Biography:
The Once is a folk trio based in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. The trio is comprised of Geraldine Hollett from Burin, Phil Churchill from Corner Brook and Andrew Dale from Coley's Point.
The trio first met in the summer of 2005 while working with the Rising Tide Theatre Company in Trinity. There they discovered a mutual appreciation for folk/traditional music, particularly for the music of their native Newfoundland and the British Isles.
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Charlie's - The once
Timing: 6/8
Tune: 1/2 step down
[Intro]
G
(quarter note strums on G to the end of Verse 1 --> Only the top three strings)
[Verse 1]
G
The rain is pouring
G
The wind is blowing
G
And the water is raging
G
And you, your hands are bleeding
G
The lines are cutting
G
And still so much work left to do
[Verse 2]
C
The years made you tougher
C
Not pain, not hunger
G
Could turn you away from the sea
G
You don't have a choice
G
So I won't raise my voice
G
When you wake every morning and leave
[Pre-Chorus]
Em C G D
And how many times did my heart skip inside my chest when I slept by the phone
Em C G D
And how many times has this window held my breath when I'm thinking of you all alone
[Chorus]
G
Will you swing me around
C
Lift my feet off the ground
G D
Don't ever let me go
Em
Sway to and fro,
C
and though you don't know
G D
Whisper to me each night
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
[Verse 3]
G
It's the fall of the year, and the skies have cleared
G
I'm breathing a sigh of relief
G
The winter brings comfort to this house
G
Our number we let it one become three
C
When she was born, in the twilight of morn
G
You held my hand as I cried
G
Eighteen years later, three sisters we made her
G
You looked in your daughter's blue eyes
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em C
And oh, they all said that my heart made no sound
G D
When they hoisted me up on the bough
Em C
But I can recall a face in the squall
G D
It's the face that looks back at me now
[Chorus]
G
Will you swing me around
C
Lift my feet off the ground
G D
Don't ever let me go
Em
Sway to and fro
C
And though you don't know
G D
Whisper to me each night
A7 C D
"I'll always make it back home"
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
[Instrumental]
C A7 G (x2)
[Verse 4]
G
Clouds are parting, the sun is rising
G
And the moon it still lingers past dawn
G
Your voice in my ear I can hear it so clear says
G
"Dinie take the wheel and hold on"
G
"Oh you take the wheel and hold on
[Chorus 2]
G
While I swing you around
C
Lift your feet off the ground
G D
I won't ever let you go
Em
Sway to and fro
C
And though you don't know
G D
And whisper to me each night
G
Will you swing me around
C
Lift my feet off the ground
G D
Don't ever let me go
Em
Sway to and fro
C
And though you don't know
G D
Whisper to me each night
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
[Outro]
G C
La Da Daa Da dun
G D
La Daaa Da Dunnn
G C
La Da Daaaa Da Dun
G D G
Laaa Daaa Dun
G C
La Da Daaa Da Da Da Dun
G D
Laa Da Daaa Daa Da Da Dun
Em C
La Da Daaa Daa Dun
G D G
La Da La Da Daaa Dun
G C G
Timing: 6/8
Tune: 1/2 step down
[Intro]
G
(quarter note strums on G to the end of Verse 1 --> Only the top three strings)
[Verse 1]
G
The rain is pouring
G
The wind is blowing
G
And the water is raging
G
And you, your hands are bleeding
G
The lines are cutting
G
And still so much work left to do
[Verse 2]
C
The years made you tougher
C
Not pain, not hunger
G
Could turn you away from the sea
G
You don't have a choice
G
So I won't raise my voice
G
When you wake every morning and leave
[Pre-Chorus]
Em C G D
And how many times did my heart skip inside my chest when I slept by the phone
Em C G D
And how many times has this window held my breath when I'm thinking of you all alone
[Chorus]
G
Will you swing me around
C
Lift my feet off the ground
G D
Don't ever let me go
Em
Sway to and fro,
C
and though you don't know
G D
Whisper to me each night
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
[Verse 3]
G
It's the fall of the year, and the skies have cleared
G
I'm breathing a sigh of relief
G
The winter brings comfort to this house
G
Our number we let it one become three
C
When she was born, in the twilight of morn
G
You held my hand as I cried
G
Eighteen years later, three sisters we made her
G
You looked in your daughter's blue eyes
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em C
And oh, they all said that my heart made no sound
G D
When they hoisted me up on the bough
Em C
But I can recall a face in the squall
G D
It's the face that looks back at me now
[Chorus]
G
Will you swing me around
C
Lift my feet off the ground
G D
Don't ever let me go
Em
Sway to and fro
C
And though you don't know
G D
Whisper to me each night
A7 C D
"I'll always make it back home"
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
[Instrumental]
C A7 G (x2)
[Verse 4]
G
Clouds are parting, the sun is rising
G
And the moon it still lingers past dawn
G
Your voice in my ear I can hear it so clear says
G
"Dinie take the wheel and hold on"
G
"Oh you take the wheel and hold on
[Chorus 2]
G
While I swing you around
C
Lift your feet off the ground
G D
I won't ever let you go
Em
Sway to and fro
C
And though you don't know
G D
And whisper to me each night
G
Will you swing me around
C
Lift my feet off the ground
G D
Don't ever let me go
Em
Sway to and fro
C
And though you don't know
G D
Whisper to me each night
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
A7 C G
"I'll always make it back home"
[Outro]
G C
La Da Daa Da dun
G D
La Daaa Da Dunnn
G C
La Da Daaaa Da Dun
G D G
Laaa Daaa Dun
G C
La Da Daaa Da Da Da Dun
G D
Laa Da Daaa Daa Da Da Dun
Em C
La Da Daaa Daa Dun
G D G
La Da La Da Daaa Dun
G C G
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