Intro 2x:  F

Verso 1:
F
Long ago
  Bb       Csus4     C
In someone else's lifetime
F       Dm
Someone with my name
  G           C
Who looked a lot like me
F
Came to know
Bb        Csus4  C
A man and made a promise
  F      Dm
He only had to say
  G         G/B    C
And that's where she would be

C/E
Lately
   F           F7       Bb
Although her feelings run just as deep
  Dm        Dm/C       G/B       F
The promise she made has grown impossible to keep
  F   Bb/D     C/E    F/A
And yet I wish  it wasn't so
Bb          C  F      Bb,C
Will he miss me if I go?

Verso 2:
F
In a way
     Bb        C
It's someone else's story
F          Dm      G        C
I don't see myself As taking part at all
F
Yesterday
  Bb            C
A girl that I was fond of
F         Dm
Finally could see
  F   G/B     C
The writing on the wall

C/E
Sadly
  F         F/A      Bb
She realized she'd left him behind
  Dm         Dm/C         G/B     F
And sadder than that she knew he wouldn't even mind
           Bb     C     F
And though there's nothing left to say
Bb         C   F
Would he listen if I stay?

Refrão:
     C#      Bbm           F            Bb F
It's all very well to say you fool it's now or never
Am        E    Gm        C     C#
I could be choosing No choices whatsoever

Verso 3:
F#
I could be
   B       C#
In someone else's story
  F#        Ebm
In someone else's life
  Ab    Ab/C   C#
And he could be in mine
F#           B       C#
I don't see  A reason to be lonely
F#          Ebm
I should take my chances
Ab     Ab/C    C#
Further down the line

C#/F
And if
  F#             F#7     B
That girl I knew should ask my advice
 Ebm       Ebm/C#
Oh I wouldn't hesitate
  Ab/C        F#
She needn't ask me twice
      B/D#       C#/F      F#
Go now! I'd tell her that for free
B           C#     F# , Ebm
Trouble is, the girl is me
  B          C#     F#
The story is, the girl is me