A           Am7   A6    Am7       F#m 
Once upon a time     a girl with moonlight in her eyes 
 
Dm7                A  Am7      D        A        D   Dm7  Bm7 
Put her hand in mine      and said she loved me so; 
 
     E7       F#m              D   E7        A   Am7   Bm7/5-   E7 
But that was once upon a time,    very long ago. 
 
 
A           Am7  A6     Am7    F#m 
Once upon a hill     we sat beneath a willow tree 
 
Dm7                A   Am7     D       A        D   Dm7  Bm7 
Counting all the stars    and waiting for the dawn ? 
 
     E7       F#m         D   Bm7/5-  E7              A    Am7  A6  Am7 
But that was once upon a time   ?   now the tree is gone. 
 
 
 
Bridge: 
 
Bm7/5- E7   Am7  A6  Bm7/5-   E7          Am7    A6 
How  the breeze    ruffled through her hair; 
 
G#m    C#7     F#m                 B7            E7 
How we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn't there. 
 
D9       A        Bm7/5-   E7     A      Am7 
We were young and didn't have a care  ?   
 
F#m    B7        Bm7/5-  E7 
Where     did it go? 
 
 
A            Am7 A6       Am7       F#m 
Once upon a time     the world was sweeter than we knew, 
 
Dm7              A  Am7      D     A       D     Dm7   Bm7 
Ev'rything was ours  ?  how happy we were then! 
 
      E7     F#m         Dm7   Bm7 
But somehow once upon a time 
 
Bm7/5-  E7   D9   A    F#m   D9    Bbm7    A 
Never comes a - gain.