Once in a blue moon (US & CAN Country 1, 1986)     (video)

 

    C - G - Am - C - F - C - Dm - G

 

      C                        Em           Am                       C

1. Nine times out of ten, she's right when I am wrong,

         F                     C    Dm                  G

    when I won't give in, she just goes along.

        C                    Em    - Am                      C

    Standing by my side,           sittin' home alone,

           F                                                      G  - G7

    I'll never know what keeps her hangin' on,

               F            D7                           G

    when anybody else would be long gone.

 

       Dm                     G     C       Em           Am    - C

But once in a blue moon, I'll do something right,

       Dm                      G           C           Em      Am  -  C

and once in a blue moon, I'll make her feel so fine.

           Dm                            G

I can make her laugh and make her cry,

        Am                        C                      F

she hates the way she loves me sometimes.

        Dm                     G                               C

But once in a blue moon, I'll do something right.

 

+  C - G - Am - C - F - C - F - G

 

                 C                Em             Am                      C

2. She's starving for affection, so hungry for love’s touch,

                  F                  C              Dm                        G

    but she only hears 'I love you' when we're making love.

      C                      Em                Am                       C

    Lord, I'll always wonder why she loves me so much,

                      F                                        G     - G7

    when the best I'll ever do won't be enough.

          F                        D7                  G

    So I'll just thank my lucky stars above.

 

       Dm                     G     C       Em           Am    - C

But once in a blue moon, I'll do something right,

       Dm                      G           C           Em      Am  -  C

and once in a blue moon, I'll make her feel so fine.

           Dm                            G

I can make her laugh and make her cry,

        Am                        C                      F

she hates the way she loves me sometimes.

        Dm                     G    - E                           Am

But once in a blue moon,       once in a blue moon,

          Dm                      G                               C      - Em - Am - C

every once in a blue moon, I'll do something right.

Dm                           C

     Once in a blue moon.

 

 

    (Earl Thomas Conley)