(C)Once up on a (Cmaj7)time

a (C)girl with (Am)moon light in her eyes

(F)put her hand in (C)mine

and said she loved me (Fmaj7)so.

But (F)that (G7)was (Am)once up on a time,

ver y long a (C)go.

(Cmaj7)Once up on a hill

we (C)sat be (Am)neath a wil low tree,

(F)count ing all the (C)stars

and wait ing for the (Fmaj7)dawn.

But (F)that (G#dim7)was (Am)once up on a time.

Now the tree is (Cmaj7)gone.

(Dm7)How (G7)the (Cmaj7)beeeze

(Dm7)ruf fled (G7)through her (Cmaj7)hair,

(Bm7)how we (E7)al ways (Am)laughed as (Am7)though to (G7)mor row was n’t there.

We were (C)young and (G7)did n’t have a (C)care.

Where

did it (G7)go?

(Cmaj7)Once up on a time

the (C)world was (Am)sweet er than we knew.

(F)Ev ’ry thing was (C)ours,

how hap py we were (F)then.

But (F)some (G#dim7)how (Am)once up on a time

(G7sus)nev er (G7)comes a (C)gain.

(C)Once up on a (Cmaj7)time

it (C)seemed the (Am)world was paint ed gold.

(F)And there was a (C)man,

and oh, I loved him (Fmaj7)so.

The (F)world (G7)was (Am)beau ti ful to see

ver y long a (C)go.

(Cmaj7)On a night like this

we (C)saw the (Am)ris ing of the moon.

(F)All the sil ver (C)stars

like neck lac es were (Fmaj7)strung.

We (F)spoke (G#dim7)of (Am)such im por tant things.

We were ver y (Cmaj7)young.

(Dm7)O (G7)pen (Cmaj7)hearts,

(Dm7)noth ing (G7)to con (Cmaj7)ceal;

(Bm7)ev ’ry (E7)lit tle (Am)thought was (Am7)so ex (G7)cit ing to re veal.

All our (C)dreams we (G7)knew would soon be (C)real.

Where

did they (G7)go?

(Cmaj7)Once up on a time

the (C)world was (Am)sweet er than we knew.

(F)Ev ’ry thing was (C)ours,

how hap py we were (F)then.

But (F)some (G#dim7)how (Am)once up on a time

(G7sus)nev er (G7)comes a (C)gain.