Ever Loved Once chords by Blitzen Trapper

Blitzen Trapper
Ever Loved Once

great song off the album VII!

guitar chords by joshuaRobot
lyrics by someone else on the internet

standard tuning

intro:
D Bm C F 2x

Verse 1:
       E              Bm
It was just as I was leaving
            A               G
Throw some change up on the bar
      E                          G
She caught my eye through the swinging door
         D                  A
She was standing out by my car
           E                      Bm
I said I thought you moved to the city girl
     A                  G
No I never did find the time
         E                  G
Ive been wasting away at my sisters place
     D                   A
Just north of the county line

Verse 2: //same chords as first, no lyrics for first half
Well I gazed out across the gravel lot
To the road that leads to town
Thinking all the ways that I broke your heart
Yeah, thinking how it all went down
Chorus:
                 E                Bm
And I said its a strange thing to see you now
         D          A           G        D
Ive been running so long on the same old ground
      E                            Bm
Gonna rattle these chains till the morning light
     D          A
If I ever loved once, you know
G             D
I never loved right by
E      Bm        A            E
you    ooooooh   ooooooh      oooooooh
Bm        D         A            E
oooooh    ooooooh   ooooooh      oooooooh

//Bm D A E also works for the first set of "ooohs" (instead of E Bm A E)
//but i like the D to E sound better coming from the end of the chorus

//Those are all of the chords. the rest of the song uses the same progressions

Verse 3:
So we go up to the turnpike
Where the whole world turns to sky
I took her hand, but she drew away
Like a bird getting ready to fly
She said I ain’t so young, and I met someone
He’s a rock that just won’t roll
And I gotta find out, if you only love once
Or does love keeṗ coming to call

Chorus:
Cause it’s a strange thing to see you now
I’ve been running so long on the same old ground
Gonna rattle these chains till the morning light
If I ever loved once, you know
I never loved right by you

Intro

Verse 4:
There’s a half built house in the potter’s field
All the timbers are turned to gray
There’s an old brown dog living on the porch
I seen him just the other day
Well I laid those planks, and I drove those nails
But it never did satisfy
And a man must forfeit all he owns
For a glimpse at the reason why

Chorus:
It’s a strange thing to see you now
I’ve been running so long on the same old ground
Gonna rattle these chains till the morning light
If I ever loved once, you know
I never loved right

And it’s a strange thing to see you here
If the world don’t mine, yeah you better leave the keys
Gonna rattle these chains till the morning light
If I ever loved once, you know
I never loved right by you