Stevie Wonder – For Once In My Life (Guitar)

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-------------------------................. *from 'For Once in My Life' (1968)* (Original Key: F) [Intro] D [Verse 1]
    D          Daug         D6          D7
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me;

Em            Eaug      Em7  Em6
 Someone I've needed so long.

    Em       Eaug         Em7           Em6
For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me;

    D         A7           D
And somehow I know I'll be strong.
[Chorus 1]
    D           D6            Daug
For once, I can touch what my heart used to dream of,

G              Em   A7
 Long before I knew;

Dmaj7    F#m       Bm         Em7                 A7
 Someone warm like you, would make my dreams come true.
[Verse 2]
    D          Daug          D6         D7
For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me;

Em           Eaug      Em7  Em6
 Not like it hurt me before.

    Em          Eaug         Em7          Em6
For once I have something, I know won't desert me;

D         A7      D
 I'm not alone anymore.
[Chorus 2]
    D           D6           Daug
For once, I can say; this is mine you can't take it;

   G                     E7
As long as I know I have love; I can make it.

    D          Daug         G       Em7 A7    D
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me.
[Break]
D         F         Bb
 Someone, who needs me.

Eb        Ab        Bb  Bb7
 Someone, who needs me.
*KEY CHANGE* ------------ [Interlude] Eb Ebaug Eb6 Eb7 Fm Db Bb7 Bb7#5 Eb Bb7 Eb Eb Eb6 Ebaug Ab F7 [Verse 3]
    Eb          Ebaug          Eb6         Eb7
For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me;

Fm             Faug      Fm7  Fm6
 Not like it's hurt me before.

    Fm          Faug         Fm7          Fm6
For once I have something, I know won't desert me;

Eb         Bb7      Eb
 I'm not alone anymore.
[Chorus 3]
    Eb          Eb6          Ebaug
For once, I can say; this is mine you can't take it;

   Ab                    F7
As long as I know I have love; I can make it.

    Eb         Ebaug        Ab      Fm7 Bb7  (Eb)
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me.
[Coda]
Eb        Ab        Bb  Bb7
 Someone, who needs me,

Eb        Ab        Bb  Bb7
 Someone, who needs me.
(Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- D Daug D6 D7 Em Eaug Em7 Em6 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0232 xx0332 xx0202 xx0212 022000 021000 022030 022020 A7 G Dmaj7 F#m Bm E7 F Bb EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x02223 320003 xx0222 244222 x24432 020100 133211 688766 Eb Ab Bb7 Eb6 Ebaug Fm7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x68886 466544 686766 xx1013 xx1001 131111 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])