Sting - The Book Of My Life: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "The Book Of My Life" 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.
F#m Let me watch by the fire and remember my days E And it may be a trick of the firelight B/D# But the flickering pages that trouble my sight D Is a book I'm afraid to write It's the book of my days, it's the book of my life And it's cut like a fruit on the blade of a knife And it's all there to see as the section reveals There's some sorrow in every life A Bm If it reads like a puzzle, a wandering maze F#m D#dim Then I won't understand 'til the end of my days D I'm still forced to remember Bm C#m F#m Remember the words of my life There are promises broken and promises kept Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept There's a chapter of secrets, and words to confess If I lose everything that I possess There's a chapter on loss and a ghost who won't die There's a chapter on love where the ink's never dry There are sentences served in a prison I built out of lies Chorus: A Bm D E F#m D Though the pages are numbered Bm E I can't see where they lead F#m D Bm E D For the end is a mystery no-one can read E F#m In the book of my life Gm There's a chapter on fathers a chapter on sons There are pages of conflicts that nobody won And the battles you lost and your bitter defeat There's a page where we fail to meet There are tales of good fortune that couldn't be planned There's a chapter on god that I don't understand There's a promise of Heaven and Hell but I'm damned if I see Chorus: Though the pages are numbered I can't see where they lead For the end is a mystery no-one can read In the book of my life Now the daylight's returning And if one sentence is true All these pages are burning And all that's left is you Though the pages are numbered I can't see where they lead For the end is a mystery no-one can read In the book of my life You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  C#m  D  D#  D#dim  E  F#m  Gm  Bm  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 "The Book Of My Life" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Book Of My Life" by Sting.