One By One (acoustic) Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays521

One By One (acoustic) by Against me is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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Intro: C F Am F 

C 
I feel the ground moving under my feet,  
F 
All I know is where I don?t belong. 
Am 
I?m not interested in sticking around  
F 
Just for the sake of a good time. 
C 
Houses rotting from the the inside out  
F 
And everybody?s pissed out of their fucking minds. 
Am 
Are you seriously talking to me  
F 
About community? 

 
Am 
One by one, Shoot off my fingers 
C 
one by one. 
F 
Where do we go from here? Where do we go from here?  
G 
When the rebels lose the spirit of rebellion? 
C 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
Am 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
G 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
F 
But I know I?m not alone. 
C 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
Am 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
G 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
F 
But I know I?m not alone. 

Verse 2
 
C 
We are defined by what we stand against and  
F 
The weight of unfulfilled expectations.  
Am 
This culture that threatens to engulf you,  
F 
Is there anyway to go about fighting it? 
C 
I don?t want to be born again,  
F 
Don?t need anybody to speak for me, 
Am 
I?m not interested in humoring illusions 
F 
Or apologizing for the sake of sentiment. 



Am 
One by one, Shoot off my fingers 
C 
one by one. 
F 
Where do we go from here? Where do we go from here?  
G 
When the rebels lose the spirit of rebellion? 
C 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
Am 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
G 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
F 
But I know I?m not alone. 
C 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
Am 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
G 
You?ve got nowhere left to go... 
F 
But I know I?m not alone.  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante