My Once Upon a Time

[First Part]

E
Here you are alone, and you deserve 
it
E
Your friends have turned to stone
E           Em
And that’s on you
Em           E               Em
You had a cause to serve but did you
 serve it?
Em              C             
Or did you see yourself in a way 
    D
that wasn’t true?
Em
Why tell all those lies?
Em         C
You feel unworthy
C                  D         Em
Like there isn’t solid ground for 
you to stand
Em                            C
But a stack of lies is not a firm 
foundation
C           D                C
You cannot build a castle on a 
mountain made of sand

[Pre-Chorus]

C         Bb          Dm
This is not your father’s fairytale
Dm            Bb               
And no, it’s not your mother’s fault
Dm
 you fail
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C
So when your story comes to light
D
Make sure the story that they write

[Chorus]

D  G  D
Goes once upon a time she fought a 
dragon
D  C
Once upon a time that beast was me
Em
Once upon a misspent youth
F
She faced herself
Cm  Eb
She spoke the truth
Eb  D  Em  C  D
That’s how I see my once upon a time
D  G  F
This time

[Second Part]

F  Bb   Dm
Life is not a storybook but life 
unfolds in chapters
Bb  Dm
Turn the page and start to make 
amends
C  G
There’s no pre-written guarantee of 
“Happily ever after”
Am  G  C  D
Step into your greatness before your
 story ends
D
So when your story ends

[Chorus]

C  Ab  Db   Eb
They’ll say once upon a time a girl 
flew higher
Ab  Fm  Eb  Db  C
Once upon a time she made things 
right
F
Once upon a tie that binds
Gb
She changed her heart
Fm  E
To change their minds
E  Ab  Fm  Db   Eb  Fm
That’s got to be my once upon a time
Fm  E
This once upon a time
E   Eb  Fm   Db  Eb
I’ll finally see my once upon a time
Ab  Db  A  Ab
This time