Chords for Dean Martin & Smokey Robinson - "For Once In My Life" - LIVE (1985)

[Eb] We come to that point in our show when we honor an outstanding performer with our coveted Hall of Gold Award
This week's award goes to a man who has been successful in virtually every area of show business as a singer comedian movie star and
Television host this man has done it all but before we bring him out.
We'd like to tell you a little more about him
[F] _ Dean Martin was [A] born in a house that looked exactly like this [Bb] one
Only [Eb] _
it was much [Bb] bigger and had a swimming pool and a [Eb] tennis court and it wasn't made of law
[C] Young Dean soon developed the taste for the good life and could often be found enjoying his favorite treat [E] frozen martinis on [G] a stick
as _ a student [Am] _ _ _ _ as a student
He enjoyed interest in music [C] and joined the [Gm] marching band [Ebm] with classmate Frank [C] Sinatra at the now famous parochial [A] school
Our lady [Bb] sings the blues
_ _ And one year [A] after [Bb] graduating Dean sold over two and a half million records [Eb] when he worked at this record store
_ [C]
But he [Bb] soon gave it up to become a singer
[C] After a while on the nightclub circuit Dean [Ab] decided to find a partner and [Bb] tried several combinations.
There were Martin and [Gb] Hardy
_ _ Peter Paul and Dino [Bb] and
Finally the team we all came to know and love [Eb] Martin and Lewis _ _ [B] at this time in the mid 60s that Dean decided to drop [Bb] out
He studied Eastern philosophy with the famous guru
Swami Davis jr
_ _ _ _ Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only team up
_ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Thank _ [Gm] _ _ [Gb] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [N] you ladies and gentlemen, I would just like to say this is a real honor to be here with my pal sugar a robber
_ _ _ [Bb] Pardon me.
My name is smoky.
Oh
I'm sorry wrong guy.
Like I was saying it's a great pleasure to be here for my good friend.
Oh smoky Joe Frazier
_ [Gb] No, no, no Dean I'm smoky Robin what the anyway, it's great to be here
Okay.
Well, it's good to have you here to him on behalf of everyone here at the Motown review
I'd like to present you with this award
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ Oh
Nation of his outstanding contribution to the arts and also for singing real good.
Hey
Isn't that nice?
That's right.
I really don't know what to say smoky.
Well, why don't you just read the [Eb] cue cards?
_ _ What do you think I've been doing [N] I just found them
_ Holder over here.
Well, that's a good.
I love see I would just like to say in all since
[Bb] Sincerity, so why did they start it?
Well, they started with a C
_ _ All right, you know sincerity, you know, I've been a fan of yours ever since I was a little boy I
Love I love your singing your sexy style and those crazy Madhouse movies
[Bbm] And you truly are credit to the Italian people no
_ You read my [Eb] card _
_ That means you're not Italian
_ I'm afraid not French.
No, _ Roquefort
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ I'm _ from Detroit Detroit.
Well, you sure picked up the language real good _ _
_ _ Now
What are you gonna sing for us tonight, well, well, I'd like to sing a song by my good friend and golf partner Stevie Wonder
[Eb] _ _
No, _ [Bbm] _ _ _ I just want to get this straight now you mean to tell me you play golf with Stevie Wonder that's right
Well, don't you think that's a little unfair?
What's unfair we play at night? _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
But I want to thank you.
I want [Bbm] to thank you for giving me this plague.
No, no plaque
[Bb] _
_ _ Got that right away.
I die and I
Know I won't invite you to sing with me a little song.
I'd love that.
Okay
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[Gm] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Cm] _ [F] Once _ [Cm] I'm [Ab] afraid I [F] can go where life leads me
[Bb] Somehow [F] I know I'll [Bb] be strong
_ For [Gm] once I can touch [Bb] what my heart used to [D] dream [Eb] of
No before I [Cm] knew you
_ [F] someone more [Gm] like you
Would make my [C] dream [Cm] come true
[A] _ _ [Bb] Once in [Gb] my life, I [Gm] won't let [Ab] sorrow hurt me [Cm] not like [G] it hurt me [Cm] before
_ [F] _ [Cm] And once I [Ab] have something [F] I know won't desert me
[Bb] I'm not alone anymore
[Gm] _ [Dm] [Bb] For one I can say [D] this is mine
You can't take [Eb] it long as I have love
[E] I can make it [Bb] for once in [Gb] my life.
I [Gm] have someone [Eb] _ [C] [Bb] need me _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Once I can say [Gb] this is mine you can't take [F] it
Long as I know I [E] have love I can make it
[Bb] For once in my life I [Eb] have [Bb] someone
[Eb] who needs [F] me
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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