'One I Love' by Coldplay - Guitar Tutorial

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Band: Coldplay
Song: One I Love
Album: In My Place Single (B-side)
Words & Music: Guy Berrymen, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin
From: Zachary
E-mail: [email protected]

Standard Tuning: EADGbe

Chords Used:

  Aadd9 Amaj Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj
e|  0    0    0    3    2
b|  0    2    1    3    3
G|  6    2    0    0    2
D|  7    2    2    0    0
A|  7    0    3    3    0
E|  5    0    0    2    X

Note: Electric guitar just strum once for the Aadd9.

Intro:

Aadd9
Amaj Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj
Amaj Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj

e|-0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|
b|-5-p-7-p-5-|-5-p-7-p-5-|
G|-7-u-9-u-7-|-7-u-9-u-7-|
D|---l---l---|---l---l---|
A|---l---l---|---l---l---|
E|-----------|-----------|

Verse 1:

Amaj                      Cmaj
Could you, could you come back?

Gmaj        Dmaj
Come back together,

Amaj               Cmaj
Put yourself on my back,

Gmaj           Dmaj
And say its forever,

Amaj                      Cmaj
Could you, could you come on?

Gmaj       Dmaj
Come on forever,

Amaj                   Cmaj
Shoulders, knees in my back,

Gmaj      Dmaj
Keep us together,

Chorus:

Amaj Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj

Amaj                    Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj Amaj
'Cause you're the one I love,

Amaj             Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj Amaj
You're the one I love,

Amaj             Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj Amaj
You're the one I love,

Instrumental:

e|-0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|
b|-5-p-7-p-5-|-5-p-7-p-5-|
G|-7-u-9-u-7-|-7-u-9-u-7-|
D|---l---l---|---l---l---|
A|---l---l---|---l---l---|
E|-----------|-----------|

Verse 2:

Amaj                      Cmaj
Could you, could you come in?

Gmaj                 Dmaj
Could you tell me forever?

Amaj             Cmaj
Tie youself to a mast,

Gmaj               Dmaj
It's now or it's never,

Amaj              Cmaj
Could it tear us apart?

Gmaj       Dmaj
Tell me forever,

Amaj                Cmaj
It's gonna tear us apart,

Gmaj         Dmaj
Keep us together,

Chorus:

Amaj Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj

Amaj                    Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj Amaj
'Cause you're the one I love,

Amaj             Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj Amaj
You're the one I love,

Amaj             Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj Amaj
You're the one I love,

Amaj Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj

Amaj Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj

Amaj Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj

Instrumental:

e|-0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|
b|-5-p-7-p-5-|-5-p-7-p-5-|-5-p-7-p-5-|-5-p-7-p-5-|
G|-7-u-9-u-7-|-7-u-9-u-7-|-7-u-9-u-7-|-7-u-9-u-7-|
D|---l---l---|---l---l---|---l---l---|---l---l---|
A|---l---l---|---l---l---|---l---l---|---l---l---|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

(Chris comes in with the piano)

Note: Here just do 1 strum at a time for one chord.

Fade:

Amaj             Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj
You're the one I love,

Amaj             Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj
You're the one I love,

Amaj             Cmaj Gmaj Dmaj
You're the one I love,

Note: Still blur? Listen to the song again.