Charlie's - The once
Timing: 6/8
Tune: 1/2 step down
[Intro]
G
(quarter note strums on G to the end of Verse 1 --> Only the top three strings)
[Verse 1]
G
The rain is pouring
G
The wind is blowing
G
And the water is raging
G
And you, your hands are bleeding
G
The lines are cutting
G
And still so much work left to do
[Verse 2]
C
The years made you tougher
C
Not pain, not hunger
G
Could turn you away from the sea
G
You don't have a choice
G
So I won't raise my voice
G
When you wake every morning and leave
[Pre-Chorus]
Em C G D
And how many times did my heart skip inside my chest when I slept by the phone
Em C G D
And how many times has this window held my breath when I'm thinking of you all alone
[Chorus]
G
Will you swing me around
C
Lift my feet off the ground
G D
Don't ever let me go
Em
Sway to and fro,
C
and though you don't know
G D
Whisper to me each night
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
[Verse 3]
G
It's the fall of the year, and the skies have cleared
G
I'm breathing a sigh of relief
G
The winter brings comfort to this house
G
Our number we let it one become three
C
When she was born, in the twilight of morn
G
You held my hand as I cried
G
Eighteen years later, three sisters we made her
G
You looked in your daughter's blue eyes
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em C
And oh, they all said that my heart made no sound
G D
When they hoisted me up on the bough
Em C
But I can recall a face in the squall
G D
It's the face that looks back at me now
[Chorus]
G
Will you swing me around
C
Lift my feet off the ground
G D
Don't ever let me go
Em
Sway to and fro
C
And though you don't know
G D
Whisper to me each night
A7 C D
"I'll always make it back home"
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
[Instrumental]
C A7 G (x2)
[Verse 4]
G
Clouds are parting, the sun is rising
G
And the moon it still lingers past dawn
G
Your voice in my ear I can hear it so clear says
G
"Dinie take the wheel and hold on"
G
"Oh you take the wheel and hold on
[Chorus 2]
G
While I swing you around
C
Lift your feet off the ground
G D
I won't ever let you go
Em
Sway to and fro
C
And though you don't know
G D
And whisper to me each night
G
Will you swing me around
C
Lift my feet off the ground
G D
Don't ever let me go
Em
Sway to and fro
C
And though you don't know
G D
Whisper to me each night
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
[Outro]
G C
La Da Daa Da dun
G D
La Daaa Da Dunnn
G C
La Da Daaaa Da Dun
G D G
Laaa Daaa Dun
G C
La Da Daaa Da Da Da Dun
G D
Laa Da Daaa Daa Da Da Dun
Em C
La Da Daaa Daa Dun
G D G
La Da La Da Daaa Dun
G C G