Once In A While Chords
by Jon Bryant
Once In A While by Jon Bryant is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em D G C (x2)
Em D C G
Israel, you’ve left me a mark
D Em C G
and it rests on my forehead like dust on a spark
D Em C G
An’ I still see clouds in the clearest of nights,
D Em G D
But when you settle in, you’re the truest of northern lights
Em C G D Em C D
Jerusalem, I miss you now, I miss you now
Em C G D
And the way we danced, so lost in the crowd
C D Em C G
So take my hand, or let my heart go, I’m not gonna leave you like lovers before
D Em C G D G C G D
Don’t you remember what I said that night, I can’t stand to be with you once in awhile
Em D C G D Em C G
Take me down to the medic you ask and carry me close for to weave through the stacks
D Em C G
An’ I can’t see pain till it weakens your heel,
D Em G D
In this city so fake, you’re the sapphire so delicately real
Em C G D Em C D
Jerusalem, I miss you now, I miss you now
Em C G G D
And the way we danced, so lost in the crowd
C D Em C G
So take my hand, or let my heart go, I’m not gonna leave you like lovers before
D Em C G D G C G
Don’t you remember what I said that night, I can’t stand to be with you once in awhile
C G
Once in awhile
C G
Once in awhile
C G
Once in awhile
C G
Once in awhile
C G
Once in awhile