For Once In My Life chords by Stevie Wonder

Chords with lyrics

Stevie Wonders wonderful tune. This is how I play it on the piano and it sounds frkn awesome.
Feel free to add your own variations and bassntoes. (the Am/D on "dreams come TRUE" is acually a C69/D and the
Am7/D is a Cadd9/D) but it sounds pretty much the same.
Have fun!
Listen to the song so you know when to change chords.
Original key F, transpose -2.
Peace brothers and sisters.

Intro=(the bassnotes in parenthesis)

Intro: G+G  (DEG)G  (BCD)G
      (DEGA)G  (BCD)G

Verse 1:

  G+G     G+G+5     G6G6      E MajorE   E7/G#
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me;
A minorAm      E7E7+5   Am7Am7 E7E7+5
 Someone I've needed so long.
  A minorAm    E7E7+5     A minorAm      D7D7
For once, una-fraid, I can go where life leads me;
  Gmaj7Gmaj7   Cadd9/D    Gmaj7Gmaj7  Cadd9/D
And somehow I know I'll be strong.

Chorus 1:

  Bm7Bm7+5           B7B7+5       B7B7 no5
For once, I can touch what my heart used to dream of,
Cmaj7Cmaj7       Cm6Cm6
 Long before I knew;
Bm7Bm7        E minor 7Em7    Cmaj7/A       Am/D  Am7/D
 Someone warm like you, would make my dreams come true.

Verse 2:

   G+G     G+G+5      G6G6    E MajorE   E7/G#
For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me;
A minorAm      E7E7+5   Am7Am7 E7E7+5
 Not like it hurt me be-fore.
  A minorAm    E7E7+5/G#   C/GC/G      D7D7
For once I have something, I know won't de-sert me;
Gmaj7Gmaj7   Cadd9/D    Gmaj7Gmaj7  Cadd9/D
 I'm not a-lone any-more.

Chorus 2:

  Bm7Bm7+5           B7B7+5       B7B7 no5
For once, I can say; this is mine you can't take it;
  Cmaj7Cmaj7         Cm6Cm6
As long as I know I have love; I can make it.
  Bm7Bm7    E minor 7Em7    Aadd9Aadd9   Am7/D Am7/D
For once in my life, I have some-one who  needs me.

Break:

G+G     Fadd9Fadd9  A#A#  Gm/D#  Am7/D
 Some-one, who   needs me.

G#G#     F#add9F#add9 BB   G#m/E  A#m7/D#
 Some-one, who   needs me.

Solo:

G#G#     G#G#+5     G#6G#6    FF   F7/A
A#mA#m    F7F7+5    A#m7A#m7   F7F7+5
A#mA#m    F7F7+5    A#mA#m    D#7D#7
G#Maj7G#maj7   C#add9/D#  G#Maj7G#maj7  C#add9/D#
Cm7Cm7+5   C7C7+5    C7C7 no5
C#Maj7C#maj7         C# minor 6C#m6
Cm7Cm7    Fm7Fm7    A#add9A#add9   A#m7/D# A#m7/D#


   G#G#     G#G#+5      G#6G#6    FF   F7/A
For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me;
A#mA#m      F7F7+5   A#m7A#m7 F7F7+5
 Not like it hurt me be-fore.
  A#mA#m    F7F7+5/A   C#/G#      D#7D#7
For once I have something, I know won't de-sert me;
G#Maj7G#maj7   C#add9/D#    G#Maj7G#maj7  C#add9/D#
 I'm not a-lone any-more.

  Cm7Cm7+5           C7C7+5       C7C7 no5
For once, I can say; this is mine you can't take it;
  C#Maj7C#maj7         C# minor 6C#m6
As long as I know I have love; I can make it.
  Cm7Cm7    Fm7Fm7    A#add9A#add9   A#m7/D A#m7/D
For once in my life, I have some-one who  needs me.


G#G#     F#add9F#add9 BB   G#m/E  Bm7/D#
 Some-one, who   needs me.

G#G#     F#add9F#add9 BB   G#m/E  Bm7/D#
 Some-one, who   needs me.

(Repeat to Fade)