May be this time
I’ll be luck y.
May be this time he’ll (C9)stay.
May be this time,
for the first time,
love won’t hur ry a (F#dim7)way.
He will hold me (A7)fast.
I’ll be home at (G7)last.
Not a los er
an y more, like the (C)last (Gm7)time (A9)and
the (D7)time be fore.
Ev ’ry bod y
loves a win ner,
so no bod y loved (C9)me.
La dy Peace ful.
La dy Hap py.
That’s what I long to (F#dim7)be.
All the odds are
in my fa vor.
Some thing’s bound to be (D9)gin.
It’s got to hap pen,
hap pen some time.
May be (Dm9)this time I’ll (C)win.
Ev ’ry bod y
loves a win ner,
so no bod y loved (Db7)me.
La dy Peace ful.
La dy Hap py.
That’s what I long to (Gdim7)be.
All the odds are
in my fa vor.
Some thing’s bound to be (Eb9)gin.
It’s got to hap pen,
hap pen some time.
May be (Db6)this time.
May be (Ab13)this time I’ll (Db)win.
This page shows “Maybe This Time” by Kander and Ebb in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 68 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.