The key to getting this song to sound just like the original is to play a standard G chord with fingers 1, 2 & 3 and then use finger 4 (index) to tap on and off fret 1 string 2 then again fret 2 string 3 (verses only, not the chorus). Listen to the song to get the feel for the strum and the tap on/off timing. It’ll come to you easily enough … enjoy!
[Verse 1]
G G I've been long, a long way from here G Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes, G C* And drank 'til I was thirsty again
G G We went searching through thrift store jungles G Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo G C* And Benny Goodman's corset and fan
[Pre-Chorus]
D C D Well, o.k. I made this up… I promised you I'd never give up
[Chorus]
Am C G D If it makes you happy it can't be that ba-aa-aa-ad Am C G If it makes you happy then why the hell are you so sad?
[Verse 2]
You get down, real low down You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train Well who hasn't been there before?
I come round, around the hard way Bring you comics in bed; scrape the mold off the bread, And serve you French toast again
[Pre-Chorus]
Well, o.k. I still get stoned… I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
G G We've been far, far away from here G Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes, G C* And everywhere in between
[Pre-Chorus]
D C D Well, o.k. we get along… so what if right now everything's wrong?
[Chorus & close]
C* - this particular C chord is played similarly to the preceding G chord with your pinky on the string 1; G note (fret 3). When changing from the preceding G chord merely drop fingers 2 and 3 one string down
[Verse 1] [Am] Is it getting better [D] [F] Or do you feel the s [G] ame [Am] Will it make it eas [D] ier on you now [F] you got someone to [G] blame
[Chorus] You say, [C] one love, [Am] one life [F] When it's one need [C] , in the night [C] One love [Am] , we get to share it, [F] It leaves you baby if you [C] don't care for it
[Instrumental - Drums in] [Am][D][F][G]
[Verse 2] [Am] Did I disa [D] point you? [F] Or leave a bad taste in your [G] mouth? [Am] You act like you never [D] had love [F] And you want me to go with [G] out
[Chorus] Well it's [C] too late, [Am] tonight [F] To drag the past out in [C] -to the light [C] We're one, but we're [Am] not the same We get to [F] carry each other, car [C] ry each other O [Am] ne ... [D] ..... [F] ..... [G] .....
[Verse 3] [Am] Have you come here for for [D]giveness [F] Have you come to raise [G] the dead [Am] Have you come here to play [D] Jesus [F] To the lepers in your [G] head
[Chorus] [C] Did I ask too much [Am] More than a lot [F] You gave me nothing Now it's [C] all I got [C] We're one, but we're [Am] not the same Well we, [F] hurt each other, then we [C] do it again
[Bridge] You say, [C] love is a temple, [Am] love's a higher law [C] Love is a temple, [Am] love's a higher law You [C] ask me to enter, but [G] then you make me crawl And [G] I can't be holding o [F] To what you got [F] , when all you got is [C] hurt
[Chorus] One [C] love, [Am] One blood [F] One life, you got to [C] do what you should [C] One life [Am] , with each other [F] Sisters, [C] brothers [C] One life, but we're [Am] not the same We get to [F] carry each other, car [C] ry each other [C] One, [Am] O [F] ne [C]
[Outro] [C][Am][F][C] x4
[Solo Riff] E 0-00---2-00---1-00----3- B 1---31-3-3-31-1-1-3-1-3- G 2------2-2----2-2-----0- D 2------0------3-3-----0- A 0-------------3-x-----x- E -------------1-x------3-
