Parcels - Once

[Intro]
F#m B

[Verse 1]
E
Once I was a man
G#m
Stronger than the shelf
A
Once there was a plan
B
But one can never tell
F#m
Once a mother’s gone
B
The children raise themselves

[Verse 2]
E
Once I was alive
G#m
Breathing in the air
A
Now the more I lie
B
The less I lose my hair
F#m
Now the road is wide
B
Now the people stare
F#m
Waiting open-eyed
B
For once a meaning there

[Verse 3]
E
For one can see the light
G#m
Underneath the bed
C#m
For months there at a time
G#m
Believing every thread
G
And months would flutter by
Bm
And fears would all have fled
C
And it’ll all be fine
D
At least that’s what you said
Am
Whoa
D

[Verse 4]
G
I want to buy a house
Bm
I want to make a stand
C
I want to love a girl
D
I want to love a man
Am
I want to kill the past
D
I want to stop the sand
Am
I want another chance
D
But one is all you have

[Verse 5]
G
But if once more I could feel
Bm
What I felt before
Em
I’d hold it like it’s real
Bm
I’d never let it fall
Bb
I’d blow up every bridge
Dm
I’d build up every wall
Eb
And nothing could get in
F
But nothing could be born
Cm F
Whoa
Cm F
Whoa

[Verse 6]
Bb
And everything looks nice
Dm
Nothing is unwell
Eb
But once the fruit of God
F
Forever live in hell
Cm
And once you choose a side
F
There’s nothing left to win
Cm
And once a lover dies
F
You never love again