Chords for Jimmy Webb sings "Only One Life"

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A superstar composer, [G] he has won 11 Grammy Awards and is the only artist to win Grammys for music, lyrics and orchestration.
What I'd like to do is play a song from the Children's Crusade [C] that was Michael Bennett's favorite song from our project.
He asked me to play it [D] many times.
He would come into my office, grab me and say,
to play Only One Life for this person, for that person and for the other person.
It's sad that the only real, seemingly the fullest meaning of [F] the song only occurred to me after he was [C] gone.
[G]
Only one life, just a tiny [F] spark
100%  ➙  183BPM
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
Em
121
Am
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
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_ _ A superstar composer, [G] he has won 11 Grammy Awards and is the only artist to win Grammys for music, lyrics and orchestration.
_ Please welcome Jimmy Webb.
What I'd like to do is play a song from the Children's Crusade _ _ [C] that was Michael Bennett's favorite song from our project.
[F] _
He asked me to play it [D] many times.
[Em] _
He would come into my office, grab me and say,
[Am] I want you to play Only One Life for this person, for that person and for the other person. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It's sad that _ _ the only real, _ _ seemingly the fullest meaning of [F] the song only occurred to me after he was [C] gone. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Only one life, _ _ just a tiny _ [F] spark _
_ _ _ _ But [Am] now that he is gone [Em] I'm somewhere in [C] the dark _ _
[G] _ _ If there [C] are ten million men _ [Em] _ _ on this [G] planet, _ tell me [C] then _
_ _ Why [F] does only _ one [Gm] _ life _ _ [Em] _ _
leave such [Am] a mark on _ _
[Dm] me?
_ _ _ [G] One _ life, _ how could [C] I have _ _ _ known?
_ [F] One _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] life could be such [Am] a part of [C] _ _ _ [F] _ me _ _
_ [Em] More precious than [C] my _ own
_ _ _ _ [G] _
Only one _ _ life, [C] _ _
[Em] _ only [F] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ one life _ _
What does it mean?
[F] _ _
_ _ [Am] After all, the boy [Em] was only _ _ [C] 17 _
_ _ _ _ Living [G] is a [Em] pointless chore
_ _ [G] _
Just _ [Gm] existence, nothing _ [G] more
_ Then why does [F] only _ one _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
life _ leave such [Am] an empty _ _ [D] _ _ space? _ _
[F] One life, _ _ make [C]
it right or wrong _ _ _
[F] _ One _ _ _ life, [E] _ _ _ take a love I [Em] can't _ _ replace
_ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] And _ always will [F] belong _ _ _ [G] _ _
to _ only one [C] _ life
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ Just [Bb] another _ _
[Eb] _ soul among so many
_ _ [A] _ _ So who _ cares if [D] one should _ _ _ fall?
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ Though we're _ small, _
_ [B] we're full of magic when we're in
_ [C] _ Does the world _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ change at _ all _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ with only _ one [C] _ _ _
life?
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] We only [C] have one chance to fight
_ _ [Em] _ [Gm] But if we live it right, _ _ all we need [F] is _ _ one _ _ [G] life
_ [Em] _ _ To make a [Am]
difference here
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _
One _ life, _ it's such [F] a small [C] _ _ amount
[Em] _
_ [F] _ _ _ One [C] _ _
[F] life, _ _ to [E] say we care
[Am] _ _ [A] Say [Em] it clear, _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[C] we have to make it _ [G] count
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] After _ _ all, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ it's only [F] _
_ _ [Am] one life _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Only _ one _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] life _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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