Not The One Chords
Not The One by The Offspring is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, Am, Bm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro C Dm Am C Dm Am C Dm Am C Dm Am
C Dm Am C
I'm not the one who made the world what it is today
Dm Am C
I'm not the one who caused the problems started long ago
Dm Am C
But now I deal with all the consequence that troubles our times
Dm Am
I carry on and never once have even questioned why
Am Bm C
Yeah, now, I'm innocent
Dm Am
But the weight of the world is on my shoulders
Am Bm C
Yeah, now, I'm innocent
Dm Am
Rhe battles started are far from over
C Dm Am C Dm Am C Dm Am C Dm Am
Yeeeeeeah, ooooooooh
C Dm Am C
We 're not the ones who leave the homeless in the streets at night
Dm Am C
We're not the ones who've kept minorities and women down
Dm Am C
Still we grow and then the problems they become our own
Dm Am
We carry on without even realizing why
Am Bm C
Yeah, now, we're innocent
Dm Am
But the weight of the world is on our shoulders
Am Bm C
Yeah, now, we're innocent
Dm Am
The battles started are far from over
C Dm Am C Dm Am C Dm Am C Dm Am
Yeeeeeeah, ooooooooh
( C Dm Am C Dm Am C Dm Am C Dm Am )
Am Bm C
Yeah, now, we're innocent
Dm Am
But the weight of the world is on our shoulders
Am Bm C
Yeah, now, we're innocent
Dm Am
The battles started are far from over
Am Bm C
Yeah, now, we're innocent
Dm Am
But the weight of the world is on our shoulders
Am Bm C
Yeah, now, we're innocent
Dm Am
The battles started are far from over
G
Yeeeeeeah
( C Dm Am C Dm Am C Dm Am C Dm Am )
C Dm Am C
We're not the ones pollution blackened our skies and ruined our streams
Dm Am C
We're not the ones who made the nuclear bombs that threaten our lives
Dm Am C
We're not the ones who let the children starve in faraway lands
Dm Am C
We're not the ones who made the streets unsafe to walk at night
Dm Am C
And even if we try and not become so overwhelmed
Dm Am C
And if we make some contribution to the plight we see
Dm Am C
Still our descendants will inherit the mistakes we made
Dm Am
They'll suffer just the same as we and never wonder why