Intro: 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
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How the sound of her voice would comfort me
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And I guess that nothing's changed
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So here I am before you now
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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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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
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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
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When I walked on down the aisle
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And how I cried those happy tears
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when I became his wife
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And yet here I am before you now
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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


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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