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E                    A
I could tell you the wildest of tales
B                       A               E
My friend the giant and travelling sales
E                A
Tell you all the times that I failed
B
The years all behind me
A           E
The stories excelled.
C#m            E
And I'm drying out
B
Crying out
A                E
This isn't how I go

E                     A
I could tell you of a man not so tall
B                            A          E
Who said life's a circus and so we are small
E             A
Tell you of a girl that I saw
B                         A              E
I froze in the moment and she changed it all

C#m            E
And I'm drying out
B
Crying out
A               C#m
This isn't how I go
       E
Hurry now
B
Lay me down
A                    B     C#m    A       E
And let these waters flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
B      C#m    A       E
Flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh

C#m          B              A                    E
Son I am not everything you thought that I would be
C#m             E           A               B
But every story I have told is part of meeeee

E                A
And you keep the air in my lungs
B                   A      E
Floating along as a melody comes
E                       A
And my heart beats like timpani drums
B                         A        E
Keeping the time while a symphony strums
C#m            E
And I'm drying out
B
Crying out
A               C#m
This isn't how I go
       E
Hurry now
B
Lay me down
A                    B     C#m    A       E
And let these waters flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
B      C#m    A       E
Flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
       B     C#m    A       E
Let it flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
       B     C#m    A       E
Let it flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh

C#m          B              A                    E
Son I am not everything you thought that I would be
C#m             E           A               B
But every story I have told is part of me
C#m             B           A                    E
Son I leave you now but you have so much more to do
C#m             E           A          B
And every story I have told is part of you

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