"One"
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Strumming pattern (for acoustic):
 = down-stroke
Á = up-stroke
   Á  Á
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Intro + main riff: h=hammer on
p=pull off
/=slide up
b=bend
Am Dadd2 Fmaj7 G
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---------------h-p-h-----------h-p-h-------------h-p-h-----------------------
---h---5--/9--7-9-7-9-------7-5-7-5-7---------9-7-9-7-9-7--------------h--p--
--5-7--------------------0------------0---------------------7/9---10--9-10-9-
-------0--------------0--------------------8----------------8/10--10--10-----
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Chords:
Am Dadd2
Is it getting better
Fmaj7 G
Or do you feel the same
Am Dadd2
Will it make it easier on you
Fmaj7 G
Now you got someone to blame
Chorus riff:
C Am Fmaj7 C
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------h-p-h-----------h-p-h----------h-p-h-------------h-p-h----------
---9-7-9-7-9-------9-7-9-7-9------9-7-9-7-9---------9-7-9-7-9---------
-10----------10----------------------------------10-----------10------
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You say
C Am
One love, one life
Fmaj7 C
When it's one need in the night
Am
It's one love we get to share it
Fmaj7 C
It leaves you baby if you don't care for it
2nd verse:
Am Dadd2 Fmaj7 G
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---------9-7-9---------7-5-7---------9-7-9-------------h-------------
-12b-127------12b-127------12b-127------12b-129-10-9-10----------
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Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
(Chorus riff)
Well it's too late tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other
One
Solo (recommended 0.2 sec delay):
Am Dadd2 Fmaj7 G
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(Main riff)
Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head?
(Chorus riff)
Did I ask too much, more than a lot
You gave me nothing, now it's all I got
We're one, but we're not the same
We hurt each other then we do it again
You say
C Am
Love is a temple, Love a higher law
C Am
Love is a temple, Love the higher law
C G
You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl
Fmaj7
And I can't be holding on to what you got
C
When all you got is hurt
Last chorus:
C Am
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|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
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Fmaj7 C
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-13-12-|-12-12-12-12-13-12-13-12-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
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One love, one blood
One life, you got to do what you should
One life with each other
Sisters, brothers
One life, but we're not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other
One. One.
Outro (with 0.2 sec delay):
C Am
|--------12---------------|--------12---------------|
|-15------------15-----13-|-15------------15-----13-|
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Fmaj7 C
|--------12---------------|--------12-----13-----12-|
|-15------------15-----13-|-15----------------------|
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# CHORD FORMATIONS (for acoustic):
C x 3 2 0 1 0
Fmaj7 x 3 3 2 1 0
Am x 0 3 3 2 0
G 3 2 0 0 0 3
Dadd2 x x x 2 3 x
U2 ONE (BASS TAB)
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steve palmer - am560@freenet.carleton.ca
The bass doesn't come in until Bono sings the first line of the
second verse: 'did i disappoint you...'
Verse:
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Am Dadd2 Fmaj7 Gadd6
g|------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------2--3--3--0-3-0--5--5--2-0-----|
a|-0--0----0-3--5--5--3-5---------------------------3---|
E|-------3----------------------------------------------|
Am Dadd2 Fmaj7 Gadd6
g|------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------2--3--3--0-3-0--5--5--2-0-----|
a|-0--0----0-3--5--5--3-5---------------------------3---|
E|-------3----------------------------------------------|
Chorus: (also outro)
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C Am Fmaj7 C
g|------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------|
a|-3--3--2-3-2--0--0----0--------------2--3--3--2-3-2---|
E|--------------------3---3--1--1--0-1------------------|
C Am Fmaj7 C
g|------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------|
a|-3--3--2-3-2--0--0----0--------------2--3--3--2-3-2---|
E|--------------------3---3--1--1--0-1------------------|
Bridge:
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C Am C Am
g|------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------|
a|-3--3--2-3-2--0--0----0-2--3--3--2-3-2--0--0----0-2---|
E|--------------------3-------------------------3-------|
Love is a temple...
C G
g|-----------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------|
a|-3--3--2-3-2-----------------------------|
E|--------------3--3--1-3-1--3--3--1-3-1---|
You ask me to enter...
F C Am
g|------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------2--3--3--2-3-2--0--0----0-----|
E|-1--1--0-1-0--1--1--0-1-----------------------3---3---|
Fmaj7 C
g|----------------------------|
d|----------------------------|
a|-----------2--3--3--2-3-2---|
E|-1--1--0-1------------------|
Continue with chorus chords until end.
"One"
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tabbed by: Aaron S. Field, a.field@uic.edu
Intro: h=hammer on
p=pull off
/=slide up
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---------------h-p-h-----------h-p-h-----------h-p-h------------------------
---h---5--/9--7-9-7-9-------7-5-7-5-7---/7--9-7-9-7-9-7--------------h--p---
--5-7-------------------/7--7-5-7-5-7---/7--7-7-7-7-7-7---7/9---10--9-10-9--
-------0----------------/5--------------/8----------------8/10--10--10------
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Chords:
Am Dadd2
Is it getting better
Fmaj7 G6+
Or do you feel the same
Am Dadd2
Will it make it easier on you
Fmaj7 G6+
Now you got someone to blame
You say
C Am
One love, one life
Fmaj7 C
When it's one need in the night
Am
It's one love we get to share it
Fmaj7 C
It leaves you baby if you don't care for it
Am-Dadd2-Fmaj7-G6+
Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's too late tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other
One
[Solo]
Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head?
Did I ask too much, more than a lot
You gave me nothing, now it's all I got
We're one, but we're not the same
We hurt each other then we do it again
You say
C Am
Love is a temple, Love a higher law
C Am
Love is a temple, Love the higher law
C G
You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl
Fmaj7
And I can't be holding on to what you got
C
When all you got is hurt
One love, one blood
One life, you got to do what you should
One life with each other
Sisters, brothers
One life, but we're not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other
One. One.
|-12-12-------------------|-12-12-13-13-12-------|
|-------15-15-13-13-15----|----------------15-13-|
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# CHORD FORMATIONS:
# Dadd2 x x x 2 3 x
# G6+ x x 5 4 3 x
Notes for ONE:
I developed this version of playing the song, having watched the
Anton Corbijn video a thousand times on slow-mo, and from the U2
Live in Sydney. This requires a strong pinky finger for the
hammer-ons and pull-offs. I can't remember the symbols you used,
so here are mine:
> -hammer on< -pull off
-slide
First, form an open A minor chord.
Am D
E---------0--------0--------|------------------------------------------B-----1---1--3<1>3<1----3<1-|------------------------------------------G-0>2--------2--------------|-----7-5>7<5-7---5>7<5--------------------D---------------------------|-----7-5>7<5-7---5>7<5--------------------A-----0---------------------|-35--------------------------------------E---------------------------|------------------------------------------
...Play a normal open F chord, omitting the first-fretted note on the
high E. For the G, simply slide your F chord up two frets to a G
position. For the Am,F, and G chords, all the hammer-ons and pull-offs
should be done with your pinky. For the D, use your fourth finger.
and bar the two hammered and pulled notes.
F G
E----0-------0--------|--------------------------------------
B----1-3<1>3<1---3<1--|--------------3-----------------------
G------2--------------|------5-4>5<4>5-----------------------
D-3-------------------|-35--5-5-----------------------------
A---------------------|--------------------------------------
E---------------------|--------------------------------------
The Hammer-ons and pull-offs are pretty much the same for the chorus...
(the C, Am, F part). I would draw it out, but the Am and F have
essentially already been shown.
Write me any problems you have with this version. It's hard trying
to illustrate on the computer.
michael.hong@utoronto.ca