Once Chords
Once by The Swell Season is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Gm, F, Am and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C Gm F
Part of me has died
C Gm F
Won't return
C Gm F
Part of me wants to hide
C Gm F
the part that's burned
Am D7
Once, once
F C
I knew how to talk to you
Am D7
Once, once
F C
But not anymore
F Am D7
Hear the sirens call me home x3
F Am Am
Hear the sirens call me home
C Gm F
Part of me has died
C Gm F
To watch it burn
C Gm F
And the heart of me has tried
C Gm F
Look what it's become
Am D7
Once, once
F C
I knew how to look for you
Am D7
Once, once
F C
But that was before
Am D7
Once, once
F C
I would have laid down and died for you
Am D7
Once, once
F C
But not anymore
F Am D7
Hear the sirens call me home x 5
F Am Am
Hear the sirens call me home
( C Gm F C )