← Back to library

Once Upon Another Time

Andrew Lloyd Webber

OtherAdvanced for beginners10 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E
F#mDiagram coming soon
Bm×
Bm7Diagram coming soon
C#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
C#mDiagram coming soon
A×
Am×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

Text size
 
              
verse 1  
 
E          F#m/E 
Once upon another time, 
    E         E2 E   Bm 
Our story had only begun. 
    Bm7               C#/B 
You chose to turn the page, 
    F#m            B7 
And I made choices too... 
 
E          F#m/E 
Once upon another time 
    E          E2      E       Bm 
We did what we thought must be done... 
    Bm7             C#/B 
And now, we have no choice. 
   F#m             B7 
We do what we must do...  
 
   E          C#m 
We love... We live... 
    A               C#m 
We give what we can give... 
    Am                    E   
And take what little we deserve... 
 
verse 2 
Phantom: 
 
E          F#m/E 
Once upon another time, 
  E            E           Bm 
I knew how our story would end, 
    Bm          C#/B 
And maybe I was wrong, 
    F#m              B7 
But now the moment's gone... 
 
E                  F#m/E 
Were it still that other time, 
    E            E2   E      Bm 
I'd make time itself somehow bend! 
    Bm7              C#/B 
But now I'm not that strong, 
    F#m               B7 
And time keeps moving on... 
 
Both: 
 
   E          C#m 
We love... We live... 
 A               C#m 
We give what we can give... 
    Am                    E   
And take what little we deserve...    
 
   E          C#m 
We love... We live... 
 A               C#m 
We give what we can give... 
    Am                    E   
And take what little we deserve... 
 
Outro 
 
E           F#m/E E 
Once upon another time... 
          
 

Details

Rating

Not rated yet

Chord set

E · F#m · Bm · Bm7 · C# · B · B7 · C#m · A · Am

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.