...FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'For Once in My Life' (1968)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: F)
Intro
[D]
Verse 1
[D] [Daug] [D6] [D7]
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me;
[Em] [Eaug] [Em7] [Em6]
Someone I've needed so long.
[Em] [Eaug] [Em7] [Em6]
For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me;
[D] [A7] [D]
And somehow I know I'll be strong.
Chorus 1
[D] [D6] [Daug]
For once, I can touch what my heart used to dream of,
[G] [Em] [A7]
Long before I knew;
[Dmaj7] [F#m] [Bm] [Em7] [A7]
Someone warm like you, would make my dreams come true.
Verse 2
[D] [Daug] [D6] [D7]
For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me;
[Em] [Eaug] [Em7] [Em6]
Not like it hurt me before.
[Em] [Eaug] [Em7] [Em6]
For once I have something, I know won't desert me;
[D] [A7] [D]
I'm not alone anymore.
Chorus 2
[D] [D6] [Daug]
For once, I can say; this is mine you can't take it;
[G] [E7]
As long as I know I have love; I can make it.
[D] [Daug] [G] [Em7] [A7] [D]
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me.
Break
[D] [F] [Bb]
Someone, who needs me.
[Eb] [Ab] [Bb] [Bb7]
Someone, who needs me.
*KEY CHANGE*
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Interlude
[Eb] [Ebaug] [Eb6] [Eb7]
[Fm] [Db] [Bb7] [Bb7#5]
[Eb] [Bb7] [Eb]
[Eb] [Eb6] [Ebaug] [Ab] [F7]
Verse 3
[Eb] [Ebaug] [Eb6] [Eb7]
For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me;
[Fm] [Faug] [Fm7] [Fm6]
Not like it's hurt me before.
[Fm] [Faug] [Fm7] [Fm6]
For once I have something, I know won't desert me;
[Eb] [Bb7] [Eb]
I'm not alone anymore.
Chorus 3
[Eb] [Eb6] [Ebaug]
For once, I can say; this is mine you can't take it;
[Ab] [F7]
As long as I know I have love; I can make it.
[Eb] [Ebaug] [Ab] [Fm7] [Bb7] ([Eb])
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me.
Coda
[Eb] [Ab] [Bb] [Bb7]
Someone, who needs me,
[Eb] [Ab] [Bb] [Bb7]
Someone, who needs me.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[D] [Daug] [D6] [D7] [Em] [Eaug] [Em7] [Em6]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 xx0332 xx0202 xx0212 022000 021000 022030 022020
[A7] [G] [Dmaj7] [F#m] [Bm] [E7] [F] [Bb]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02223 320003 xx0222 244222 x24432 020100 133211 688766
[Eb] [Ab] [Bb7] [Eb6] [Ebaug] [Fm7]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x68886 466544 686766 xx1013 xx1001 131111
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
