Chords for Tony Bennett - For Once in My Life (from Duets: The Making Of An American Classic)

_ _ _ One, two, three.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] I wanted to meet Tony Bennett for a [D] long time.
[C] _
First time I met him [Ab] personally _ [Dm] was a [E] very [G] dangerous night for flying.
Very, very dangerous.
It was snowing like [Bb] crazy.
_ [G] And Coretta King had _ something going on in Atlanta.
And the [Bb] both of us came in on a plane.
[E] _ It's a miracle that we made it that [Gb] night because it was a dangerous [Bm] snowstorm.
And boy, I want to [Bb] tell you, it's the first time I heard _ [G] live an audience reaction of Stevie [F] Wonder. _
[G] _ For [C] once in my life, _ _ I won't let [Bb] sorrow hurt me.
[Dm] _ _ Not [G] like it's hurt me [F] before. _ _ _ _
_ For once, _ [Ebm] I have someone.
_ [F] _ I know won't [Em] desert [Abm] me.
[Em] _ _ I'm [F] not alone _ [Gm] _ anymore.
_ [C] _ _
[Gb] _ [F] For once I can say, _ _ [E] this is mine, you [D] can't take it.
[Am] _ Long as [C] I know I am [E] loved, I can [Ab] make it.
[C] _ _ Once in my [E] _
life, [F] _ _ I have someone who _ [G] needs me.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] That song was written for you because I never heard an audience [Gm] react that so [Bb] beautiful.
The reason that I [Em] sang that song in the first place is [Bbm] because I [Dm] heard you sing it.
Well, I introduced the [Bb] song.
You did?
Ron Miller.
I was at [N] the _ _ Rooster Tail in Detroit.
Wow.
And I was working there and a wonderful composer, Ron Miller, this one, Motown, was just starting out.
And I said, boy, I said, this is a beautiful song.
And I recorded it and Stevie was smart enough to [Fm] put a beat behind it, a nice up-tempo thing,
and it became a million-sold [C] record by Motown [F] Records.
For once I can say, _ [E] this is mine, you [D] can't take _ [Am] it.
Long as _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ I know I am loved, I can [Bb] make _
[Ab] it.
[G] For once in my [C] life.
You were doing things, [E] you were fighting about _ _ conditions of oppression and civil rights and social _ _ _ _ injustices, etc.
_ Long before it was popular, long before people said, you know what, that's wrong.
You stepped out and you spoke on it.
And so as an African-American, and as _ African people and people of the Dastar,
I have to say that I [Bb] have much respect for [E] you as a human being, as a man.
[F] I have [Em] someone _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] who _ _ _ needs _ [C] me.
For once in my life.
For once in my life.
I have someone.
[D] I _
_ [Ab] _ have [Bbm] someone _ _ [Eb] _
who _ _ needs [C] _ _
[G] _ me.
Wow.
_ Stevie.
_ _ Wonderful. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Happy birthday. _ _ _ _ _ _ _