For Once In My Life

Andy Williams

PopMedium for beginners17 chords

How to play it

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

BDiagram coming soon

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Am7

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Em7

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Introdução: C7M 
 
                C            C/B      Am        A7  
For once in my life I've got someone who needs me 
 Dm       Dm7+      Dm7     G7  
Someone I've needed so long 
            Dm      Dm7+      Dm7           G7 
For once unafraid I can go where life leads me 
C    Dm7   G7       C     C/B 
Somehow I know I'll be strong 
      Am             Am7+           Am7         D     
For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of 
F  Cdim      A7  Dm7                 
Long before I knew 
          Em    Em7+     A4/7       A7 
Ho, ho, ho  someone warm like  you 
   Dm7     Cdim  Fdim  G    G7     
Could make my dreams come true, yea, yea, yea, yea 
      C           C/B         Am         A7   
For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me 
Dm             Dm7+     Dm7    G7 
Not like it's hurt me before 
     Dm             Dm7+     Dm7          G7   
For once I've got someone I know won't desert me  
C     Dm7  G7    C    Bm5-/7 
I'm unafraid  anymore 
     Am         Am7+          Am7             D7/9  
For once I can say: "This is mine you can't take it" 
           Dm        Dm7            F         D7 
As long as I know I've got love, I can make it 
     C          C/B           Am      Dm7  G    C G#7 G7 
For once in my life I've got someone who needs me 
 
Interlude: C C/B Am A7 Dm Dm7+ Dm7 G7 Dm Dm7+ Dm7 G7 C Dm7 G7 C C/B       
 
     Am             Am7+           Am7         D     
For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of 
F  Cdim      A7  Dm7                 
Long before I knew 
          Em    Em7+     A4/7       A7 
Ho, ho, ho  someone warm like  you 
   Dm7     Cdim  Fdim  G    G7     
Could make my dreams come true, yea, yea, yea, yea 
 
Interlude: C C/B Am A7 Dm Dm7+ Dm7 G7 Dm Dm7+ Dm7 G7 C Dm7 G7 C C/B       
 
     Am         Am7+          Am7             D7/9  
For once I can say: "This is mine you can't take it" 
           Dm        Dm7            F         D7 
As long as I know I've got love, I can make it 
     C          C/B           Am      Dm7  G    C G#7 G7 
For once in my life I've got someone who needs me 
    C         C/B      Am     Dm7  G  C  Fdim  C  
For once in my life I've got someone who needs me

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Chord set

C · B · Am · A7 · Dm · Dm7 · G7 · Am7 · D · F · Cdim · Em · Em7 · Fdim · G · D7 · G#7

Practice tip

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