Verse 1:
DAG
Remember what I told you in Nevada,
DAG
Just before I told you please don't cry
DAG
No matter where you go, girl, I'll be with you
DAG
If you keep me in your heart and on your mind
Chorus:
DAD
Cause you're my once in a lifetime girl
GA
And I'm not gonna let you get away
DAGD
You're my once in a lifetime girl
GDD
Hand in hand until our dying day
Verse 2:
DAG
We woke up along the bay in San Francisco
DAG
With Irish coffee on a blue birthday
DAG
And when we missed the bus to Calistoga
DAG
We toasted luck and drank the night away
Chorus:
DAD
Cause you're my once in a lifetime girl
GA
And I'm not gonna let you get away
DAGD
You're my once in a lifetime girl
GDD
Hand in hand until our dying day
Chorus: Muted Intrumental (no words)
DAD
Cause you're my once in a lifetime girl
GA
And I'm not gonna let you get away
DAGD
You're my once in a lifetime girl
GDD
Hand in hand until our dying day
Verse 3:
DAG
I walked into a pawn shop down in Austin
DAG
And I walked out with this silver wedding band
DAG
That ol' beat up guitar ain't quite worth a diamond
DAG
Somehow I knew you would understand
Chorus:
DAD
Cause you're my once in a lifetime girl
GA
And I'm not gonna let you get away
DAGD
You're my once in a lifetime girl
GDD
Hand in hand until our dying day
GDAD
Hand in hand until our dying day