Melinda Schneider - The Story Of My Life guitar chord

Written by

Melinda Schneider/Vanessa Corish/Paul Begaud

Intro Chords: A F#m E D

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I was born in '71

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Policeman dad and a yodelling mum

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Got no brother sister ties

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I'm an only child

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Nana sang to me on the swing

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Made me laugh with her tickling

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Took the stage at the age of 3

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It was mum and me

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I remember when I would fall asleep

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Under mum's fur coat backstage

E

How the sound of her voice would comfort me

D A

And I guess that nothing's changed

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So here I am before you now

A E

Still trying to get it right

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That's the story that's the story of my life

A

17 I was fashion queen

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It was great lycra tights were in

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I would sew for half the night

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Just to look right

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Met a man he was everything

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Broke my heart I was 20 then

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Had to learn how to be strong

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How to move on

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I remember when I cried all night

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When my dog Rhoda died

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And at 15 when I lost my Nan

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She said God was by her side

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So here I am before you now

A E

Still trying to get it right

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That's the story that's the story of my life

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Ooooh oh yeah that's the story of my life

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Oooooooh Ooooooh yeah yeah

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I remember the way he looked at me

D A

When I walked on down the aisle

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And how I cried those happy tears

D A

when I became his wife

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And yet here I am before you now

A E

Still trying to get it right

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That's the story that's the story of my life

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That's the story that's the story of my life

A

I was born in 71

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Policeman dad and a yodelling mum

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I am proud of where I'm from

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And who I've become