Once Upon a Time:Skeeter Davis.
Album - Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the
World - #61 on BB Hot 200 on RCA Records
in 1963.
INTRO: Bb Cm Bb Eb Bb Cm Bb
#1.
Bb Eb Bb Cm Bb Eb
Once upon a time......a boy and a girl met.
Bb Eb Bb Cm Bb Eb
He handed her a line.....she'll never forget.
Bb Cm Eb Bb
Now, when he sees her, she's always cryin'.
Bb F Bb
But she used to be happy, once upon a time.
BRIDGE:
Cm Eb Bb
Now, the boy was you, the girl was me.
Eb Bb
You wanted your freedom, well, now you're free.
Eb Bb C
I'm back to a life of loneliness..no one would
F
ever guess.
#2.
Bb Eb Bb F Bb Eb
Once upon a time......I even smiled.
Bb F Bb Eb Bb Cm Bb Eb
I looked at life......like a happy child.
Bb Eb Bb
I wasn't always, this low in mind..somebody used
F Eb
to love me, once upon a time.
INTERLUDE: Bb Cm Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb C F
#3.
Bb Eb Bb F Bb Eb
Once upon a time......I even smiled.
Bb F Bb Eb Bb Cm Bb Eb
I looked at life......like a happy child.
Bb Eb Bb
I wasn't always, this low in mind..somebody used
F Eb
to love me, once upon a time.
OUTRO:
Eb Bb Cm Bb
Once upon a time, once upon a time.
Eb Bb F Bb
Once upon a time, once upon a time..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.