Once In A Blue Moon Chords
Once In A Blue Moon by Earl Thomas Conley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em/B, Am, C/G, F, C/E, Dm, Gsus, G, F#dim, Abm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C Em/B Am C/G F C/E Dm Gsus G
INTRO
C Em/B Am C/G
Nine times out of ten, she's right when I am wrong,
F C/E Dm Gsus G
When I won't give in, she just goes along.
C Em/B Am C/G
Standing by my side, sittin' home alone,
F Gsus G
I'll never know what keeps her hangin' on,
F F#dim Gsus G
When anybody else would be long gone.
Dm G
But once in a blue moon,
C Em/B Am C/G
I'll do something right.
Dm G
And once in a blue moon,
C Em/B Am C/G
I'll make her feel so fine.
Dm G
I can make her laugh and make her cry,
Am C/G F C/E
She hates the way she loves me sometimes,
Dm G C
But once in a blue moon, I'll do something right.
C Em/B Am C/G F C/E Dm Gsus G
INSTRUMENTAL
C Em/B Am C/G
She's starving for affection, so hungry for loves touch,
F C/E Dm Gsus G
But she only hears 'I love you' when we're making love.
C Em/B Am C/G
Lord, I'll always wonder why she loves me so much,
F Gsus G
When the best I'll ever do won't be enough,
F F#dim Gsus G
So I'll just thank my lucky stars above.
Dm G
That once in a blue moon,
C Em/B Am C/G
I'll do something right.
Dm G
And once in a blue moon,
C Em/B Am C/G
I'll make her feel so fine.
Dm G Abm
'Cause I can make her laugh, oh and make her cry,
Am C/G F C/E
She hates the way she loves me sometimes.
Dm G F Em Am Em/B C C/G
Once in a blue moon, once in a blue moon,
Dm G C Em/B Am C/G
Every once in a blue moon, I'll do something right.
Dm Gsus G C
Once in a blue moon.