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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	(Fm7 Bb7 to chorus)

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

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Verse:

Good -bye means our af -fair is end -ed

Good -bye means that there's some -one new

Tho' my heart -break can -not be mend -ed

Dear I ask on -ly this of you.

 

Chorus:

Once In A While will you try to give one lit -tle thought to me,

Though some one else may be near -er your heart.

Once In A While will you dream of the mo -ments I shared with you

Mo -ments be -fore we two drift -ed a -part.

In love's smol -der -ing em -ber, One spark may re -main,

If love still can re -mem -ber, The spark may burn a -gain.

I know that I'll be con -tent -ed with yes -ter -day's mem -o -ry,

Know -ing you think of me Once In A While.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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