Every Story Is a Love Story
Elton John / Tim Rice
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Eb - F/Eb - Ab - Eb
Eb - F/Eb - Ab

Eb
Every story, tale or memoir
F/Eb
Every saga or romance
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Whether true or fabricated
 Eb
Whether planned or happenstance

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Eb
Whether sweeping through the ages
F/Eb
Casting centuries aside
Gb            Ab
Or a hurried brief recital
Eb
Just a thirty-minute ride

F
Whether bright or melancholy
F/
Rough and ready, finely spun
Eb               B
Whether with a thousand players
      Db            Ab
Or a lonely cast of one

Eb
Every story, new or ancient
F/Eb
Bagatelle or work of art
Gb                Ab
All are tales of human failing
Eb
All are tales of love at heart

Eb
This is the story of a love that flourished In a time of hate
    Eb7
Of lovers no tyranny could separate
F			     C
Love set into motion on the Nile's shore
		      Bb
Destiny ignited by an act of war

Gm					G
Egypt saw the mighty river as its very heart and soul
                   
Source of life for all her people
     Gm
That only Egypt could control
F				      C
Destruction of her southern neighbor justified
 Eb                                Bb
Nubia exploited, left with little more than pride