Key: E
Introduction:
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 D
Or did you see yourself in a way 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 Dm
And no, it's not your mother's fault you fail
C
So when your story comes to light
D
Make sure the story that they write
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 D#
She spoke the truth
D# D Em C D
That's how I see my once upon a time
D G F
This time
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
C G# C# D#
They'll say once upon a time a girl flew higher
G# Fm D# C# C
Once upon a time she made things right
F
Once upon a tie that binds
F#
She changed her heart
Fm E
To change their minds
E G# Fm C# D# Fm
That's got to be my once upon a time
Fm E
This once upon a time
E D# Fm C# D#
I'll finally see my once upon a time
G# C# A G#
This time