Tom: E
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