Only Once chords by Maria Mckee

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D

Verse:
                                   C                 G
I've never been obliged to stay in one place for too long
          A                                              D
There's a bad seed bred inside me and it keeps me moving on
                                                     G
Have I ever been persuaded to give it up and stay at home?
      A                                    D
Was I tempted by an angel? Only once, only once

Verse:
                                         C             G
Now I want to be the kind of girl who'll only make you proud
        A                                                 D
But the noise and fuss and wanderlust will always drag me down
                                                 G
And if anyone should ask me, have I ever been in love
       A                                D
I will think of you and tell them, only once

Chorus:
     G                                       D
Only once did a pair of lips on mine make me cry
                                                 A
Only once, for a pair of arms around me, would I die
       D                                                G
I will love you till I'm saved, I will love you from my grave
    A                                         D
And love like this can happen only once, only once

Verse:
                                            C           G
All the men who try to save me, weave their wicked web around me
        A                                                 D
All the ones I try to save, drink their fill and leave me lonely
                                                  G
Have I ever felt salvation wash me cleaner than a dove?
      A                       D
Was I ever nearly happy? Only once

Chorus:
     G                                           D
Only once was a stupid girl allowed to tempt her fate
                                                   A
Only once did I think twice and twice was once too late
          D                                        G
I'm going down like Jezebel and my body aches like hell
        A                                       D
I share my bed just to forget, I said 'no' only once

Instrumental:
G      D
D      A

Chorus:
       D                                                G
I will love you till I'm saved, I will love you from my grave
    A                                         D     A     D
And love like this can happen only once, only once