A Life's Story Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I grew up with [C]twisted
[G]knowledge very little
school and of course no college
[F]in a broken hom[C]e there
is no role mod[G]el my father figure
left me for the [F]bottle I had to
teach myself [C]to become
[G]a man never to give in to
what I didn't [F]understand the truth
is out [C]there out in the street
[G]my first teacher was a bum
with no shoes on his
feet [F]he told [C]me [G]about [F]his[C][G]
[F]life an
[C]d where he went wro[G]ng he said
[F]son you promise me [C]you'll never
sing [G]a sad song t[F]wo
weeks [C]later [G]my [F]friend was [C]dead [G]the[C][G][F][C]
[G]kno[F]wled[C]ge he [G]gave me is still
in my head street [F]soldier life
[C]just wasn't for me
where [G]the purpose is killing over
territory I heard [F]my calling it
came in [C]loud and clear [G]I was to speak
my mind [F]an [C]d[G][F][C][G]
[F]mak[C]e i[G]t my ca ree[F]r.[C][G]
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