Just Another Story
[Intro]: G D7 C Bsus4 B Em Am D7 G
Em B C Em Bbdim B Em
Em D
Take any page from a book
Take a good look
C
What do you see?
B
Not just the words
Am Em D7
It's like a thousand little people
G D7sus4 D7
Somebody help me with this story
C Bsus4 B
Why does it always end the same?
G D7sus4 D7
Everybody feeling sor - ry
C Bsus4 B
Everybody saying, "It's a shame."
G D7
And as for those who say, "Why worry?
C Bsus4 B
It's just a story anyway."
Am Em
But it's just another story
Am Bsus4 B
Because it happened far away
[Instr] : G D7 C Bsus4 B Em Am D7 G
Em B C Em Bbdim B Em
Em D
Take the sound of a young mother, crying
C B
The little baby in her arms slowly dying
Am Em Am Em D7
It's like a thousand violin strings
G D7sus4 D7
Somebody help me with this sto - ry
C Bsus4 B
Why does it always end the same?
G D7sus4 D7
Everybody feeling sorry
C Bsus4 B
Everybody saying, "It's a shame."
G D7
And as for those who say, "Why worry?"
C Bsus4 B
Why should they worry anyway?
Am Em
When it's just another story
Am Em
Just another story
Am Em
Just another story
Am Bsus4 B
Because it happened far away
[Instr] : G D7 C Bsus4 B Em Am D7 G
Em B C Em Bbdim B Em
NB:
*Although live versions of this song may vary slightly
from the version shown here (the Innes Book of Records
version), they are basically the same.
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