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For Once In My Life Chords by Stevie Wonder

For Once In My Life chords by Stevie Wonder

Guitar 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   (DEG)G    (BCD)G
           (DEGA)G   (BCD)G

Verse 1:

    G          G+5         G6            E      E7/G#
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me;
Am            E7+5      Am7  E7+5
 Someone I've needed so long.
    Am        E7+5         Am           D7
For once, una-fraid, I can go where life leads me;
    Gmaj7     Cadd9/D        Gmaj7   Cadd9/D
And somehow I know I'll be strong.
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Chorus 1:

    Bm7+5                     B7+5             B7 no5
For once, I can touch what my heart used to dream of,
Cmaj7              Cm6
 Long before I knew;
Bm7                Em7        Cmaj7/A             Am/D    Am7/D
 Someone warm like you, would make my dreams come true.

Verse 2:

     G          G+5            G6        E      E7/G#
For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me;
Am            E7+5      Am7  E7+5
 Not like it hurt me be-fore.
    Am        E7+5/G#      C/G           D7
For once I have something, I know won't de-sert me;
Gmaj7     Cadd9/D        Gmaj7   Cadd9/D
 I'm not a-lone any-more.

Chorus 2:

    Bm7+5                     B7+5             B7 no5
For once, I can say; this is mine you can't take it;
   Cmaj7                  Cm6
As long as I know I have love; I can make it.
    Bm7        Em7        Aadd9      Am7/D  Am7/D
For once in my life, I have some-one who    needs me.

Break:

G          Fadd9   A#    Gm/D#   Am7/D
 Some-one, who     needs me.

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


Solo:

G#         G#+5         G#6       F      F7/A
A#m        F7+5        A#m7      F7+5
A#m        F7+5        A#m       D#7
G#maj7     C#add9/D#   G#maj7    C#add9/D#
Cm7+5      C7+5        C7 no5
C#maj7                  C#m6
Cm7        Fm7        A#add9      A#m7/D#  A#m7/D#


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

    Cm7+5                     C7+5             C7 no5
For once, I can say; this is mine you can't take it;
   C#maj7                  C#m6
As long as I know I have love; I can make it.
    Cm7        Fm7        A#add9      A#m7/D  A#m7/D
For once in my life, I have some-one who    needs me.


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

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

(Repeat to Fade)

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