[Intro]
Em  C  G  D/F#
Em  C  G  D/F#
[Verse]
Em                        C              G      D/F# 
  I was the one who would always jump in first 
Em                C               G     D/F# 
   I didn't think twice to look behind 
Em                 C                  G                   D/F# 
   Got such a good feeling, just from playing in the dirt 
Em        C     G       D/F# 
Once when I was little
[Verse]
Em                  C                  G     D/F# 
   We could build a rocket, fly to the moon 
Em                C             G              D/F# 
   Leave Tuesday morning, and be back for noon 
Em               C         G                         D/F# 
   There wasn't nothing, nothing that we couldn't do 
    Em        C     G       D/F# Em        C     G 
Oh, once when I was little, mmm, once when I was little
[Chorus]
                 C               D           Em             G7 
And yeah I could dream more then,  I could believe more then 
         C           Bm       D 
That the world could only get better 
           C              D            Em            G7 
I could be free more then,  I could pretend more then 
          C          Bm           D 
That this life could only show me good times 
                C 
Once when I was little
[Instrumental]
Em  C  G  D/F#
Em  C  G  D/F#
[Verse]
Em                        C             G   D/F# 
   There was a time when I trusted everyone 
Em               C                    Bm 
   There was no place that I wouldn’t go 
C                     D                 Em        F7 
 Spend all day on the hillside next to the barley mow 
    Em        C     G        D/F# Em        C     G 
Oh, once when I was little, yeah  once when I was little
[Chorus]
             C               D          Em             G7 
Yeah I could dream more then,  and I believed more then 
         C           Bm       D7 
That the world would only get better 
           C              D                Em            G7 
I could be free more then,  and I could pretend more then 
          C          Bm           D 
That this life could only show me good times 
                Am... 
Once when I was little
[Bridge]
                   D/F# 
I used to feel so strong 
               F7                     E7 
Even when they tell me, tell me I was wrong 
                       Am 
That I can't live in a magic world 
                              D 
Cause it's time for me to grow up 
                         G 
And I got to be like the rest of them 
       F7                    E7 
When I know things have been lost, oh
[Chorus]
           C              D               Em             G7 
I could pretend more then,  and I could believe more then 
         C               Bm       D 
That the world, it would only get better 
                C                      D 
Whoa, I could believe more then, yes I could 
               Em           G7 
And I could pretend more then 
          C              Bm           D 
That this life, it could only show me good times 
                C         Em   C   G  D/F# 
Once when I was little
[Outro]
Em                   C                     G     D/F# 
   So here comes the next one, the next in line 
Em                     C                 G       D/F# 
  Stay as young as you can, for the longest time 
Em                       C          G                          D/F# 
   Cause those days flew by like a breeze just passing through 
Em        C     G 
Once when I was little.