The 1 Chords

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The 1 by Taylor Swift is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Dm 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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  			Intro: F  C  

Verso 1:
F            C 
  I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit 
F               C 
  Been saying "yes" instead of "no" 
F                 C          
 I thought I…saw… you at the…bus 
         F        C 
Stop, I didn't though 
F            C 
  I hit…the ground running each night 
F            C 
  I hit the Sunday matinée 
Dm      C                      
  You know the greatest films of 
               Dm    C 
All time were never made 

Pré-Refrão
F              C 
  I guess you never know, never know 
F             C           
  And if you wanted me 
                       F 
You really should've showed 
            C       
And if you never bleed 
                     F 
You're never gonna grow 
            C 
And it's alright now 


 Am              C 
But we were something 

Don't you think so? 
F           C         
  Roaring twenties, tossing 
                Dm 
Pennies in the pool 
           C            Dm 
And if my wishes came true 
    C               Am 
It would've been you 
       C                  F 
In my defense, I have none 
 C                              Dm 
For never leaving well enough alone 
 C                    Dm 
But it would've been fun 
                 C 
If you would've been the one 

Verso 2:
C 
 I had this dream you're doing cool shit 
Dm             C 
  Having adventures on your own 
Dm          C                
  You meet some woman on the 
              Dm       C 
Internet and take her home 
Dm          C                       Dm 
  We never painted by the numbers, baby 
             C 
But we were making it count 
Dm           C              
  You know the greatest loves of 
             F      C 
All time are over now 

Pré-Refrão
F   C 
 I guess you never know, never know 
F    C 
 And it's another day waking up alone 


 Am              C 
But we were something 

Don't you think so? 
F           C         
  Roaring twenties, tossing 
                Dm 
Pennies in the pool 
           C            Dm 
And if my wishes came true 
    C               Am 
It would've been you 
       C                  F 
In my defense, I have none 
 C                              Dm 
For never leaving well enough alone 
 C                    Dm 
But it would've been fun 
                 C 
If you would've been the one 

Ponte:
Am C        F       
I, I, I persist and resist 
         C 
The temptation to ask you 
   Dm                  C 
If one thing had been different 
      Dm             C 
Would everything be different today? 


 Am              C 
But we were something 

Don't you think so? 
F           C         
  Roaring twenties, tossing 
                Dm 
Pennies in the pool 
           C            Dm 
And if my wishes came true 
    C               Am 
It would've been you 
       C                  F 
In my defense, I have none 
 C                              Dm 
For never leaving well enough alone 
 C                    Dm 
But it would've been fun 
                 C 
If you would've been the one 
    	

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