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no capo, no overly difficult
chords etc. There might be a couple of D7s instead of plain D, but D works
just as well. Also, I'm not sure Morrison plays G7 every time. Have fun.
Standard tuning
INTRO
Em C G D/F#
Em C G D/F#
VERSE1
Em C G D/F#
I was the one who would always jump in first
Em C G D/F#
I didn't think twice to look behind
Em C G D/F#
Got such a good feeling, just from playing in the dirt
Em C G D/F#
Once when I was little
VERSE2
Em C G D/F#
We could build a rocket, fly to the moon
Em C G D/F#
Leave Tuesday morning, and be back for noon
Em C G D/F#
There wasn't nothing, nothing that we couldn't do
Em C G D/F# Em C G
Oh, once when I was little, mmm, once when I was little
CHORUS
C D Em G7
And yeah I could dream more then, I could believe more then
C Bm D
That the world could only get better
C D Em G7
I could be free more then, I could pretend more then
C Bm D
That this life could only show me good times
C
Once when I was little
INTERLUDE
Em C G D/F#
Em C G D/F#
VERSE3
Em C G D/F#
There was a time when I trusted everyone
Em C Bm
There was no place that I wouldn’t go
C D Em F#7
Spend all day on the hillside next to the barley mow
Em C G D/F# Em C G
Oh, once when I was little, yeah once when I was little
CHORUS
C D Em G7
Yeah I could dream more then, and I believed more then
C Bm D7
That the world would only get better
C D Em G7
I could be free more then, and I could pretend more then
C Bm D
That this life could only show me good times
Am...
Once when I was little
BRIDGE
... D/F#
I used to feel so strong
F6 E7 F6 = 103231
Even when they tell me, tell me I was wrong
Am
That I can't live in a magic world
D
Cause it's time for me to grow up
G
And I got to be like the rest of them
F6 E7
When I know things have been lost, oh
CHORUS
C D Em G7
I could pretend more then, and I could believe more then
C Bm D
That the world, it would only get better
C D
Whoa, I could believe more then, yes I could
Em G7
And I could pretend more then
C Bm D
That this life, it could only show me good times
C Em C G D/F#
Once when I was little
OUTRO
Em C G D/F#
So here comes the next one, the next in line
Em C G D/F#
Stay as young as you can, for the longest time
Em C G D/F#
Cause those days flew by like a breeze just passing through
Em C G
Once when I was little