{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":62726,"song":"Once I Was","artist":"Tim Buckley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542282-once-i-was-chords-by-tim-buckley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62726?type=chord","rating":4.66598,"votes":159,"content":"ONCE I WAS - Tim Buckley\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro] (x2)\r\n\r\n(with harmonica solo!)\r\n|[ch]C[/ch]    |     |[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]C[/ch]   |            |[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   |\r\n     Once I was a soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]C[/ch]        |                 |[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]        |\r\n    And I fought on foreign sands for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]C[/ch]   |            |[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   |\r\n     Once I was a hunter[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]C[/ch]        |                  |[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]       |\r\n    And I brought home fresh meat for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]C[/ch]   |            |[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   |\r\n     Once I was a lover[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]C[/ch]        |                    |[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]       |\r\n    And I searched behind your eyes for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]C[/ch]     |                 |[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   |\r\n   But soon there'll be another[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]C[/ch]     |              |[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]       |\r\n    To tell you I was just a lie[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Am[/ch]       |         |    |       |[ch]F[/ch]     |           |[ch]G[/ch]    |\r\n     But  someti-----------mes I wonder   just for awhile[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]Am[/ch]          |     |    |             |[ch]G[/ch]  |  |[ch]Am[/ch]  |\r\n    Will you eve-----------r remember me--------[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude] (I wish I could play the harmonica)\r\n|[ch]C[/ch]    |     |[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   | x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nAnd though you have forgotten\r\nall of our rubbish dreams\r\nI find myself searching\r\nthrough the ashes of our ruins\r\nFor the days when we smiled\r\nand the hours that ran wild\r\nWith the magic of our eyes\r\nand the silence of our words\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Am[/ch]       |         |    |       |[ch]F[/ch]     |           |[ch]G[/ch]    |\r\n     But  someti-----------mes I wonder   just for awhile[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]Am[/ch]          |     |    |             |[ch]G[/ch]  |  |[ch]Am[/ch]  |  |  |\r\n    Will you eve-----------r remember m--------e[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch]  |     |  |           |[ch]Am[/ch] |  |[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    ever        remember me-------[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\nThis song is from the album Goodbye and Hello and there's an acoustic\r\nversion on the double live album Dream Letter.\r\n  The song has a 3/4-beat and a \"|\" represents a measure mark. Just\r\nstrum the acoustic and let your voice sing like Tim's and it will\r\nsound like....?! You could try to incorporate the harmonica solo in\r\nyour guitar playing or maybe whistle that part if you can't play\r\nthe harmonica (I can't).","plain_text":"ONCE I WAS - Tim Buckley\n\n\n[Intro] (x2)\n\n(with harmonica solo!)\n|C    |     |Fmaj7   |\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude] (I wish I could play the harmonica)\n|C    |     |Fmaj7   | x2\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nAnd though you have forgotten\nall of our rubbish dreams\nI find myself searching\nthrough the ashes of our ruins\nFor the days when we smiled\nand the hours that ran wild\nWith the magic of our eyes\nand the silence of our words\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n \n\nThis song is from the album Goodbye and Hello and there's an acoustic\nversion on the double live album Dream Letter.\n  The song has a 3/4-beat and a \"|\" represents a measure mark. Just\nstrum the acoustic and let your voice sing like Tim's and it will\nsound like....?! You could try to incorporate the harmonica solo in\nyour guitar playing or maybe whistle that part if you can't play\nthe harmonica (I can't).","chords":["C","Fmaj7","Am","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}