Written by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse
A A7M A6 A7M F#m Once upon a time a girl with moonlight in her eyes D7M A A7M D A D D7M Bm7 Put her hand in mine and said she loved me so E7 F#m D E7 A A7M Bm5-/7 E7 But that was once upon a time, very long ago A A7M A6 A7M F#m Once upon a hill we sat beneath a willow tree D7M A A7M D A D D7M Bm7 Counting all the stars and waiting for the dawn E7 F#m D Bm5-/7 E7 A A7M A6 A7M But that was once upon a time now the tree is gone Bridge Bm5-/7 E7 A7M A6 Bm5-/7 E7 A7M A6 How the breeze ruffled through her hair G#m C#7 F#m B7 E7 How we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn't there D9 A Bm5-/7 E7 A A7M We were young and didn't have a care F#m B7 Bm5-/7 E7 Where did it go A A7M A6 A7M F#m Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew D7M A A7M D A D D7M Bm7 Ev'rything was ours how happy we were then E7 F#m D7M Bm7 But somehow once upon a time Bm5-/7 E7 D7/9 A F#m D9 Bb7M A Never comes again