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This One – Paul McCartney
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Paul McCartney
This One (1989)
(McCartney)
From: "Flowers in the Dirt"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm x-2-4-4-3-0 (= Bmadd11)
F#m7 2-4-4-2-x-0
B5 x-2-4-4-x-x (= Bm without 3rd)
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OUTRO riff
A5 D5 A5 D5
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|------------2---|----------------|------------2---|
D|2-----2---2-----|--2-------2-0---|-------2---2----|--2-------2-0---|
A|0---3-0-3-0-----|3-0-3---3-0-----|-----3-0-3-0----|3-0-3---3-0-----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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INTRO (freely)
| E | % | % | % |
This one, this one, this one ...
VERSE
A F#m
Did I ever take you in my arms
C#m D
Look you in the eye, tell you that I do?
A E
Did I ever open up my heart
Em | A | % |
Let you look inside?
CHORUS
Bm E A F#m7
If I never did it, I was only waiting
Bm E A
For a better moment that didn’t come
Bm E A F#m7
There never could be a better moment
B5 E A
Than this one, this one
Bm E A F#m7
The swan is gliding above the ocean
Bm E A
A God is riding upon his back
Bm E A F#m7
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
B5 E A
Fade this one to black
VERSE
A F#m
Did I ever touch you on the cheek
C#m D
Say that you were mine, thank you for the smile?
A E
Did I ever knock upon your door
Em | A | % |
Try to get inside?
CHORUS
Bm E A F#m7
If I never did it, I was only waiting
Bm E A
For a better moment that didn’t come
Bm E A F#m7
There never could be a better moment
B5 E A
Than this one, this one
Bm E A F#m7
The swan is gliding above the ocean
Bm E A
A God is riding upon his back
Bm E A F#m7
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
B5 E A
Fade this one to black
MIDDLE 8
D E A F#m
What opportunities did we allow to flow by
G Em A
Feeling like the timing wasn’t quite right?
D E A F#m
What kind of magic might have worked if we had stayed calm
G | E | % | % |
Couldn’t I have given you a better life? (break)
VERSE
A F#m
Did you ever take me in your arm
C#m D
Look me in the eye, tell me that you do?
A E
Did I ever open up my heart
Em | A | % |
Let you look inside?
CHORUS
Bm E A F#m7
If I never did it, I was only waiting
Bm E A
For a better moment that didn’t come
Bm E A F#m7
There never could be a better moment
B5 E A
Than this one, this one
Bm E A F#m7
The swan is gliding above the ocean
Bm E A
A God is riding upon his back
Bm E A F#m7
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
B5 E A
Fade this one to black
OUTRO
| A5 | A5 D5 | A5 | A5 D5 |
The swan is gliding, oh
| A5 | A5 D5 | A5 | A5 D5 |
A God is riding, oh
| A5 | A5 D5 | A5 | A5 D5 |
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
(How calm the water)
| A5 | A5 D5 | A5 | A5 D5
(break)
