Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life tab

...FOR ONCB IN MY LICB... by Stevie Wonder
-------------------------.................

*from 'For Once In My Life' (1968)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: F)


Intro:

D

Verse 1: 

    D          D+
For once in my life,
       D6          D7
I have someone who needs me;
Em            E+        Em7   Em6
 Someone I've needed so long.

    Em        E+
For once, una-fraid,
      Em7           Em6
I can go where life leads me;
    D         A7           D
End somehow I know I'll be strong.

Chorus 1:

    D           D6
For once, I can touch,
        D+
What my heart used to dream of,
G              Em    A7
 Long before I knew;
Dmaj7    F#m       Bm
 Someone warm like you,
      Em7                 A7
Would make my dreams come true.

Verse 2:

    D          D+
For once in my life,
        D6         D7
I won't let sorrow hurt me;
Em           E+         Em7   Em6
 Not like it hurt me be-fore.

    Em          E+
For once I have something,
  Em7           Em6
I know won't de-sert me;
D          A7       D
 I'm not a-lone any-more.

Chorus 2:

    D           D6
For once, I can say;
        D+
This is mine you can't take it,
   G
As long as I know,
       E7
I have love; I can make it.
    D          D+
For once in my life,
       G        Em7 A7    D
I have some-one who needs me.

Break:
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D          F         A#
 Some-one, who needs me.

D#         G#        A#  A#7
 Some-one, who needs me.

*KEY CHANGE*
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Verse 3:

(Instrumental)

D#  D#+  D#6  D#7,
Fm  C#  A#7 A#7#5,
D#  A#7  D#
D#  D#6  D#+  G#  F7

Chorus 3:

    D#          D#6
For once, I can say;
        D#+
This is mine you can't take it,
   G#
As long as I know, 
       F7
I have love; I can make it.
    D#         D#+
For once in my life,
       G#       Fm7 A#7  (D#)
I have some-one who needs me.

Coda:

D#         G#        A#  A#7
 Some-one, who needs me,
D#         G#        A#  A#7
 Some-one, who needs me.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D       D+      D6      D7      Em      E+

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  xx0332  xx0202  xx0212  022000  021000

   Em7     Em6     A7      G      Dmaj7    F#m

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022030  022020  x02223  320003  xx0222  244222

   Bm      E7      F       A#      D#      G#

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x24432  020100  133211  x13331  x68886  466544

   A#7     D#6     D#+     Fm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x13131  xx1013  xx1001  131111


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)