Once Upon A Time chords by First Aid Kit

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G+G

♫ Intro:

G+G E minorEm D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9



♫ Verse 1:
G+G
Once upon a time, I was falling in love with you
  E minorEm
My heart and your hands at the end of the avenue
D MajorD
Batting my eyes, trying to play it all cool
      Cadd9Cadd9
But you could see through all of that
   G+G
When I was sixteen, life seemed an endless stream
  E minorEm
Of romance and chance and movie star beauty queens
D MajorD
I tried my best to mold into their extremes
 Cadd9Cadd9
I never fit the part

♫ Refrain:
G+G  E minor 7Em7
Ooh-ooh
D MajorD
Ooh-ooh


♫ Verse 2:
G+G
Once upon a time, life was an open road
E minorEm
Rear view mirror, another sold out show
D MajorD
Always some place new to go
     Cadd9Cadd9
But they all blend into onе
G+G
All I could see was all that it couldn't be
E minorEm
Felt so bad to be thanklеss and naive
 D MajorD
A augmentedA hotel room with a beautiful view
      Cadd9Cadd9
What did it matter to me?

♫ Refrain:
If there was no
G+G  E minor 7Em7
You-ooh
If there was no
D MajorD
You-ooh


♫ Bridge:
C majorC            D MajorD
   And maybe when I'm older
C majorC           D MajorD
 I can put it all to rest
C majorC           D MajorD
 So afraid of growing bitter
C majorC              D MajorD
 Like what the hell did I expect?
N.C.      G+G    E minor 7Em7             D MajorD
While the world burns
               (While the world burns)
        G+G    E minor 7Em7             D MajorD
While the world burns
               (While the world burns)
        G+G    E minor 7Em7             D MajorD
While the world burns     While the world burns


♫ Outro:
G+G
Once upon a time, I was falling in love with you
  E minorEm
My heart and your hands at the end of the avenue
D MajorD
Batting my eyes, trying to play it all cool
       Cadd9Cadd9
But you could see through all of that