Belle and Sebastian - Storytelling: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Storytelling" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

G                        Bm
Picture a scene in your mind
                 C               A
Look at all the people and take note
                 D
of the setting behind
C        Bm        Am              D
Listen, watch, and wait, a plot begins to take shape

There's a story and then characters will come to you
Relating events as they choose to
But all their words and actions come entirely
from you

Chorus:
              G              Bm
If you're a storyteller you might think
           C           Cm
you're without responsibility
             G                   Bm
And you can lead your characters anywhere
     C               Cm
you want, you have immunity

Have you considered the way
People might react to all the
things that your characters say?
And are their actions hand in
hand with what you want to portray?

Are you sick? Are you crippled? Insane?
Expressing the desires that
daren't speak their name?
Are you the one to be blamed?

Chorus:
Now you're a storyteller you
might think you are without responsibility
But in directions, actions
and words cause and effect
You need consistency

How can you finish the tale?
Lives which have played a part
Are summarised from the very start
And episodes left out to make it all go your way

"It's a might big world
Some of it I've seen
But mostly I've only heard
And stories are all fiction from their
moment of birth"

Chorus:
You're just a storyteller
You're not trying to escape responsibility
If we believe you then you're successful
But you don't make claims of verity

You're just a storyteller
You're not trying to escape responsibility
If we believe you then you're successful
But you don't make claims of verity


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Storytelling" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Storytelling" by Belle and Sebastian.

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