# Just Once

> ChordPro lead sheet by James Ingram in the public TabShare catalog.

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- HTML: https://tabshare.live/songs/just-once-james-ingram
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```chordpro
[Verse 1]
I[C(9)] did my [FM7]best
But I g[Em7]uess my best wasn't good en[Am7]ough
'Cau[Dm7]se here we are, back[Em7] where we were[Em7] bef[Am7]ore
See[Dm7]ms nothin' eve[G7sus4]r chang[G7]es, w[E7sus4]e're back[E7] to bein'[Am7] stranger;
[Dm7]Wond'rin' if we ought[C/E] to stay, or h[FM7]ead on ou[G7sus4]t the  [G7]door.


[Chorus 1]
J[C]ust o[G]nce can we fig[Gm7]ure out what we [C7]keep doin' wron[FM7]g?
W[Dm7]hy we never las[G7]t for very lo[Em7]ng; [Am]
W[Dm7]hat are we doing[G7sus4] wrong?
J[C]ust on[G]ce, can we f[Gm7]ind a way to fin[C7]ally make it rig[FM7]ht,
To[Dm7] make the magic l[G7]ast for more than [Em7]just one n[Am7]ight?
If w[Dm7]e could just get to it, I k[G7sus4]now we could break throu[C(9)]gh it[FM7]     [C]hm[FM7]mm. [G]


[Verse 2]
I[C(9)] gave my[FM7] all,
But [Em7]think all my have [Am7]been too much:
The l[Dm7]ord knows we're not g[G7]etting anyw[Em7]here[Am].
S[Dm7]eems we're al[G7sus4]ways bl[G7]owin'
W[E7sus4]hat ever[E7] we've got g[Am7]oin',
And it [Dm7]seems that time was [C]all we've got; We [FM7]havent go[G7sus4]t a fri[G7]end.


[Chorus 2]
J[C]ust o[G]nce, can we fi[Gm7]gure out what w[C7]e keep doin wro[FM7]ng,
W[Dm7]hy the good times nev[G7]er last for l[Em7]ong? [Am]
Where are w[Dm7]e go[G7sus4]in wron[G7]g?
Ju[C]st on[G]ce, can we fin[Gm7]d a way to final[C7]ly make it rig[FM7]ht,
To[Dm7] make the magic l[G7]ast for more than [Em7]just one nig[Am7]ht?
[Dm7]I know we could break through it,
If w[G7sus4]e could just get to it.


[Bridge]
 Just [Ab]once, I want to u[Fm7]nderstand
 Why[Bbm7] it always co[Eb7sus4]mes back to[Ab(9)] goodbyes.
W[B]hy [BM7]can't we get ourse[G#m7]lves in hand,
 A[C#m7]nd admit to one[B/D#] another
W[E]e're no good wit[B/D#]hout each other?
T[C#m7]ake the best and mak[B/D#]e it better[Em7]; Find a way t[A7sus4]o stay [A7]together.


[Chorus 3]
 D       A/D    Am9          D7/F#        GM7  (F#m7)
Just once,we can find a way to fin'lly make it right,  oh
to[Em7] make the magic las[A7/G]t for more tha[F#m7]n just one[Bm7] night?
 I [Em7]know we could break through it
 If [A7sus4]we could just ge[A7]t to it.


Repeat 2nd stanza of Chorus  2
  ....just onc[D]e. [A/D] [G/D]
 D  A/D    Bb(6) A7(sus4) (hold)
Woh, we can get to it
       (Coda)
    just once.


[Outro]
D G D/F#  G(9)  A7sus4 B(9)
```