This One

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This One – Paul McCartney
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Written by: Paul McCartney
From: "Flowers in the Dirt" (1989)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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SPECIAL CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm Bmadd11
x-2-4-4-3-0 (= )
F#m7 2-x-2-2-2-0 or 2-4-4-2-x-0
B5 x-2-4-4-x-x (= Bm without 3rd)
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[Coda] riff
A5 D5 A5 D5
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|------------2---|----------------|------------2---|
D|2-----2---2-----|--2-------2-0---|-------2---2----|--2-------2-0---|
A|0---3-0-3-0-----|3-0-3---3-0-----|-----3-0-3-0----|3-0-3---3-0-----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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[Intro] (freely)
E
| | % | % | % |
This one, this one, this one ...
[Verse 1]
A F#m
Did I ever take you in my arms
C#m D
Look you in the eye, tell you that I do?
A E
Did I ever open up my heart
Em A
| | % |
Let you look inside?
[Chorus]
Bm E A F#m7
If I never did it, I was only waiting
Bm E A
For a better moment that didn’t come
Bm E A F#m7
There never could be a better moment
B5 E A
Than this one, this one
Bm E A F#m7
This swan is gliding above the ocean
Bm E A
A God is riding upon his back
Bm E A F#m7
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
B5 E A
Fade this one to black
[Verse 2]
A F#m
Did I ever touch you on the cheek
C#m D
Say that you were mine, thank you for the smile?
A E
Did I ever knock upon your door
Em A
| | % |
Try to get inside?
[Chorus]
Bm E A F#m7
If I never did it, I was only waiting
Bm E A
For a better moment that didn’t come
Bm E A F#m7
There never could be a better moment
B5 E A
Than this one, this one
Bm E A F#m7
This swan is gliding above the ocean
Bm E A
A God is riding upon his back
Bm E A F#m7
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
B5 E A
Fade this one to black
[Middle 8]
D E A F#m
What opportunities did we allow to flow by
G Em A
Feeling like the timing wasn’t quite right?
D E A F#m
What kind of magic might have worked if we had stayed calm
G E
| | % | % |
Couldn’t I have given you a better life? (break)
[Verse 3]
A F#m
Did you ever take me in your arm
C#m D
Look me in the eye, tell me that you do?
A E
Did I ever open up my heart
Em A
| | % |
Let you look inside?
[Chorus]
Bm E A F#m7
If I never did it, I was only waiting
Bm E A
For a better moment that didn’t come
Bm E A F#m7
There never could be a better moment
B5 E A
Than this one, this one
Bm E A F#m7
This swan is gliding above the ocean
Bm E A
A God is riding upon his back
Bm E A F#m7
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
B5 E A
Fade this one to black
[Coda]
A5 A5D5 A5 A5D5
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The swan is gliding, oh
A5 A5D5 A5 A5D5
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A God is riding, oh
A5 A5D5 A5 A5D5
| | | | |
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
(How calm the water)
A5 A5D5 A5 A5D5
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(break)

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                    This One – Paul McCartney
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Written by: Paul McCartney
From: "Flowers in the Dirt" (1989)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Coda] riff
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[Intro] (freely)
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Middle 8]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Coda]
                (How calm the water)

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