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One Word

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Eminor

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1/21

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 21Position: 9

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Capo 1st fret
it's not very difficult.
[Intro Riff] (slide guitar) 
e D|-------Am---|-------D-----|------Am----|--------D----|
B |----------|------------|----------|------------|
G |-----/12--|-11b12-11---|-----/12--|—12b14r-11--|
D |-9/10-----|------------|-9/10-----|------------|
A |----------|------------|----------|------------|
E |----------|------------|----------|------------|
e |-----Am-----|---------D---|--------Am--|------------|
B |----------|------------|----------|------------|
G |-----/12--|-11b12-11---|-----/12~~|~~~~--------|
D |-9/10-----|------------|-9/10-----|------------|
A |----------|------------|----------|------------|
E |----------|------------|----------|------------|
[intro riff]
|           D|         Am|          D|         Am|
|           D|         Am|          D|         Am|
  DI close my Ameyes
And iEmmagine you're here
Did it all seem so Dhopeless
Given the Amchance
EmI would ask forgive me 
I didn't do a Dthing to Ammake you Emstay
I didn't say a Dword to  Ammake you Emstay 
If I would have Dknown
Could I have Amtried to make it Emeasier
But I didn't do a Bmthing
Or say a Aword
One Gword 
 DAnd I don't know Cwhy you’re Ggone, now you’re Dgone
No beautiful goodCbye
You will Gnever leave my Dmind
And it turns out to Cbe so much Gdifferent than our Ddreams 
Cadd9Now you’re, you're a star in heaven 
|           D|         Am|          D|         Am|
DMy thoughts Amunsaid
EmStuck in my head
And it all feels so Duseless
Never fAmorget to 
Emgive all I have Forgive me
I couldn't do Da thing tAmo make yoEmu stay
I couldn't say Da word to  Ammake yoEmu stay 
If I would have Dknown
Could I have Amtried to make it Emeasier
But I didn't do a Bmthing
Or say a Aword
One Gword 
 DAnd I don't know Cwhy you’re Ggone, now you’re Dgone
No beautiful goodCadd9bye
You will Gnever leave my Dmind
And it turns out to Cbe so much Gdifferent than our Ddreams 
CNow you’re, you're a star in heaven 
|          D|          Am|        E|
|          D|          Am|        E|
D11(no7)                    C                 G  D  
 And I don't know why you’re gone, now you’re gone
No beautiful goodCadd9bye
You will Gnever leave Dmy mind
And it turns out to Cbe so much Gdifferent than our drDeams 
Cadd9Now you’re, you're a star in heaven 
|       D|         Am|       D|        Am| 
|       D|         Am|       D|        Am|

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One Word

by Anouk

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Capo 1st fret

it's not very difficult.

[Intro Riff] (slide guitar)

D Am D Am D

e |----------|------------|----------|------------|

B |----------|------------|----------|------------|

G |-----/12--|-11b12-11---|-----/12--|—12b14r-11--|

D |-9/10-----|------------|-9/10-----|------------|

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

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

Am D Am

e |----------|------------|----------|------------|

B |----------|------------|----------|------------|

G |-----/12--|-11b12-11---|-----/12~~|~~~~--------|

D |-9/10-----|------------|-9/10-----|------------|

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

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

[intro riff]

D Am D Am

| | | | |

D Am D Am

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D Am

I close my eyes

And imagine you're here

Did it all seem so hopeless

Given the chance

I would ask forgive me

D Am Em

I didn't do a thing to make you stay

D Am Em

I didn't say a word to make you stay

If I would have known

Am Em

Could I have tried to make it easier

But I didn't do a thing

Or say a word

One word

D C G D

And I don't know why you’re gone, now you’re gone

No beautiful goodbye

G D

You will never leave my mind

C G D

And it turns out to be so much different than our dreams

Cadd9

Now you’re, you're a star in heaven

D Am D Am

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D Am

My thoughts unsaid

Stuck in my head

And it all feels so useless

Never forget to

give all I have Forgive me

D Am Em

I couldn't do a thing to make you stay

D Am Em

I couldn't say a word to make you stay

If I would have known

Am Em

Could I have tried to make it easier

But I didn't do a thing

Or say a word

One word

D C G D

And I don't know why you’re gone, now you’re gone

Cadd9

No beautiful goodbye

G D

You will never leave my mind

C G D

And it turns out to be so much different than our dreams

Now you’re, you're a star in heaven

D Am E

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D Am E

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C G D

D11(no7)

And I don't know why you’re gone, now you’re gone

Cadd9

No beautiful goodbye

G D

You will never leave my mind

C G D

And it turns out to be so much different than our dreams

Cadd9

Now you’re, you're a star in heaven

D Am D Am

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D Am D Am

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