* = single strum

[Intro]
    x2

[Verse 1]
(Harry)
            
Written in the

              
se walls are t

              
he stories tha

             
t I can't expl

ain
            
I leave my hea

              
rt open but it

              
 stays right h

              
ere empty for 

 
days

(Liam)
            
She told me in

              
 the morning s

             
he don't feel 

              
the same about

            
 us in her bon

es
            
It seems to me

              
 that when I d

             
ie these words

              
 will be writt

         
en on my stone

[Pre-Chorus 1]
(Zayn)
             
And I'll be go

          
ne gone tonigh

t
              
The ground ben

             
eath my feet i

       
s open wide
              
The way that I

             
 been holdin' 

       
on too tight
              
With nothing i

    
n between

[Chorus]
    
The story of m

y life, I take

 her home
  
I drive all ni

ght to keep he

r warm
     
and time
     
Is frozen (the

 story of, the

 story of)
    
The story of m

y life, I give

 her hope
             
I spend her lo

              
ve until she's

             
 broke inside
              
The story of m

  
y life (the st

ory of, the st

ory of)
 
[Verse 2]
(Niall)
            
Written on the

              
se walls are t

              
he colours tha

            
t I can't chan

ge
            
Leave my heart

              
 open but it s

              
tays right her

         
e in its cage

(Liam)
            
I know that in

              
 the morning n

             
ow, I'll see u

              
s in the light

          
 upon the hill
            
Although I am 

             
broken, my hea

              
rt is untamed 


still

[Pre-Chorus 2]
(Louis)
             
And I'll be go

          
ne gone tonigh

t
              
The fire benea

             
th my feet is 

         
burning bright
              
The way that I

             
 been holdin' 

      
on so tight
              
With nothing i

    
n between

[Chorus]
    
The story of m

y life, I take

 her home
  
I drive all ni

ght to keep he

r warm
     
and time
     
Is frozen (the

 story of, the

 story of)
    
The story of m

y life, I give

 her hope
             
I spend her lo

              
ve until she's

             
 broke inside
              
The story of m

  
y life (the st

ory of, the st

ory of)

[Bridge]
(Zayn)
            
And I been wai

              
ting for this 

              
time to come a

 
round
            
But baby, runn

              
ing after you 

              
is like chasin

      
g the clouds

[Chorus]
(Niall)
            
The story of m

          
y life, I take

 her home
            
I drive all ni

       
ght to keep he

r warm
    
and time
      
Is frozen

    
The story of m

y life, I give

 her hope
             
I spend her lo

              
ve until she's

             
 broke inside
              
The story of m

  
y life (the st

ory of, the st

ory of)

[Outro]
              
The story of m

        
y liiiiiife
              
The story of m

       
y liiiiiife (t

he story of, t

he story of)
             
The story of m

y life