Chords for O.C. Smith & Son - For Once In My Life

I tell you you've done a lot for country music for Nashville you've made yourself a
just a whole lot of friends here in Nashville.
I'm very happy about that John you know uh hey
_ thank you _ you know uh I was raised with the blues you know the background and uh and [F#] you
with country western blues spirituals I think they they uh they have akin very close relatives
to each other and I I really feel uh uh country western songs because they tell the story.
Well you've taken some of course you did have some great country songs to
to take [D#] and make big hits out of.
That's right.
You took some good country [F#] songs from writers
around here that uh well it did just a whole lot for the country music business for [E] these songs to
be hits all [C#] over the world like you made them.
It was my [N] pleasure.
Yeah I mean I guess it was
wasn't it?
I heard your your son of Hickory Hollis Tramp in London England.
Is that right?
In a
department store. _ _ _ _ _ _
I was [E] talking about that song folks we got something we're gonna pull on OC just
in a minute [D] but I believe right now you've got a you go you brought along a special I was telling
you [B] about though in the department store.
Right.
I first heard that song.
Right.
I forget what I
was in there buying in the department store but I heard it over the speaker system and hadn't been
a month since before I'd heard before [F] that I'd heard Dallas Fraser the writer sing it here in
Nashville.
Right.
And [F#] I was surprised that you recorded but you did a great job with it.
Thanks.
Let's bring out the guest that you [G#] brought along let's tell us who it is.
Okay it's my son it's
OC [N] Jr.
Welcome _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the show.
_ _ Thank you.
Have you sung with dad [E] before?
No I haven't.
This is the
first time.
Right.
Well he's making his [G#m] debut with his dad right here in Nashville.
Where how
is old dad is he pretty cool?
He's [D] all right.
Okay OC [A#] Smith and OC Smith Jr.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [A#] I have something [G] I know
now _ [C] _ [Dm] I'm not [C] alone anymore
_ _ I can say [Gm] this is mine [C] you can't take [F] it
long as I know [D] I have love I can take
[C] I _ [F] have someone who [C] needs me _
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_ _ _ _ I can say [G#m] this is mine [C#] you can't take [F#] it
long as I know [D#] I have love I can take
[C#] once in my life [F#] I have someone who [C#] needs me _
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hey
that's _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ just [F#] _ _