Once Upon A Long Ago Chords

KeyFmaj CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays501

Once Upon A Long Ago by Paul McCartney is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Fmaj. It uses the chords F/Bb, C, Abmaj7, F/G, G, Cm, Cm/B, Fm7, Gm7, G7, Csus2 and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Fmaj
Text
16
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INTRO: F/Bb  C  F/Bb  C 
 
F/Bb 
Picking up scales and broken chords 
C 
Puppy-dog tails in the House of Lords 
         F/Bb                 C 
Tell me darling, what can it mean 
 
Making up moons in a minor key 
What have those tunes got to do with me 
Tell me darling, where have you been 
 
Abmaj7       F/G    G 
Once upon a long ago 
Cm           Cm/B       Abmaj7 
Children searched for treasure 
Fm7                 Gm7     G7         Cm 
Nature's plan went hand in hand with pleasure 
       Csus2   C 
Such pleasure 
 
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE 
 
Blowing balloons on a windy day 
Desolate dunes with a lot to say 
Tell me darling, what have you seen 
 
Abmaj7               F/G       G 
Once upon a long a long long long ago 
Cm                             Abmaj7 
Children searched for treasure, searched for treasure 
Fm7                         Gm      G 
Nature's plan went hand in hand in hand in hand 
Cm                             C 
Long long long ago, long long long ago 
 
Playing guitars on an empty stage 
Counting the bars of an iron cage 
Tell me darling, what can it mean 
 
Picking up scales and broken chords 
Puppy-dog tails in the House of Lords 
Help me darling, what does it mean 
 
 
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Contribuição: Estevan Oliveira([email protected]) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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