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[Intro]
Am  Am/G  F  F/E  D/F#  D/F#  G  G
[Verse 1]
CI'm sitting in this bar room
FAs they're cleaning round my chair
CEmpty whiskey bottle
GTells me I'm the last one G7here
[Pre-Chorus]
AmThrough my haze I thought I Fsaw you
AmPassing on the street outDsus4sideD  
GMy heart leapt for a moment, G7and then I realised
[Chorus]
I still need your Clove (one Emmore Fnight)
If we could be toCgether (just Emone Fnight)
That night could last foAmrever (one Glast D/F#time)
That's all I'm asking baby Fcoz once in a Glifetime
You find your kinda Amlove, G#your kind of CloveG  
[Verse 2]
CIt was earlier this evening
When aFlong came an angel of the nightFsus4  F  
CShe asked if I want a good time
But Gall that I could do, was sit and G7cry
[Pre-Chorus]
AmShe said don't worry Fbaby
Coz it's Amnever as bad as it Dsus4seemsD  
GI said you don't understand, she was everything, everything to me
[Chorus]
And if I had C(one Emmore Fnight)
If we could be toCgether (just Emone Fnight)
That night could last foAmrever (one Glast D/F#time)
That's all I'm asking baby Fcoz once in a Glifetime
You find your kinda Clove, yeahC7  
[Bridge]
Won't you Amtell me what do did I do wrong
To make you stay away so long, from my Flove, tell me babe
Was is it Amsomething that I might have said
I've been running through it my head for Dso long, so long Gnow
G7Won't you tell me baby
[Chorus]
COne more night
N.C.
If we could be together (just one night)
That night could last foAmrever(one Glast D/F#time)
That's all I'm asking baby Fcoz once in a Glifetime
You find your kinda Clove
[Outro]
COne Emmore Fnight
CJust Emone Fnight
We could be toCgether (one Emlast G#time)Bb  
COne Emmore Fnight
CJust Emone Fnight
COne Emlast G#timeBb  
COne Emmore Fnight
CJust Emone Fnight
COne Emlast G#timeBb  
COne Emmore Fnight
CJust Emone Fnight
COne Emlast G#time..Bb.C  

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Once In A Lifetime

by Thunder

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am/G

F/E

D/F#

Dsus4

Fsus4

[Intro]

Am Am/G F F/E D/F# D/F# G G

[Verse 1]

I'm sitting in this bar room

As they're cleaning round my chair

Empty whiskey bottle

G G7

Tells me I'm the last one here

[Pre-Chorus]

Am F

Through my haze I thought I saw you

Am Dsus4 D

Passing on the street outside

G G7

My heart leapt for a moment, and then I realised

[Chorus]

C Em F

I still need your love (one more night)

C Em F

If we could be together (just one night)

Am G D/F#

That night could last forever (one last time)

F G

That's all I'm asking baby coz once in a lifetime

Am G# C G

You find your kinda love, your kind of love

[Verse 2]

It was earlier this evening

F Fsus4 F

When along came an angel of the night

She asked if I want a good time

G G7

But all that I could do, was sit and cry

[Pre-Chorus]

Am F

She said don't worry baby

Am Dsus4 D

Coz it's never as bad as it seems

I said you don't understand, she was everything, everything to me

[Chorus]

C Em F

And if I had (one more night)

C Em F

If we could be together (just one night)

Am G D/F#

That night could last forever (one last time)

F G

That's all I'm asking baby coz once in a lifetime

C C7

You find your kinda love, yeah

[Bridge]

Won't you tell me what do did I do wrong

To make you stay away so long, from my love, tell me babe

Was is it something that I might have said

D G

I've been running through it my head for so long, so long now

Won't you tell me baby

[Chorus]

One more night

N.C.

If we could be together (just one night)

Am G D/F#

That night could last forever(one last time)

F G

That's all I'm asking baby coz once in a lifetime

You find your kinda love

[Outro]

C Em F

One more night

C Em F

Just one night

C Em G# Bb

We could be together (one last time)

C Em F

One more night

C Em F

Just one night

C Em G# Bb

One last time

C Em F

One more night

C Em F

Just one night

C Em G# Bb

One last time

C Em F

One more night

C Em F

Just one night

C Em G# Bb C

One last time...

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