Once I Was

ONCE I WAS - Tim Buckley

Intro(with harmonica solo!)x2:

|C | |Fmaj7 |

|C | |Fmaj7 |

Once I was a soldier

|C | |Fmaj7 |

And I fought on foreign sands for you

|C | |Fmaj7 |

Once I was a hunter

|C | |Fmaj7 |

And I brought home fresh meat for you

|C | |Fmaj7 |

Once I was a lover

|C | |Fmaj7 |

And I searched behind your eyes for you

|C | |Fmaj7 |

But soon there'll be another

|C | |Fmaj7 |

To tell you I was just a lier

|Am | | | |F | |G |

But someti-----------mes I wonder just for awhile

|Am | | | |G | |Am |

Will you eve-----------r remember me--------

Stick(I wish I could play the harmonica)x2:

|C | |Fmaj7 |

And though you have forgotten

all of our rubbish dreams

I find myself searching

through the ashes of our ruins

For the days when we smiled

and the hours that ran wild

With the magic of our eyes

and the silence of our words

|Am | | | |F | |G |

But someti-----------mes I wonder just for awhile

|Am | | | |G | |Am | | |

Will you eve-----------r remember m--------e

|G | | | |Am | |Am

ever remember me-------

End.

This song is from the album Goodbye and Hello and there's an acoustic

version on the double live album Dream Letter.

The song has a 3/4-beat and a "|" represents a measure mark. Just

strum the acoustic and let your voice sing like Tim's and it will

sound like....?! You could try to incorporate the harmonica solo in

your guitar playing or maybe whistle that part if you can't play

the harmonica (I can't).

Corrections to the transcription welcomed.

Jonas Samuelsson (samuel@etek.chalmers.se)