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One Of The Brightest Stars

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1/1

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 1Position: 5

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

(Play Am7 like this)
e|------5-----------|
B|------5-----------|
G|------5-----------|
D|------5-----------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
(tuning is (1/2) Sharp so your 1st string should be between an E and a F)
[Verse]
 EmOne day your story will be Ctold,
 AmOne of the lucky ones, who´s Cmade his name
  EmOne day they´ll make you gClorious,
  AmBeneath the lights of your deCserved fame.
[Chorus]
 And it aGll comes rBmound Fonce in a lE7ifetime like it aAmlways dAm7oes
 CmEverybody loves you cause you´ve Gtaken a chG7ance Eout 
 on a dance to the mooAn, too soCmon
 And they'll Gsay told you Bmso, Fwe were the E7ones who saw you Amfirst of Am7all
 CmWe always knew that you were Gone of the G7brightest sAmtars
[Verse]
 EmOne day they'll tell you that you've Cchanged 
 AmThough they're the ones who seem to Cstop and stare
 EmOne day you'll hope to make the graCde
 AmBefore the papers choose to senCd you there
[Chorus]
 And it aGll comes rBmound Fonce in a lE7ifetime like it aAmlways dAm7oes
 CmNobody loves you cause you´ve Gtaken a chG7ance Eout 
 on a dance to the mooAn, too soCmon
 And they'll Gsay told you Bmso, Fwe were the E7ones who saw you Amfirst of Am7all
 CmWe always knew that you were Gone of the G7brightest sAmtars
[Bridge]
C G C G C G Bm D
[Outro]
 And they'll Gsay told you Bmso, Fwe were the E7ones who saw you Amfirst of Am7all
 CmWe always knew that you were Gone of the G7brightest sCmtarsG  

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One Of The Brightest Stars

by James Blunt

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

(Play Am7 like this)

e|------5-----------|

B|------5-----------|

G|------5-----------|

D|------5-----------|

A|------------------|

E|------------------|

(tuning is (1/2) Sharp so your 1st string should be between an E and a F)

[Verse]

Em C

One day your story will be told,

Am C

One of the lucky ones, who´s made his name

Em C

One day they´ll make you glorious,

Am C

Beneath the lights of your deserved fame.

[Chorus]

G Bm F E7 Am Am7

And it all comes round once in a lifetime like it always does

Cm G G7 E

Everybody loves you cause you´ve taken a chance out

A Cm

on a dance to the moon, too soon

G Bm F E7 Am Am7

And they'll say told you so, we were the ones who saw you first of all

Cm G G7 Am

We always knew that you were one of the brightest stars

[Verse]

Em C

One day they'll tell you that you've changed

Am C

Though they're the ones who seem to stop and stare

Em C

One day you'll hope to make the grade

Am C

Before the papers choose to send you there

[Chorus]

G Bm F E7 Am Am7

And it all comes round once in a lifetime like it always does

Cm G G7 E

Nobody loves you cause you´ve taken a chance out

A Cm

on a dance to the moon, too soon

G Bm F E7 Am Am7

And they'll say told you so, we were the ones who saw you first of all

Cm G G7 Am

We always knew that you were one of the brightest stars

[Bridge]

C G C G C G Bm D

[Outro]

G Bm F E7 Am Am7

And they'll say told you so, we were the ones who saw you first of all

Cm G G7 Cm G

We always knew that you were one of the brightest stars

About One Of The Brightest Stars Chords by James Blunt

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