Once chords by Mark Erelli

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
F  Dm  Bb  C  F  Dm  Bb  C

Verse:
         F               Dm         Bb          C
I turned thirty-three in Canada and wasn't even carded
F               Dm             Bb             C  Am
Drinking to the newly born and souls of the departed
       Bb
Oh, my Jesus year be damned
                               C      F  Dm  Bb  C
It feels like I'm just getting started

Verse:
    F         Dm               Bb    C
The older I become, I see it's all related
F                  Dm              Bb            C     Am
Pleasures they get simpler and the troubles more complicated
            Bb
But I don't ask for all that much
                         C       Bb
'Long as I don't have to fake it

Chorus:
                          C       F    Bb
Everyone should know this kind of love
                  C
Once in a lifetime
     Bb
Once
                          C       F    Bb
Everyone should know this kind of love
                  C
Once in a lifetime
   F  Dm  Bb  C  F  Dm  Bb  C
Once

Verse:
              F               Dm             Bb        C
You razed the walls around my heart, I never knew were there
    F          Dm             Bb  C          Am
The unexpected answer to some unintended prayer
               Bb
That I've done nothing to deserve it
                       C        Bb
Is a cross that I will gladly bear

Chorus:
                          C       F    Bb
Everyone should know this kind of love
                  C
Once in a lifetime
     Bb
Once
                          C       F    Bb
Everyone should know this kind of love
                  C
Once in a lifetime
   F  Dm  Bb  C  F  Dm  Bb  C
Once

Bridge:
    Gm
Why do we keep living
C                           F  Am  Dm
Looking for an answer from above_____
        Gm
Look at all that we've been given
   Edim7       A7     Dm     F  G7
And tell me it isn't enough
                   C     Bb  F  C
Shouldn't this be enough

Verse:
    F                Dm              Bb       C
Oh, one and one make two and now the two make three
          F              Dm           Bb         C        Am
I want to show you all I know but somehow you're teaching me
       Bb                                                 F  Bb
And it takes everything I got to just sit back and let it be...
                         C      Bb
Oh, to just sit back and let it

Chorus:
                          C       F    Bb
Everyone should know this kind of love
                  C
Once in a lifetime
     Bb
Once
                          A7      Dm    Bb
Everyone should know this kind of love
                  C
Once in a lifetime
   F  Dm  Bb
Once____
C  F  Dm  Bb  C  F
Once__________
   Dm  Bb  C  F  Dm  Bb  C  F
Once_______