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Once In A While

Words by Fud Green, Music by Michael Edwards - 1937

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1937, played for 11 weeks.

Verse:
Eb	Abm6         Bb7	Eb	-
-	Abm6         Bb7	Eb          Abm6	Eb
Gm	Cm6           D7	Gm           D+     Bb	C7
Fm	F9              Dm     F7	Fm7	Bb7
Chorus:
Eb	-	Gm7         C+     C7	Gm7         C7
Fm	Fm7           Bb7	Eb6        Bbdim	Fm7         Bb7
Eb	-	Gm7         C+     C7	Gm7         C7
Fm	Fm7          Bb7	Eb            Ab6	-               D7
G              Em	Am7           D9	G              Em	Am7         D7
G              Em	Am7           D7	G             Edim	Fm7         Bb7
Eb	-	Gm7         C+     C7	Gm7         C7
Fm	Fm7           Bb7	Eb	-      (Bb7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Goodbye means our affair is ended,

Goodbye means that there's someone new.

Tho' my heartbreak cannot be mended,

Dear I ask only this of you.

 

Chorus:

Once In A While will you try to give one little thought to me,

Though some one else may be nearer your heart.

Once In A While will you dream of the moments I shared with you,

Moments before we two drifted apart.

In love's smoldering ember, One spark may remain,

If love still can remember, The spark may burn again.

I know that I'll be contented with yesterday's memory,

Knowing you think of me Once In A While.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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