Tom: C | C | G | C | C | [Verse 1] C G C C Oh, I hope I get to say good-bye to all my friends F F C G when my story ends, when my story ends. C G C C And if I don’t I pray that we have made amends F G C C when my story comes to an end. [Interlude] | C | G | C | C | | F | F | C | G | | C | G | C | C | | F | G | C | C | [Verse 2] C G C C All the ones who’ve gone before me, they’re around me now, F F C G they’re around me now though I don’t know how. C G Am Am Telling me their stories and they’re telling me they’re proud, F G C C I can hear them talking now. [Interlude] | C | G | C | C | | F | F | C | G | | C | G | Am | Am | | F | G | C | C | [Bridge] G G C C When my breath is still and the light leaves my eyes, D D G G/F I’ll take one look around and I’ll take to the sky. C G Am Am I don’t know exactly when, I don’t know exactly why, F G C C but I might hang my head and cry. [Interlude] | C | G | C | C | | F | F | C | G | | C | G | Am | Am | | F | G | C | C | [Verse 3] C G C C What do you see in the trees or the soaring of a dove, F F C G is it a fathers plan or a mothers love? C G Am Am Well, the universe is swirling and the stars up above, F G C C I don’t know but it fits me like a glove. [Ending] C G C C And I hope I get to say good-bye to all my friends, F F C G when my story ends, when my story ends. C G Am Am And if I don’t I pray that we have all made amends, F G C C when my story comes to an end, F G C C oh, when my story comes to an end.