One Sweet Day Chords
by Mariah Carey
One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G#. It uses the chords G#, C#, F#, Eb, Eb7, C7, Fm, C, Bb7, F#7, B, E and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro : G# C# F# Eb
G# C#
Sorry I never told you
G# C#
All I wanted to say
G# C#
And now it's too late to hold you
F#
'cause you've flown away
Eb
So far away
G# C#
Never had I imagined
G# C#
Living without your smile
G# C#
Feeling and knowing you hear me
F#
It keeps me alive
Eb
Alive
Chorus 1:
G# C#
And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Eb7 G# C#
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
Eb7 G# C#
And I know eventually we'll be together
F# Eb
One sweet day
G#
Eventually we'll sing in heaven
Darling I never showed you
Assumed you'd always be there
And I took your presence for granted
But I always cared
And I miss the love we shared
Repeat Chorus 1
C# C7 Fm
Although the sun will never shine the same
C# Eb G#
I'll always look to a brighter day
C C7 Fm
Lord I know when I lay me down to sleep
Bb7 Eb
You will always listen as I pray
Chorus 2:
F#7 B E
And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
F#7 B E
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
F#7 B E
And I know eventually we'll be together
A F#
One sweet day
Repeat Chorus 2
B E
Sorry I never told you
B E
All I wanted to say