Once I Was
(Tim Buckley)

TIM BUCKLEY
from Goodbye and Hello, 1967

(capoed at first fret)

Verse 1:
C            Fmaj7
Once I was a soldier
C                       Fmaj7
And I fought on foreign sands for you
C            Fmaj7
Once I was a hunter
C                        Fmaj7
And I brought home fresh meat for you
C            Fmaj7
Once I was a lover
C                          Fmaj7
And I searched behind your eyes for you
C                     Fmaj7
And soon there'll be another
C                 Fmaj7
To tell you I was just a lie

Chorus:
Am              F                 G
And sometimes I wonder just for a while
Am                     G
Will you ever remember me?

Verse 2:

And though you have forgotten
All of our rubbish dreams
I find myself searching
Through the ashes of our ruins
For the days when we smiled
And the hours that ran wild
With the magic of our eyes
And the silence of our words

Chorus:
Am              F                 G
And sometimes I wonder just for a while
Am                     G   Am
Will you ever remember me?
G                      Am   C
Will you ever remember me?

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