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For Once In My Life

Brenda Lee

RockMedium for beginners17 chords

How to play it

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

Am7×○○○
Dm7Diagram coming soon
G7○○○
C×○○
BDiagram coming soon
Am×○○
A7×○○○
Dm××○
D××○
F
CdimDiagram coming soon
Em○○○○
Em7○○○○○
FdimDiagram coming soon
G○○○
D7××○
G#7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: C7M Am7 Dm7 G7 C7M Am7 Dm7 G7 
 
                           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  Em    Em7+     A7sus4   A7  
Long before  I  knew.      Someone warm like  you 
       Dm7     Cdim  Fdim  G    G7 
Could make my dreams come true 
                        C           C/B         Am         A7  Dm             Dm7+     Dm7    G7 
For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me. Not like it's hurt me before 
                      Dm             Dm7+     Dm7           G7  C     Dm7  G7   C    Bm5-/7 
For once I've got someone I know won't desert me I'm not alone 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    Am   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 
 
                         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 not alone 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    Fdim   Fdim C 
For once in my life I've got someone who needs me

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Chord set

Am7 · Dm7 · G7 · C · B · Am · A7 · Dm · 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.