Chords for Sonny Boy Williamson - Once Upon A Time
Tempo:
67.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Cm
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Yes, sir, on the top of these blues hills, once upon a time, I was broken hungry.
[G] [Cm] [C]
[G] [D] Once upon a time, I was broken hungry, [Cm] and I didn't even have a lousy [C] dime.
[G] I was broken hungry, [Ab] and I didn't have a [C] lousy dime.
A [G] little girl met me on the streets and said,
Come [Cm] on with me, I may [C] survive for you to be mine.
[C] [G] [C]
She said, I'm too young to marry, [F] but I believe you'll wait [C] until I get grown.
[F] She said, I'm too young to marry, but I believe you will wait until [C] I get grown.
And [A] her mother and father said, Take her now [Cm] and live with [C] her until she get grown.
[G] [G]
She wasn't but [C] eleven years old, but I kept on, [F] kept on sending [C] little girls to school.
[F]
I kept on, kept on, kept on sending little girls to [C] school.
Instead [G] of teaching her and training her [F] to learn, [C] her dad is rude.
[G] Alright!
[C] [F] [E]
[C]
[G] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[G] [Cm] [C]
[G] [D] Once upon a time, I was broken hungry, [Cm] and I didn't even have a lousy [C] dime.
[G] I was broken hungry, [Ab] and I didn't have a [C] lousy dime.
A [G] little girl met me on the streets and said,
Come [Cm] on with me, I may [C] survive for you to be mine.
[C] [G] [C]
She said, I'm too young to marry, [F] but I believe you'll wait [C] until I get grown.
[F] She said, I'm too young to marry, but I believe you will wait until [C] I get grown.
And [A] her mother and father said, Take her now [Cm] and live with [C] her until she get grown.
[G] [G]
She wasn't but [C] eleven years old, but I kept on, [F] kept on sending [C] little girls to school.
[F]
I kept on, kept on, kept on sending little girls to [C] school.
Instead [G] of teaching her and training her [F] to learn, [C] her dad is rude.
[G] Alright!
[C] [F] [E]
[C]
[G] [Bb]
[F] [C]
Key:
C
G
F
Cm
Ab
C
G
F
_ Yes, sir, on the top of these blues hills, once upon a time, _ I was broken hungry. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Once upon a time, I was broken hungry, _ [Cm] and I didn't even have a lousy [C] dime.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] I was broken hungry, _ _ [Ab] and I didn't have a [C] lousy dime.
A _ _ _ _ [G] little girl met me on the streets and said,
Come [Cm] on with me, I may [C] survive for you to be mine.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C]
She said, I'm too young to marry, _ [F] but I believe you'll wait [C] until I get grown.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] She said, I'm too young to marry, but I believe you will wait until [C] I get grown.
And _ _ _ _ _ [A] her mother and father said, Take her now [Cm] _ and live with [C] her until she get grown.
_ _ [G] _ _ [G] _
She wasn't but [C] eleven years old, but I kept on, [F] kept on sending [C] little girls to school.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
I kept on, kept on, kept on sending little girls to [C] school.
Instead _ _ _ _ [G] of teaching her and training her [F] to learn, _ [C] her dad is rude. _
_ _ [G] _ Alright!
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Once upon a time, I was broken hungry, _ [Cm] and I didn't even have a lousy [C] dime.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] I was broken hungry, _ _ [Ab] and I didn't have a [C] lousy dime.
A _ _ _ _ [G] little girl met me on the streets and said,
Come [Cm] on with me, I may [C] survive for you to be mine.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C]
She said, I'm too young to marry, _ [F] but I believe you'll wait [C] until I get grown.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] She said, I'm too young to marry, but I believe you will wait until [C] I get grown.
And _ _ _ _ _ [A] her mother and father said, Take her now [Cm] _ and live with [C] her until she get grown.
_ _ [G] _ _ [G] _
She wasn't but [C] eleven years old, but I kept on, [F] kept on sending [C] little girls to school.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
I kept on, kept on, kept on sending little girls to [C] school.
Instead _ _ _ _ [G] of teaching her and training her [F] to learn, _ [C] her dad is rude. _
_ _ [G] _ Alright!
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _