Once in a Lifetime (2005 Remaster) Chords
Tempo:
117.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
Gm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] Christmas.
I'm so happy.
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack.
And you may find yourself in another part of the world.
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile.
You may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife.
And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get [D] here?
Letting the days go by.
[G] Let the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Into the blue, after the money's [G] gone.
Once [D] in a lifetime.
[Gm] Water flowing underground.
And you may ask yourself, how do I work this?
And you may ask yourself, where is that large [Eb] automobile?
And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house.
[G] And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful wife.
[D] Letting the days go by.
Let [G] the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[Gm] Water flowing underground.
Into [D] the blue, after [G] the money's gone.
Once [D] in a lifetime.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever [G] was.
Water driving and water removing.
There is water at the bottom of the ocean.
Under the water, carry the water.
[Gm] Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean.
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean.
And water will never move.
Letting the [G] days go by.
Let the water hold me down.
Letting the days go by. Flowing underground.
Into the blue again.
Into the silent water.
Under the rocks and stones.
There is water underground.
[D] Letting the days go by.
Let the [G] water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Into the blue again.
[G] After the money's gone.
[D] Once in a lifetime.
[Gm] Water flowing underground.
You may ask yourself,
what is that beautiful house?
You may ask yourself,
where does that highway go to?
[Eb] And you may ask yourself,
[G] am I right?
Am I wrong?
And you may say to yourself,
my God, what have I done?
[D] Letting the days go by.
Letting [G] the water hold me down.
[D] [G]
Into [D] the blue again.
Into [G] the silent water.
Under [D] the rocks and stones.
[G] There is water underground.
Letting the days go by.
Let the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go [G] by.
Water flowing underground.
Into the blue again.
After the money's gone.
Once in a lifetime.
[Bm] Water [D] flowing underground.
Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Same as it ever was.
[D] Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Look where my hand [D] was.
Time isn't holding [C] up.
[G] Time is an [D] asterisk.
Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Same as it ever [D] was.
Same as it ever [C] was.
Same as [G] it ever was.
[D] Same as it ever was.
[C]
[G] [D] [C] When [G] [D] you had a Christ-the-cum.
[C] Year comes [G] to Christmas.
[D] Same as it ever was.
[C]
[G] [D] Same as it ever was.
[C] [G] [D] [C]
[G] [Dm] [C]
[G] [D]
I'm so happy.
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack.
And you may find yourself in another part of the world.
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile.
You may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife.
And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get [D] here?
Letting the days go by.
[G] Let the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Into the blue, after the money's [G] gone.
Once [D] in a lifetime.
[Gm] Water flowing underground.
And you may ask yourself, how do I work this?
And you may ask yourself, where is that large [Eb] automobile?
And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house.
[G] And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful wife.
[D] Letting the days go by.
Let [G] the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[Gm] Water flowing underground.
Into [D] the blue, after [G] the money's gone.
Once [D] in a lifetime.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever [G] was.
Water driving and water removing.
There is water at the bottom of the ocean.
Under the water, carry the water.
[Gm] Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean.
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean.
And water will never move.
Letting the [G] days go by.
Let the water hold me down.
Letting the days go by. Flowing underground.
Into the blue again.
Into the silent water.
Under the rocks and stones.
There is water underground.
[D] Letting the days go by.
Let the [G] water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Into the blue again.
[G] After the money's gone.
[D] Once in a lifetime.
[Gm] Water flowing underground.
You may ask yourself,
what is that beautiful house?
You may ask yourself,
where does that highway go to?
[Eb] And you may ask yourself,
[G] am I right?
Am I wrong?
And you may say to yourself,
my God, what have I done?
[D] Letting the days go by.
Letting [G] the water hold me down.
[D] [G]
Into [D] the blue again.
Into [G] the silent water.
Under [D] the rocks and stones.
[G] There is water underground.
Letting the days go by.
Let the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go [G] by.
Water flowing underground.
Into the blue again.
After the money's gone.
Once in a lifetime.
[Bm] Water [D] flowing underground.
Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Same as it ever was.
[D] Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Look where my hand [D] was.
Time isn't holding [C] up.
[G] Time is an [D] asterisk.
Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Same as it ever [D] was.
Same as it ever [C] was.
Same as [G] it ever was.
[D] Same as it ever was.
[C]
[G] [D] [C] When [G] [D] you had a Christ-the-cum.
[C] Year comes [G] to Christmas.
[D] Same as it ever was.
[C]
[G] [D] Same as it ever was.
[C] [G] [D] [C]
[G] [Dm] [C]
[G] [D]
Key:
D
G
C
Gm
Eb
D
G
C
[Gm] Christmas. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm so happy. _ _ _ _ _
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack.
And you may find yourself in another part of the world.
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile.
You may find yourself in a beautiful house _ with a beautiful wife.
And you may ask yourself, well, _ how did I get [D] here?
Letting the days go by.
[G] Let the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Into the blue, after the money's [G] gone.
Once [D] in a lifetime.
_ [Gm] Water flowing underground.
And you may ask yourself, how do I work this?
And you may ask yourself, where is that large [Eb] automobile?
And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house.
[G] And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful wife.
[D] Letting the days go by.
Let [G] the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[Gm] Water flowing underground.
Into [D] the blue, after [G] the money's gone.
Once [D] in a lifetime.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Same as it ever was.
_ Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
_ Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever [G] was.
Water driving and water removing. _
There is water at the bottom of the ocean.
Under the water, carry the water.
_ [Gm] Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean.
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean.
And water will never move.
_ Letting the [G] days go by.
Let the water hold me down.
Letting the days go _ by. Flowing underground.
Into the blue again.
Into the silent water.
Under the rocks and stones.
There is water underground.
[D] Letting the days go by.
Let the [G] water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Into the blue again.
[G] After the money's gone.
[D] Once in a lifetime.
_ [Gm] Water flowing underground.
You may ask yourself,
what is that beautiful house?
You may ask yourself,
where does that highway go to?
[Eb] And you may ask yourself,
[G] am I right?
Am I wrong?
And you may say to yourself,
my God, what have I done?
[D] Letting the days go by.
Letting [G] the water hold me down.
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ Into [D] the blue again.
Into [G] the silent water.
Under [D] the rocks and stones.
[G] There is water underground.
Letting the days go by.
Let the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go [G] by.
Water flowing underground.
Into the blue again.
After the money's gone.
Once in a lifetime.
_ [Bm] Water [D] flowing underground.
Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Same as it ever was.
[D] Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Look where my hand [D] was.
Time isn't holding [C] up.
[G] Time is an [D] asterisk.
Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Same as it ever [D] was.
Same as it ever [C] was.
Same as [G] it ever was.
[D] Same as it ever was.
[C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] When [G] _ _ [D] you had a Christ-the-cum.
[C] Year comes [G] to Christmas.
_ [D] Same as it ever was.
[C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] Same as it ever was.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm so happy. _ _ _ _ _
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack.
And you may find yourself in another part of the world.
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile.
You may find yourself in a beautiful house _ with a beautiful wife.
And you may ask yourself, well, _ how did I get [D] here?
Letting the days go by.
[G] Let the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Into the blue, after the money's [G] gone.
Once [D] in a lifetime.
_ [Gm] Water flowing underground.
And you may ask yourself, how do I work this?
And you may ask yourself, where is that large [Eb] automobile?
And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house.
[G] And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful wife.
[D] Letting the days go by.
Let [G] the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[Gm] Water flowing underground.
Into [D] the blue, after [G] the money's gone.
Once [D] in a lifetime.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Same as it ever was.
_ Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
_ Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever [G] was.
Water driving and water removing. _
There is water at the bottom of the ocean.
Under the water, carry the water.
_ [Gm] Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean.
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean.
And water will never move.
_ Letting the [G] days go by.
Let the water hold me down.
Letting the days go _ by. Flowing underground.
Into the blue again.
Into the silent water.
Under the rocks and stones.
There is water underground.
[D] Letting the days go by.
Let the [G] water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go by.
[G] Water flowing underground.
[D] Into the blue again.
[G] After the money's gone.
[D] Once in a lifetime.
_ [Gm] Water flowing underground.
You may ask yourself,
what is that beautiful house?
You may ask yourself,
where does that highway go to?
[Eb] And you may ask yourself,
[G] am I right?
Am I wrong?
And you may say to yourself,
my God, what have I done?
[D] Letting the days go by.
Letting [G] the water hold me down.
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ Into [D] the blue again.
Into [G] the silent water.
Under [D] the rocks and stones.
[G] There is water underground.
Letting the days go by.
Let the water hold me down.
[D] Letting the days go [G] by.
Water flowing underground.
Into the blue again.
After the money's gone.
Once in a lifetime.
_ [Bm] Water [D] flowing underground.
Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Same as it ever was.
[D] Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Look where my hand [D] was.
Time isn't holding [C] up.
[G] Time is an [D] asterisk.
Same as it ever [C] was.
[G] Same as it ever [D] was.
Same as it ever [C] was.
Same as [G] it ever was.
[D] Same as it ever was.
[C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] When [G] _ _ [D] you had a Christ-the-cum.
[C] Year comes [G] to Christmas.
_ [D] Same as it ever was.
[C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] Same as it ever was.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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