Maroon 5 - Story: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Story" 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.

 C                    C/B
Do you mean all the things you are?
 Am                       G
Are you pleased with the way things are?
 C                    C/B
Wear that dress to protect this scar
 Em                F
That only I have seen

Do you give just to please yourself?
Do you wish you were somewhere else?
Justified all the things you tried
Said that it was all for me

Chorus:
     F
And be near
Just for the moment
Stay here
Never go home

          C       Em
Did you know that everything
          F            G
she ever does is for you?
       C
So it goes,
      Em               F            G
the story of a broken heart comes true
           C
It comes true

Have you learned all the secrets yet?
Will you burn by the things I've said?
Took the dive just to feel alive
But never heard the truth

Now I'm in love but I don't know how
I'm in pain cause I want it now
As I sit watching her eyes close
I slowly open mine

Chorus

C           Am
I am so confused by this
A#                   Dm
I know that life is hit or miss
 C         Am
Days are stung by too much sun
    A#                F
I think that you may be the one

Cover yourself up in me
Shrouded in what could have been
I will listen to your pain
If you listen to me

Did you know that everything
she ever does is for you?
So it goes,
the story of a broken heart comes true
It comes true

       C Em
Come true
  F G
True
           C Em
It comes true
  F G
True


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

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 "Story" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Story" by Maroon 5.

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