The Book of My Life

The Book of my life by Sting Transcribed by Fernakas 16.1.2005 F#m Violin Solo F#m Let me watch by the fire and remember my days F#m/E And it may be a trick of the firelight H/D# But the flickering pages that trouble my sight D Is a book I'm afraid to write F#m It's the book of my days, it's the book of my life F#m/E And it's cut like a fruit on the blade of a knife H/D# And it's all there to see as the section reveals D There's some sorrow in every life A Hm If it reads like a puzzle, a wandering maze F#m F#m/Eb Then I won't understand 'til the end of my days D I'm still forced to remember, Hm C#m F#m Remember the words of my life F#m There are promises broken and promises kept F#m/E Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept H/D# There's a chapter of secrets, and words to confess D If I lose everything that I possess A Hm There's a chapter on loss and a ghost who won't die F#m F#m/C# There's a chapter on love where the ink's never dry Hm C#m D Hm There are sentences served in a ]prison I built out of lies. AHm D E Though the pages are numbered FDm Hm E I can't see where they lead FDm Hm E D For the end is a mystery no-one can read E F#m In the book of my life Interlude F#m Gm There's a chapter on fathers a chapter on sons Gm/F There are pages of conflicts that nobody won And the [C/E[battles you lost and your bitter defeat, D# There's a page where we fail to meet Bb Cm There are tales of good fortune that couldn't be planned Gm Gm/E There's a chapter on god that I don't understand Cm Dm D# Cm There's a promise of Heaven and Hell but I'm damned if I see BCm D# F Though the pages are numbered GD# Cm F I can't see where they lead GD# Cm F D# For the end is a mystery no-one can read F Gm In the book of my life Interlude Gm Bb ../../D Cm Now the daylight's returning Gm ../A ../BbDm And if one sentence is true D# .../G F.../C All these pages are burning Cm Ab Bb Fm And all that's left is GCEF# you GECF# GECF# EF# HC#m E F# Though the pages are numbered GEm C#m F# I can't see where they lead GEm C#m F# E For the end is a mystery no-one can read F# G#m In the book of my life GECF# GECF# GECF# EFG#m Fm