One Thing Chords

KeyC Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays574

One Thing by One Direction is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, G and Am. 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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Intro: C  G  C  

Verse 1 
   
 C          G         C    
I've tried playing it cool   
 C           G          Am  
Girl when I'm looking at you   
Am     G        C  
I can never be brave   
C                  G     C  
Cause you make my heart race  

Verse 2 
  
C        G         C  
Shot me out of the sky   
C         G      Am  
You're my kryptonite   
Am          G         C  
You keep me making me weak  
C                G     C   
Yeah, frozen and can't breathe  

Pre-Chorus 1 
  
C                  G   C  
Some things gotta give now   
   C             G                      Am  
Cause I'm dying just to make you see    
     Am         G         C  
That I need you here with me now   
      C               G    C  
Cause you've got that one thing   

 

    C                     G        Am  
So get out, get out, get out of my head   
     Am               G   C  
And fall into my arms instead  
C                        G           Am  
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is   
    Am          G     C  
But I need that one thing   
     C               G   C  
And you've got that one thing  

C  G  C  

Verse 3 
   
C        G            C  
Now I'm climbing the walls  
    C         G        Am   
But you don't notice at all   
Am        G             C  
That I'm going out of my mind   
C           G    C  
All day and all night   

Pre-Chorus 2 
  
C                  G   C  
Some things gotta give now  
          C             G         Am  
Cause im dying just to know your name  
     Am         G         C  
And I need you here with me now   
      C               G    C  
Cause you've got that one thing   


  
    C                     G        Am  
So get out, get out, get out of my head   
     Am               G   C  
And fall into my arms instead  
C                        G           Am  
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is   
    Am          G     C  
But I need that one thing   

Chorus 2 
   
   C                     G         Am   
So get out, get out, get out of my mind   
     Am                G   C  
And come on, come into my life   
C                      G           Am  
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is   
Am              G    C  
But I need that one thing   
     C              G    C  
And you've got that one thing   

C  G (3x)  

Bridge 
  
C               G    C  
You've got that one thing   
C                      G        Am   
Get out, get out, get out of my head   
Am                    G   C  
And fall into my arms instead   

  
    C                     G        Am  
So get out, get out, get out of my head   
     Am               G   C  
And fall into my arms instead  
C                        G           Am  
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is   
    Am          G     C  
But I need that one thing   

  
   C                     G         Am   
So get out, get out, get out of my mind   
     Am                G   C  
And come on, come into my life   
C                      G           Am  
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is   
Am              G    C  
But I need that one thing   
     C              G    C  
And you've got that one thing   
 

End on C  
  
    	

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100 BPM Andante