G       G            C           G
If you knew my story, you'd have a hard time
   C      G
Believing me
       G           D
You'd think I was lying
 G       G     C      G
Joy and sorrow never last
 C        G             D           G
I'll die trying not to live in the past

        D       G
If you knew my story
    D            G
My heaven and my hell
        D       G
If you knew my story
       G           C        D
You'd have a good story to tell

   G       G               C          G
I left my clothes on that cold river rock 
    C            G          G         D
My cares and my woes rolled up in my socks
G      G            C        G
I lay down in that mountain stream
         C  G      D          G
And the icy water rushed over me

        D                     G
If you knew (if you knew) my story
         D              G
Drew the water from the well
        D                     G
If you knew (if you knew) my story
       G           C        Em  G
You'd have a good story to tell  me 
     Am     C
I'm not alone
 Em  G        A      D
Tell  me I'm not alone

      G          G           C               G
Many backs have broken from lesser weight I know
C              G    G                D
I was born to carry more than I can hold
      G        G        C             G
Even though I stumble, even though I fall
        C           G
You'll never see me crumble
        D            G
You'll never see me crawl

        D                     G
If you knew (if you knew) my story
    D            G
My heaven and my hell
        D                     G
If you knew (if you knew) my story
       G           C        Em  G
You'd have a good story to tell  me 
     Am     C
I'm not alone
 Em  G        A      D
Tell  me I'm not alone

      G        G        C             G
Even though I stumble, even though I fall
        C             G
You'll never see me crumble
        D
You'll never see (you'll never see)
     G   C  D  G  C  D
Me crawl

         D      G
If you knew my story