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by Brandi Carlile


This might help people who hate doing bar chords (like me), and don't mind dropping a 
step to achieve a song easily. I also like the heartier sound that playing without a capo 
sounds a little more rich. The chords basically go CC GG AmAm FF, C G Am F, C G CC
Special thanks to the original tabber who set the song up (I just went through and 
the chords with my -slightly- easier ones.

Tuning is half step down:


             
All of these lines across my face
             
Tell you the story of who I am
        
So many stories of where I've been
          
And how I got to where I am
          
But these stories
           
don't mean anything
                                           
When you've got no one to tell them to
                                    
It's true....I was made for you

          C <---(begin strumming softly)
I climbed across the mountain tops
         G <-- (start rocking out like your hair is on fire)
Swam all across the ocean blue
                  
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
           
But baby I broke them all for you
                   
Because even when I was flat broke
                      
You made me feel like a million bucks
                              
Yeah you do, and I was made for you

            C <--(back to fingerpicking)
You see the smile that's on my mouth
                
It's hiding the words that won't come out
              
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
                
Well they don't know my head is a mess
   C  <--(strumming)   G
No they don't know who I really am
                                             
And they don't know what I've been through, but you do
                  
And I was made for you


             C  <---(hair is on fire again)
All of these lines across my face
             
Tell you the story of who I am
        
So many stories of where I've been
          
And how I got to where I am
          
But these stories
           
don't mean anything
                        
When you've got no one to tell them to
                          
It's true....I was made for you