the story of me -       Everly Brothers

Intro:
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  Rescue me,  

             
 before my   d

              
reams have flo

                           
wn a-    way
            
  Rescue me,  

            
 take me   bac

             
k with you a- 

                          
   gain
             
  The lonely h

              
ours I wait fo

          
r    dawn's ca

              
ress I can't f

         
orget,
             
  the silence 

             
of the lonely-

                                 
   ness

           
  Destiny,   I

             
 wrote the   b

              
ook about the 

                           
    game
           
  Destiny,   n

             
ow I've   lear

              
ned how to tak

                           
e the     pain
             
  Try as I may

            
 I can't ex-  

/            
  plain the wa

              
y I'm feeling 

         
now
             
  Try as I may

            
 I can't ex-  

/                                   
   plain
             
And   now I'm 

           
   walking rig

             
ht back to   y

                           
ou
           
And   all a-  

             
 long I never 

             
really   kne- 

                            
  ew
              
That there was

           
    heartbreak

                                  
 ahead
          
And     everyo

            
ne but   I cou

                                        
ld   see
           
That's the    

                                                  
 story of   me

 -  - 

             
 Don't look ba

            
ck,   to think

             
 a-   bout the

          
 things we   d

               
id
             
 Don't look ba

            
ck,   to prete

             
nd that's   ho

              
w it might hav

            
e    been
             
  I'm walking 

              
homeward thru 

          
the    shadows

              
 of the night 

          
again
             
  So now the s

           
tory can be   

                                     
  told,
             
And   now I'm 

           
   walking rig

             
ht back to   y

                           
ou
           
And   all a-  

             
 long I never 

             
really   kne- 

                            
  ew
              
That there was

           
    sorrow to 

                                  
come 
          
And      I tho

              
ught there'd b

          
e   ecsta-   s

                              
y
           
That's the    

                                                  
 story of   me

 -  - 

             
And   now I'm 

           
   walking rig

             
ht back to   y

                           
ou
            
And   all a-  

#            
  long I never

             
 really   kne-

                             
   ew
             
That it's so  

#                                              
  easy to see 
          
    that's how

            
 it's    meant

                                         
 to   be
           
That's the    

                                                  
story of   me
           
   Story of   

                                                  
me,
          
     That's th

             
e story of   m

                                        
e   //


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