The One Moment Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays614

The One Moment by Ok go is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em, Cm and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro 
G   C   Em   C 

verse 1 
       G         C 
You're right 
                     Em        C 
There's nothing more lovely  
                        G        C 
There's nothing more profound 
          Em 
Than the certainty 
              C                          G       C      Em      Cm 
Than the certainty that all of this will end 
                      G        C 
That all of this will end 
   Em 
So open your arms to me 
Cm 
Open your arms to me 


G                C 
This will be the one moment that matters and 
Em                C 
This will be the one thing we remember and 
G                C 
This will be the reason to do it better and 
Em               C 
This will be the one moment that matters at all 

G   C   Em   C 

Verse2 
        G         C 
So while the mud 
             Em          C 
Reclaims our footprints 
                           G               C 
And while our bones keep looking back 
                     Em                    C 
The overgrowth is swallowing the path 
                        G                  C 
Therefore the grace of god go away 
                        Em                 Cm 
Therefore the grace of god go away 
                        G                  C 
Therefore the grace of time and chance and entropy's cruel hands 
   Em 
So open your arms to me 
Cm 
Open your arms to me 


G                C 
This will be the one moment that matters and 
Em                C 
This will be the one thing we remember and 
G                C 
This will be the reason to do it better and 
Em               C                          D             C 
This will be the one moment that matters at all 

Bridge 
             G 
So won't you stay here with me 
          C                        D                    C 
And we'll build til we blister our hands 
              G 
So won't you stay here with me 
           C 
And we'll build us some temples, we'll build us some castles 
                                                 G            C    Em   C   G   C 
Build us some monuments, and burn them all right down 

   Em 
So open your arms to me 
Cm 
Open your arms to me 


Chorus 
G                C 
This will be the one moment that matters and 
Em                C 
This will be the one thing we remember and 
G                C 
This will be the reason to do it better and 
Em               C                              
This will be the one moment that matters at all  So won't you 
G                            C                                 Em 
Stay here with me and we'll build til we blister our hands  This will be 
     C 
The one thing we remember 
             G                           C 
So won't you stay here with me and we'll build us some temples, 
      Em                     C 
We'll build us some castles, build us some monuments 
      G                      C 
We'll build us some temples, build us some castles, 
Em                           C                          G 
Build us some monuments, the one moment that matters at all 
 
    	

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