The Story I Heard Chords - Blind Pilot






"The Story I Heard"
Blind Pilot
3 Rounds and a Sound

Capo 1
All chords relative to capo.

Chords used:
F7/C     (F7)   x33210
F7sus2/C (F*)   x33010
Fadd9    (F9)   xx3213
C        (C)    x32010
Cadd9    (C9)   x32030

F* F7 F* F7 C C9 C C9
F* F7 F* F7 C C9 C C9

F*      F7
  Hey, JoJo.
F*         F7         C C9 C C9
  Yeah, I know your name.
F*             F7
  I thought I saw you
F*          F7    C C9 C C9
  jump the Utah train,
                   F* F* F* F7
  but I could not say.
               C
  I could not say.

F*           F7
  Heard you tried to
F*           F7        C C9 C C9
  keep your hat on a shelf.
F*           F7
  Marry the woman,
F*              F7      C     C9  C C9
  went off and loved someone else.
               F*  F*  F*
  Could be as well.
F7          C
  I cannot tell.
C     
  Oh, no I cannot tell!

F7 F9 F7 F9 C C9 C C9
F9 F9 F9 F7 C C9 C C9

F*      F7
  Hey, JoJo,
F*           F7          C C9 C C9
  don't you forget your name.
F*             F7
  Might try to keep you
F*         F7            C C9 C C9
  from the man you have been.
                    F* F* F*
  So, don't go that way.
F7               C
  Don't go that way.

                  F9      F7
  Oh, 'cause the story I heard
           F7          F7
  is the people are bored
             C          C9
  and the measures you take
       C                C9
  to wrestle with your Lord.
           F9        F7
  All the money you take…
            F9           F7
  All the memories you spill...
            C            C9
  Will He measure your tongue?
            C            C9
  Will He measure your will?

  Oh, now…

F7 F7 F7 F7 C C C C

F*              F7
  One of these mornings
F*               F7            C C9 C C9
  we'll be the loudest you’ll hear.
F*                  F7   F*       F7      C C9 C C9
  You'll write your story on firecracker paper,
           F*    F* F* F7
  And disappear...
           C     
  Near disappear...
           F*    - -   F7
  And disappear...
           C
  Near disappear...

                  F9      F7
  Oh, 'cause the story I heard
           F7          F7
  is the people are bored
             C          C9
  and the measures you take
       C                C9
  to wrestle with your Lord.
           F9           F7
  All the measures you fake...
                  F9           F7
  Whether you're dead or just still...
            C            C9
  Will He measure your tongue?
            C            C9
  Will He measure your will?

  Oh, now…

F7 F9 F7 F7 C C9 C C

  F7
  One of these mornings,
  C
  We'll be...
  C
  We'll be...
  F7
  One of these mornings,
  C
  We'll be...
  C
  We'll be home.

F9 F9 F7 F* C C9 C C9
F7 F9 F9 F7 C