My Once Upon A Time(Chords)

	        
Verse 1:
E 
Here you are alone, and you deserve it 
E 
Your friends have turned to stone 
E           Em 
And that's on you 
Em           E               Em 
You had a cause to serve but did you serve it? 
Em              C                 D 
Or did you see yourself in a way that wasn't true? 
Em 
Why tell all those lies? 
Em         C 
You feel unworthy 
C                  D         Em 
Like there isn't solid ground for you to stand 
Em                            C 
But a stack of lies is not a firm foundation 
C           D                C 
You cannot build a castle on a mountain made of sand 
 
Pre-Chorus
C         Bb          Dm 
This is not your father's fairytale 
Dm            Bb               Dm 
And no, it's not your mother's fault you fail 
C 
So when your story comes to light 
D 
Make sure the story that they write 

 

D  G  D 
Goes once upon a time she fought a dragon 
D  C 
Once upon a time that beast was me 
Em 
Once upon a misspent youth 
F 
She faced herself 
Cm  D# 
She spoke the truth 
D#  D  Em  C  D 
That's how I see my once upon a time 
D  G  F 
This time 


 
Verse 2:
F  Bb   Dm 
Life is not a storybook but life unfolds in chapters 
Bb  Dm 
Turn the page and start to make amends 
C  G 
There's no pre-written guarantee of (Happily ever after) 
Am  G  C  D 
Step into your greatness before your story ends 
D 
So when your story ends 

 

C  G#  C#   D# 
They'll say once upon a time a girl flew higher 
G#  Fm  D#  C#  C 
Once upon a time she made things right 
F 
Once upon a tie that binds 
F# 
She changed her heart 
Fm  E 
To change their minds 
E  G#  Fm  C#   D#  Fm 
That's got to be my once upon a time 
Fm  E 
This once upon a time 
E   D#  Fm   C#  D# 
I'll finally see my once upon a time 
G#  C#  A  G# 
This time