Hey, this is not my work, I just thought that this sight deserved a good version
of this song!!!!!
Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: Once
Album: Ten
Transcribed by: Evan Cowan
Email: ecowan@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Updated (08/19/99) with help from Mecca
Lyrics are lined up pretty closely
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G1-|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------|-|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------|-|------------------------------|--------------------5-5-----|----------------|-|-5h7--7--7h8p7-8/10-8p7-8p7-5-|-7-7--7--7-7---7--7-----7-7-|----------------|-|-0----0-----------------------|----------------------------|----------------|-|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------|
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I___________ ad - mit it what's to say-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------|-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------|-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------|-|-5h7p5h8-7h8p7-x-x-x-x--14-x-x-|-5h7p5h8-7h8p7-x-x-x-x-14-x-x-|--------------|-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------|-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------|
yeah-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------|-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------|-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------|-|-5h7p5h8-7h8p7-x-x-x-x--14-x-x-|-5h7p5h8-7h8p7-x-x-x-x-14--x--x-|------------|-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------|-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------|
I'll_________________ re -- live it without pain__-|--------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------|-|--------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------|-|--------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------|-|-5h7p5h8-7h8p7-x-x-x-x--14-x-x-|-5h7p5h8-7h8p7-x-x-x-x--------|--------------|-|--------------------------------|-----------------------7-x-x-|--------------|-|--------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
______ Mmmm______-|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-|--7-----------------------7--h--8-p-7-h-8-p-7-h-8-x---x--|------------------|-|--0------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
G1 Backstreet lover on the side of the road__ I got a-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|--7----------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|--0----------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
G2-|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-|--7-----------------7--h--8-p-7-h-8-p-7-h-8--p--7-h-8-p-7-h-8-|-------------|-|--0-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
G1 Bomb in my temple that is gon-na ex--plode___ I got a-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-|-------------------/12----------------------------------|-------------------|-|--7-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-|--0-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
G2-|----------------------------------------------------|----------------|------|-|----------------------------------------------------|----------------|------|-|----------------------------------------------------|-------------0--|------|-|--7--------------------7h8-p-7-h-8-p-7-h-8-p7-h-8---|-8-------8-8-0--|------|-|--0-------------------------------------------------|-8-------8-8----|------|-|----------------------------------------------------|-6-------6-6----|------|
G1 Sixteen gauge buried under my clothes__ I play_____-|----------------------------------------------------|----------------|------|-|----------------------------------------------------|----------------|------|-|----------------------------------------------------|-------------0--|------|-|----------------------------------------------------|-8-------8-8-0--|------|-|----------------------------------------------------|-8-------8-8----|------|-|----------------------------------------------------|-6-------6-6----|------|
G2-|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-------|-|-----8--8-8-8--6--6----|-6--6-6-6--5------6--|--8-----8-8-8----6--6-|-------|-|-----7--7-7-7--7--7----|-7--7-7-7--7------7--|--7-----7-7-7----7--7-|-------|-|-----5--5-5-5--5--5----|-8--8-8-8--8------8--|--5-----5-5-5----5--5-|-------|-|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-------|-|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-------|
G1+G2 Once upon a time___ I could con - trol my self___-|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------|-|-6--6-6--6--5---6--|-8--8-8--8---6---6----|-6--6-6--6--5--6---|-------------|-|-7--7-7--7--7---7--|-7--7-7--7---7---7----|-7--7-7--7--7--7---|-------------|-|-8--8-8--8--8---8--|-5--5-5--5---5---5----|-8--8-8--8--8--8---|-------------|-|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------|-|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------|
Ooh Once upon a time___ I could-|---------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|-|-8-----8-8-8----6--6-|-6--6-6--6--5-----------|-----------------------------|-|-7-----7-7-7----7--7-|-7--7-7--7--7-----------|-----------------------------|-|-5-----5-5-5----5--5-|-8--8-8--8--8--x-x-x-x--|-----------------------------|-|---------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|-|---------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|
Lose my - self yeah_________-|-----------------------|----------------------------------|------------------|-|-----------------------|----------------------------------|------------------|-|-----------------------|----------------------------------|------------------|-|--5h7p5h8-7h8p7---14--|--5h7p5h8-7h8p5-----7--14----x-x-|--------------------|-|-----------------------|----------------------------------|------------------|-|-----------------------|----------------------------------|------------------|
G1 Oh___________ try and mimic what's insane-|--------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-|--------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-|--------------------------------|----------------------5-|-------------------|-|-5h7p5h8-7h8p5-x-x-x-x--14-x-x-|-5h7p5h8-7h8p7-x-x----5-|--------------------|-|--------------------------------|-------------------0----|-------------------|-|--------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
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I____________________ am in it where do I-|--------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------|-|--------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------|-|--------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------|-|-5h7p5h8-7h8p7-x-x-x-x--14-x-x-|-5h7p5h8-7h8p7-x-x-x-x--------|--------------|-|--------------------------------|-----------------------7-x-x-|--------------|-|--------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
Stand-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|--7-------------------7--h--8-p-7-h-8-p-7-h-8--x---x---|--------------------|-|--0----------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
G1 Indian summer and I hate the heat______ I got a-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|--7----------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|--0----------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
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G1 Backstreet lover on the passenger seat__ I got my-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-|------------------/12-----------------------------------|-------------------|-|--7-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-|--0-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
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G1 Hand in my pocket so deter-mined dis-creet__ I pray-|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------|---|-|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------|---|-|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------0--|---|-|-------------------------------------------------------|-8-------8-8-0--|---|-|-------------------------------------------------------|-8-------8-8----|---|-|-------------------------------------------------------|-6-------6-6----|---|
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G1+G2 Once upon a time___ I could con - trol my self___-|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------|-|-6--6-6--6--5---6--|-8--8-8--8---6---6----|-6--6-6--6--5--6---|-------------|-|-7--7-7--7--7---7--|-7--7-7--7---7---7----|-7--7-7--7--7--7---|-------------|-|-8--8-8--8--8---8--|-5--5-5--5---5---5----|-8--8-8--8--8--8---|-------------|-|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------|-|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------|
Ooh Once upon a time___ I could-|---------------------|---------------5--------|-----------------------------|-|-8-----8-8-8----6--6-|-6--6-6--6--5----8-5-8--|-----------------------------|-|-7-----7-7-7----7--7-|-7--7-7--7--7-----------|-----------------------------|-|-5-----5-5-5----5--5-|-8--8-8--8--8--x-x-x-x--|-----------------------------|-|---------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|-|---------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|
Lose my - self yeah_________ (G2 up top)-|----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|-|-8b10vvvvvvv-8b10-8-5-------|----------------------------|-------------------|-|----------------------7p5---|-7b9r7p5---5h7-5vvvvv-54---|--------------------|-|--------------------------7-|---------7----------------5-|-------------------|-|----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|-|----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
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Mike-|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---|-|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---|-|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---|-|-7-----------7-----------7-------5---------|-7---------7------5----5----|---|-|-7-----------7-----------7-------5---------|-7---------7------5----5----|---|-|-5-----------5-----------5-------3---------|-5---------5------3----3----|---|
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Mike-|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------|-|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------|-|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------|-|-7------------7------------7---------|-8------------8--8---8--7--|-----------|-|-7------------7------------7---------|-8------------8--8---8--7--|-----------|-|-5------------5--------------------------------------------------------------|
