Only Once chords by
Maria Mckee
Maria Mckee

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Key: D major
Intro 1
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D

Verse 1
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D

I've never been obliged to stay
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C

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G

in one place for too long
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A

There's a bad seed bred inside me
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D

and it keeps me movin' on
Have I ever been persuaded to
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G

give it up and stay home?
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A

Was I tempted by an angel? Only once,
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D

only once
Verse 2
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D

Now I wanna be the kind of girl
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C

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G

who'll only make you proud
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A

But the noise and fuss and wanderlust
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D

will always drag me down
And if anyone should ask me,
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G

have I ever been in love
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A

I will think of you and tell them,
"Only once"
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D

Verse 3
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G

Only once did a pair of lips
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D

on mine make me cry
Only once for a pair of arms
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A

around me would I die
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D

A
A

D
D

I will love you till I'm saved,
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G

D
D

G
G

I will love you from my grave
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A

And love like this can happen only once,
only once
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D

Verse 4
A
A

D
D

All the men who try to save me weave
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C

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G

their wicked web around me
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A

All the ones I try to save,
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D

drink their fill and leave me lonely
Have I ever felt salvation wash
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G

me cleaner than a dove?
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Was I ever nearly happy? Only once
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D

Verse 5
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G

Only once was a stupid girl
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D

allowed to tempt her fate
Only once did I think twice and
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G

A
A

twice was once too late
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D

I'm going down like Jezebel and
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G

my body aches like hell
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A

I share my bed just to forget,
Interlude 1
I said, "No, only once"
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D

G
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D

A
A

Verse 6
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D

I will love you till I'm saved,
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G

I will love you from my grave
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A

And love like this can happen only once,
Outro 1
only once
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D

A
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