...FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'For Once In My Life' (1968)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: )
Intro:
Verse 1:
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For once in my life,
I have someone who needs me;
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Someone I've needed so long.
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For once, una-fraid,
I can go where life leads me;
End somehow I know I'll be strong.
Chorus 1:
For once, I can touch,
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What my heart used to dream of,
Long before I knew;
Someone warm like you,
Would make my dreams come true.
Verse 2:
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For once in my life,
I won't let sorrow hurt me;
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Not like it hurt me be-fore.
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For once I have something,
I know won't de-sert me;
I'm not a-lone any-more.
Chorus 2:
For once, I can say;
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This is mine you can't take it,
As long as I know,
I have love; I can make it.
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For once in my life,
I have some-one who needs me.
Break:
Some-one, who needs me.
Some-one, who needs me.
*KEY CHANGE*
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Verse 3:
(Instrumental)
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A#7#5,
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Chorus 3:
For once, I can say;
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This is mine you can't take it,
As long as I know,
I have love; I can make it.
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For once in my life,
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I have some-one who needs me.
Coda:
Some-one, who needs me,
Some-one, who needs me.
(Repeat to Fade)
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