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Once Tabs

(ver. 1)
Laura Marling
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Basic tab (& lyrics) based on Southbank Centre performance:

Tuning: Open G (DGDGBD)
Capo 1

INTRO:
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VERSE:

In the land I now know to be mine,

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There the heart’s so dark it’s near blind.

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When I think about the life I’ve left behind,

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I still raise no praise to the sky.

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VERSE:

With my eyes on the prize of your bed,

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When all that’s needed saying has been said.

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When I think about the life that I have lead,

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I laid down to the sound of the the (wise/why?).

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CHORUS:

Once, once is enough to break you,

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Once, once is enough to make you think twice,

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B|---5-------5---5---5---5-------0---0----------------------------|
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About laying your love out on the line.

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D|----------------------0-2---2-------0-2---2-------0-2---2-------|
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B|---7-------5------0-------------0-------------0-----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE:

Laid with all I now know to be true,

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And all I’ve figured out about you.

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All the crazy things a mind can do,

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I laid down to the sound of the truth.

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And it’s not you.

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CHORUS:

Once, once is enough to break you,

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G|---5-------5---6---7---6-------3-------1---0--------------------|
D|---5-------5---5---5---5-------4-------2---0--------------------|
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B|---5-------5---5---5---5-------0-------0---0--------------------|
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Once, once is enough to make you think twice,

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D|---5-------5---5---5---5-------4---4----------------------------|
G|---5-------5---5---5---5----------------------------------------|
B|---5-------5---5---5---5-------0---0----------------------------|
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About laying your love out on the line.

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D|----------------------0-2---2-------0-2---2-------0-2---2-------|
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BRIDGE:

Oh, I was a child once.

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Oh, oh, I was happy young.

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When all I didn’t know needed doing, had been done.

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D|----------------------0-2---2-------0-2---2-------0-2---2------|
G|---7-------5----------------------------------0----------------|
B|---7-------5------0-------------0------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS:

Once, once is enough to break you,

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G|---5-------5---6---7---6-------3-------1---0--------------------|
D|---5-------5---5---5---5-------4-------2---0--------------------|
G|---5-------5---5---5---5----------------------------------------|
B|---5-------5---5---5---5-------0-------0---0--------------------|
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Once, once is enough to make you think twice,

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G|---5-------5---6---7---6-------3---3----------------------------|
D|---5-------5---5---5---5-------4---4----------------------------|
G|---5-------5---5---5---5----------------------------------------|
B|---5-------5---5---5---5-------0---0----------------------------|
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About laying your little love out on the line.

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D|----------------------0-2---2-------0-2---2-------0-2---2---0---|
G|---7-------5----------------------------------------------------|
B|---7-------5------0-------------0-------------0-------------0---|
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