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Once There Was A Time Tab by Ten Years After

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Once There Was A Time tab by Ten Years After

Intro
E|------------------|
B|-------2---2---2--|
G|-------2---2---2--|
D|-------2---2---2--|
A|-----0---3---0----|
E|-0-3--------------| (repeat)

Riff 1 - verses
e|----------------------------------------------0----2---2---2---2---------|
B|-------2---2---2--------2---2---2-------------0----3---3---3---3-------2-|
G|-------2---2---2--------2---2---2-------------1----2---2---2---2-------2-|
D|-------2---2---2--------2---2---2-------------2--0-------0-------------2-|
A|-----0---3---0--------0---3---0----3^4-0------2------0-------0-------0---|
E|-0-3--------------0-3-------------------3^4-0--------------------0-3-----|
         A                  A               E            D               A

A                                E               D          A
Once there was a time I'd rob my mama for a good meal and a smoke
Once there was a time I'd sell my brother for a dollar when I was broke
But I'd never sell my guitar and my strings were always sharp
'Cause if I don't have a guitar I'll be strumming on some angel’s harp
And if I don't get to Heaven and I go down there below
Better be a guitar   when I get there or I will refuse to go

Instrumental break played over D-C-A(3x)

Riff 2 - chorus
e|-0-x---x------------x----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2-x-2-x------------x-2--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-x-2-x------------x-2--------------------2-2-4-4-2-2-4-2-4-------------------------------------|
D|-2-x-2-x------------x-2--------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-2-4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-2-4-|
A|-x-x-x-x----3^4-0-0-x-----2-2-4-4-2-2-4-2-4------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-x-x-x-x-0-3-----3--x-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------------------------|
      A                 A                               E                D                 A
                    Once there was a time I was hungry        And I'd find my food in some bin
      A                 A                               E                D                 A
                    But I'd never, never sell my guitar ‘Cause that would, darling, that would be a sin

Repeat chorus to outro



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| x Dead note
| / Slide-up
| pb Pre-bend
| ~ Vibrato
| . Staccato
| PM Palm muting
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Last updated: July 5, 2019

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