ONCE A DAY Recorded by Connie Smith Written by Bill Anderson CAPO: ON 1ST FRET KEY: F# PLAY: F When you [F] found somebody new I thought I [C] never [C7] would [C] Forget you, for I thought then I [F7] never [F] could But time has taken all the [F7] pains a-[Bb] way Until [F] now, I'm down to [C] hurtin' once a [F] day. CHORUS Once a day, all day [Bb] long And once a [C] night, from dusk till [F] dawn The only time, I wish [F7] you weren't [Bb] gone Is once a [F] day, [Bb] ev'ry-[F] day, [C] all day [F] long. I'm so glad that I'm not like a girl l knew one time She lost the one she loved, then slowly lost her mind She sat around and cried her life away Lucky me, I'm only cryin' once a day. CHORUS Once a day, ev'ryday, all day long.