf.
F* F7
Marry the woman,
F* F7 C C9 C C9
went off and loved someone else.
F* F* F*
Could be as well.
F7 C
I cannot tell.
C
Oh, no I cannot tell!
[Instrumental]
F7 F9 F7 F9 C C9 C C9
F9 F9 F9 F7 C C9 C C9
[Verse 3]
F* F7
Hey, JoJo,
F* F7 C C9 C C9
don't you forget your name.
F* F7
Might try to keep you
F* F7 C C9 C C9
from the man you have been.
F* F* F*
So, don't go that way.
F7 C
Don't go that way.
[Chorus]
F9 F7
Oh, 'cause the story I heard
F7 F7
is the people are bored
C C9
and the measures you take
C C9
to wrestle with your Lord.
F9 F7
All the money you take…
F9 F7
All the memories you spill...
C C9
Will He measure your tongue?
C C9
Will He measure your will?
Oh, now…
[Instrumental]
F7 F7 F7 F7 C C C C
[Verse 4]
F* F7
One of these mornings
F* F7 C C9 C C9
we'll be the loudest you’ll hear.
F* F7 F* F7 C C9 C C9
You'll write your story on firecracker paper,
F* F* F* F7
And disappear...
C
Near disappear...
F* - - F7
And disappear...
C
Near disappear...
[Chorus]
F9 F7
Oh, 'cause the story I heard
F7 F7
is the people are bored
C C9
and the measures you take
C C9
to wrestle with your Lord.
F9 F7
All the measures you fake...
F9 F7
Whether you're dead or just still...
C C9
Will He measure your tongue?
C C9
Will He measure your will?
Oh, now…
[Instrumental]
F7 F9 F7 F7 C C9 C C
[Outro]
F7
One of these mornings,
C
We'll be...
C
We'll be...
F7
One of these mornings,
C
We'll be...
C
We'll be home.
F9 F9 F7 F* C C9 C C9
F7 F9 F9 F7 C
