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ONCE - 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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About laying your love out on the line.
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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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Once, once is enough to make you think twice,
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About laying your love out on the line.
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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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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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About laying your little love out on the line.
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