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 1]
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

[Chorus]
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              Eb
She spoke the truth
Eb             D    Em          C  D
That's how I see my once upon a time
D      G     F
This time

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
C           Ab                  Db        Eb
They'll say once upon a time a girl flew higher
Ab             Fm  Eb       Db       C
Once upon a time she made things right
F
Once upon a tie that binds
Gb
She changed her heart
Fm             E
To change their minds
E      Ab         Fm             Db Eb  Fm
That's got to be my once upon a tiiiiiiiime
Fm               E
This once upon a time
E            Eb     Fm          Db   Eb
I'll finally see my once upon a tiiiiiiime
Ab         Db      A   Ab
This tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime