C - C

         C
Have you ever been up

         Fmaj7
Have you ever been down

         G
Have you ever been lost

         Bb
Have you ever been found

         C
Have you ever been right

         Fmaj7
Have you ever been wrong

         G
Have you come up short

        Bb
Can you come along

         C
Have you left a mark

         Fmaj7
Have you left alone

         G
Have you seen the way

         Bb
Can you come back home


F     C        G              Esus - E
Short stories, that's what we live

F     C                  G                   A
Short stories, babe just take what they will give

F     C               G             Esus - E
Short stories, that's all it's ever been

      F               C            G         A
Don't worry 'bout the ending Babe, before we begin

C - C

       C
I have seen the sun

       Fmaj7
That's behind the rain

       G
I have felt the joy

         Bb
That's behind the pain

        C
Did you ever go soft

        Fmaj7
Did you ever run wild

            G
I've been a hundred years old

           Bb
I been a newborn child

       C
I have found a smile 

        Fmaj7
In the midst of tears

       G
I can find a heart 

        Bb
In the midst of fear


F     C        G              Esus - E
Short stories, that's what we live

F     C                  G                   A
Short stories, babe just take what they will give

F     C               G             Esus - E
Short stories, that's all it's ever been

      F               C            G         A
Don't worry 'bout the ending Babe, before we begin


Dm - Am


          Dm              Am
Don't you know I need you near me

        Dm           Am
Or my happy ending's gone

       Dm             Am
And I see now so very clearly

         D             E       Esus - E
That our story must go on, and on.

C - C

      C
If I give myself

      Fmaj7
Can I ask for you

     G
If I give you hope

       Bb
Can we make it through

           C
You know I need a dream

            Fmaj7
Just like I need my breath

           G
We need to take the life

          Bb
Before we get the death

         C
You know I need your love

             Fmaj7
Just like I need the light

        G
Yes I need the chance

          Bb
Can it be tonight?


F     C        G              Esus - E
Short stories, that's what we live

F     C                  G                   A
Short stories, babe just take what they will give

F     C               G             Esus - E
Short stories, that's all it's ever been

      F               C            G         A
Don't worry 'bout the ending Babe, before we begin

[repeat and fade out...]