I'll Only Be Me Once chords by Chip Taylor

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Verse 1
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I'll only be me once,
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so I better find out who I am.
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And I  will only see me once
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So I better know just where I stand
And the lights all went down
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in Nortalia prison
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And  Matthew kneels to say his prayers
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But there will be no pray
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in'
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And they put him to sleep
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some six weeks ago
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For taking the life of a
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young policeman
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And he did a lot of good
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in his next 32 years
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Lucinda prayed that would
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count for something
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And I'll only be me once
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So I better find out who I am
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And I  will only see me once
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So I better know just where
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I stand
I have shared the stage
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With bandits an d heroes
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Some singly, poetic pornographers
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I have stood shoulder to shoulder
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With abusers and murderers
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Some pushers and burglars
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And con men and gamblers
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Ah, those fools such as I
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And I'll only be me once
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So I'd better find out who I am
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And I will only see thee once
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So I better know just where I stand
Did you walk on by
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When she cried out for protection
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Or did you speak up,
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and were you ridiculed?
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Did you stand shoulder -to -shoulder
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With some in  nocents on the border?
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Like teenager Susie Diaz
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Who was knocked down,
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she was boot -smashed
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By some bastard in El Paso
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With his spit shining as evil
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And his shiny badge of gold
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And I'll only be once
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So I'd better find out who I am
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And I will only see me once
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So I better know just where I  stand
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And I'll only be me once
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So I better find out just who I  am
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And I will only see me once
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So I better know just where I  stay