Verse 1
[Em]Onceupon a [D]time
[C]In two far off [D]lands
A [Em]fabled journey [D]started
By a [C]woman [D]and a [Em]man
Verse 2
[Em]She was filled with [D]questions
Her [C]mind a butter [D]churn
[Em]So she wandered [D]from her home
To [C]see what [D]she could [Em]learn
Verse 3
[Em]Not so filled [D]up with thoughts
[C]He happy in his [D]life
[Em]Until one day to [D]his surprise
He [C]saw his [D]parent’s [Em]strife
Verse 4
[Em]They split up and [D]set him free
[C]Not far from a [D]man
So [Em]he went off to [D]wander
A[C]cross the [D]open [Em]land
Chorus
[C]She discovered [D]wonders
While [C]he discovered [Em]war
[C]She went off to [D]learn more
[C]He had no clue what was in
[D]store
[D7] Verse 5
[Em]He learned about [D]people
Both the [C]good and the [D]bad
The [Em]good didn’t have it as [D]good as they thought
And the [C]bad [D]weren’t so [Em]sad
Verse 6
While [Em]she got more questions than [D]answers
[C]Made her just a bit more [D]confused
She [Em]learned there was so much [D]out there
And [C]she would [D]have to [Em]choose
Verse 7
So [Em]she reigned her[D]self in
[C]Eventually settled [D]down
But [Em]in the end could [D]not decide
Where [C]answers [D]could be [Em]found
Chorus
[C]She questioned all the [D]wonders
He [C]questioned how people [Em]live
[C]She kept looking for [D]answers
[C]He gave all he could
[D]give
[D7] Verse 8
[Em]Like fairy tales from [D]times of old
They [C]found each other one [D]day
While [Em]she was still looked for [D]answers
[C]He could [D]not look a[Em]way
Verse 9
He [Em]finally found all that was [D]good
And [C]perhaps just a little [D]bad
But [Em]he could not answer her [D]questions
[C]Only meager [D]answers he [Em]had
Verse 10
[Em]She left without all her [D]answers
And [C]even more questions re[D]mained
When you [Em]love and your love [D]goes away
[C]Will the [D]feelings stay the [Em]same
Chorus
[C]She questioned why she was [D]leaving
He [C]questioned why he let her [Em]go
[C]She wondered if she’d [D]see him again
[C]He wondered why it him hurt
[D]so
[D7] Verse 11
[Em]He went away to [D]far off lands
[C]Thinking he would forget her [D]soon
But [Em]she remained in [D]spite of the pain
That [C]kept his [D]life in [Em]gloom
Verse 12
[Em]She set aside her [D]questions
[C]Tried to get on with [D]life
[Em]While her parents [D]tried to find a man
For [C]whom she would [D]make a good [Em]wife
Verse 13
A [Em]written corres[D]pondence
That [C]eventually found its [D]way
Re[Em]ignited what still [D]smoldered
A re[C]union [D]soon to be one [Em]day
Chorus
[C]He asked her a [D]question
She [C]answered as best she [Em]could
[C]She said she was his if he came for [D]her
[C]All he could say was that he
[D]would
[D7] Verse 14
[Em]Once upon a [D]time
[C]In a land far a[D]way
The [Em]woman and man were [D]married
And she’s still [C]answering her [D]questions to this [C]day [Em]