One Word Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays691

One Word by Baby Animals is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, A, D, F#m and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			     E       B                A         E  
Oh I wake up feeling the same way every day  
    E           B                       A              E  
And I'm aching, numb with the pain that I can't chase away  
   A                   E              D               F#m  
So I'm wondering who's taking up your sacred precious time  
            E              D            B  
Living from day to day without a single sign  
        B  
Would I lie? Oh no  
E  
One word, one letter, one line  
A              D     A   D      A  
And I'd feel a whole lot better  
E  
One look would say it's alright  
A              D     A   D      A  
And I'd feel a whole lot better  
E                   B                 A              E  
My heart breaks the way you turn your back and carry on  
    E                     B               A                   E  
And my head hurts cause I just can't work out why it all went wrong  
   A                     E                D           F#m  
So I'm wondering, oh the more I think the less I understand  
           E             D              B  
Leaving is easy when you know you're in command  
        B  
Would I lie? Oh no  
  
  
  
Chorus  
  
  
  
B                               E  
Yes I'd feel a whole lot better now  
  
  
  
SOLO:  (not relative to capo)  
  E                               B           A  
  1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4  
E|--------------------------------13--13----11h13p11--------------|  
B|13------------------------------/\----------------------13p11---|  
G|-------------------------------bend--------------------------13-|  
D|--------------------------------up------------------------------|  
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|  
  
  
  E                               B           A  
  1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4  
E|----11~~--------------------------------------------------------|  
B|13--------------------------------------------------------------|  
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|  
D|----------------------------------------------------6-------6---|  
A|--------------------------------------------------------6-------|  
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|  
  
  
  E                               B           A  
  1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4  
E|4---8-----------------------------------------------------------|  
B|4---9-------------------9-------8---8---7---6-------6-----------|  
G|--------------------8-----------8---8---7---6-------6-----------|  
D|--------------------------------8---8---7---6-------6-------6---|  
A|use-slide-----------------------------------------------6h8-----|  
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|  
  
  
  E                               B           A  
  1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4  
E|--------------------------------11----10----9---8-\-4-----------|  
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|  
G|5----5----5-------------------12----11----10--------------------|  
D|----------------6-------6---------------------------------------|  
A|--------------------6-------------------------------------------|  
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|  
  
  
  
        A           E  
Would I try, try to keep  
              F#m                             B  
Just a little something that means nothing to me  
           A                     E  
Oh, why pretend that I'm in that deep, Lord  
C#m                       B  
I thought you knew me, oh yeah  
  
  
  
  
Chorus, FINISH WITH:  
  
  
  
E  
One word, one letter, one line  
       A        D    A     D      A     E  
I just want it, it's all I really want, yeah  
E  
One look would say it's alright  
                 A      D  A  D  A  
Say it's alright baby  
D  A  D     A   D       A     D  A  E  
Well, whole lot better, baby, baby, yeah  

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante