Big Thief – Once A Bunch Of Times (Guitar)

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Not sure if the C in the second line on the verses should be a D, but C sounds better to me. [Verse 1]
G                     C           G
Once a buncha times I took it too hard

G                         D       G
Everything you told me I took it apart

G                               C                  G
I pulled you in and pushed you out right from the start

G             D           G
I was leaving before I’d arrived
[Verse 2]
G                        C         G
Eyes are magnetic, that moldavite flame

G                      D       G
Stopping the traffic, all six lanes

G                               C          G
You’re callin’ me baby, barely sayin’ my name

G              D          G
I was leaving before I’d arrived
[Chorus]
C
Half a margarita, have a little dance

C                    G          D            G
Let’s fine dine the demons and give peace a chance
[Verse 3]
G                             C            G
On a Tuesday in August, I was holdin’ your hand

G                              D               G
By Wednesday in August, I was playin’ with my band

G                               C        G
Then Thursday in August, I was makin’ a plan

G                  D          G
Thеn I shut like a shuttered Friday
[Verse 4]
G                           C             G
Your lips arе electric like lightning and rain

G                      D        G
Your tastes are eclectic, multigrain

G                                   C       G
You pull on my shoestrings and you open my brain

G                  D          G
But I was leaving before I’d arrived
[Chorus]
C
Half a margarita, have a little dance

C                    G          D            G
Let’s fine dine the demons and give peace a chance
[Verse 5]
G                        C               G
We could talk for hours, I could buy you flowers

G                                                   D      G
We could switch off in the movies, we could switch off in showers

G                                                   C      G
We can turn it up (up), turn it down (down), watch Austin Powers

G                  D          G
But I was leaving before I’d arrived
[Verse 6]
G
I can take small thing, I’m pretty good at…

G                                            D                  G
I’m fairly good at takin’ a small thing and blowin’ it up real big

G                                           C            G
I couldn’t fit it in my wallet, I couldn’t fit it in my rig

G                                     C      G
I can twist it in, twist it out, can really dig

G      D                  G
About leavin’ before I’d arrived
[Chorus]
C
Half a margarita, have a little dance

C                    G          D            G
Let’s fine dine the demons and give peace a chance
[Verse 7]
G                           C               G
You believe in me some, you believe in me a lot

G                              D          G
You see all the good things I seem to’ve forgot

G                                      C            G
You can cheer me up and calm me down, you know the spot

                         D             G
You say “Honey won’t you stay a little while?”
[Verse 8]
G                             C       G
You can make me smile just by lookin’ around

G                             D        G
You take me to the invisible lost and found

G                                C        G
Where I can find a sweater or an old love letter

G      D                  G
About leaving before I’d arrived
[Verse 9]
G                         C         G
We can flapjack a nickel, pancake a dime

G                 C            G
Waffle a tickle, french toast wine

G                      C
We can take in bacon, sunshine

G               D            G
Tee off with a coffee and a tan
[Chorus]
C
Half a margarita, have a little dance

C                    G          D            G
Let’s fine dine the demons and give peace a chance

C
Half a margarita, have a little dance

C                    G               D       G
Let’s fine dine the demons and give peace a chance

C           G                        D            G
I say lets fine dine the demons and save all the ants