Once Upon A Time Today chords and lyrics - ETHEL MERMAN

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[Intro 1]
[G][C][D]
[G]I

[Verse 1]
would like [C]you to listen
[D]Pay attention and[G] listen[Em]
To a story [Am]that's [D]old, but never [G]stale[D]
[G]I would like you to lis[F#]ten
Pay attention [B]and listen
[G]To a twentieth cen[C]tury
[D]fairy [G]tale
[Em][G][Am][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]Once there was[Bm] a p[B]rin ce[Bbm]ss[Am]
Once there [D]was [G]a guy[Am]
And they [D]fell in love one [B]wonderful
[A]day
[Bb][G][Am][D]

[Verse 3]
[G]
But she [Bm]was [Bbm]a prin[F#]cess[C]
[Am]He was j[D]ust a [G]guy[Am]
So there [D]was the royal devil
to [G]pay
[B][G][Em]

[Verse 4]
They [Am]were ordered not [D]to speak
to one an[G]other[E]
And they [Am]knew [C]the sorrow
that [G]would bring
Still, they [Cm]promised not to
[F]speak to one [Bb]an other
But [D]they didn't prom[A]ise not to [D]sing[B]

[Verse 5]
[G]So ben[Bm]eath her win[F#] dow[Am]
tenderly [D]he sang[G][D][Am]
All the [D]things he promised
[B]never to [Bdim]say[E]
[A]Once upon [D]a time [G]today
[Gdim]

[Verse 6]
[G]
He col[C]lected lots [D]of corny
little [Bm]phrases[Em]
Like [D]"I love you,
[Am]dear" [D]and "You're for me"[G]
But he [Cm]found that when [F]he set
[D]them all to mu[Gm]sic
[Bb]They were just[D] as good as po[A]etry[D]

[Verse 7]
[G]So beneath her[Bm] win[F#] dow[Bbdim]
[Am]tenderly he sang[D][Am]
"How about [D]that happy ending
[G]in May?"[Cm][F][E][F][F#][G]
[A]Once upon a [D]time today

[Outro 1]
[G][Gm][Eb][G]