Matt Maher – The Stories I Tell Myself (Guitar)

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I figured this out myself, to suit my own voice. Probably all wrong, but it works for me 😃 All credits to Mr. Matt Maher! [Intro] C D Em C D G [Verse 1]
C                            D        Em
Never faced a battle that he couldn’t win

C                            D     G
All you ever wanted was to be like him

C                            D            Em
But he drank his way through your teenage years

C                         G             D        G
Now you're stuck with the bill for your father’s sins

C                       D       G
These are the stories I tell myself
[Verse 2]
C                                   D           Em
This town has a ceiling that you'll never break through

C                           D       G
You'll always be alone in a crowded room

        C                  D         Em
And no matter how hard you work it’s true

C               G           D     G
You'll never be enough just being you

C                       D      G
These are the stories I tell myself
[Chorus 1]
G               C   G
When I think of Abraham

             Em       D      G
Counting the stars up in the sky

                C  G
When I think of Jacob

            Em    D       G
Fighting an angel for his life

                C  G
When I think of Joshua

                   Em      D        G
Walking around the walls until they fell

C                       D      G
These are the stories I tell myself

C                       D
These are the stories I tell
[Verse 3]
   C                                 D      Em
My children there are lessons that I cannot teach

        C                            D      G
There's always going to be something out of reach

       C                D        G
By the grace of God you remember well

C                         D
These are the stories you tell
[Tag]
C                       D      G
These are the stories I tell myself

C                       D
These are the stories I tell
[Chorus 1]
G               C   G
When I think of Abraham

             Em       D      G
Counting the stars up in the sky

                C G
When I think of Jacob

            Em    D       G
Fighting an angel for his life

                C  G
When I think of Joshua

                   Em      D        G
Walking around the walls until they fell

C                       D      G
These are the stories I tell myself

C                       D
These are the stories I tell
[Bridge]
                       C G         D    Em
And when I think about Jesus (Oh – oh – oh)

                   C G
When I think about Jesus

C                               D        Em
He never faced a battle that he couldn’t win

C                   D        G
All I ever needed I found in him

       C        G                D     G
And he made his way through the wilderness

     C
From glory to glory

G              D
He is my story
[Chorus 2]
                C   G
When I think of Abraham

             Em          D   G
Counting the stars up in the sky

                C G
When I think of Jacob

            Em    D       G
Fighting an angel for his life

                C  G
When I think of Joshua

                   Em      D        G
Walking around the walls until they fell

C
They went before me

G                    D
These are the stories

           C G
I think of Noah

              Em     D       G
Looking for a sign after the rain

                   C G
When I think about Moses

                 Em       D   G
Speaking for the powerless in faith

                   C G
When I think about Joseph

                Em     D    G
Dreaming at the bottom of a well

C                       D     G
These are the stories I tell myself

C                       D
These are the stories I tell
[Outro]
C                       D    G
These are the stories I tell myself

C                       D    G
These are the stories I tell myself