Chesney Hawkes-One And Only - BPM - 120
[Intro - BPM - 120 - count 1234 as eighth notes - Just snare][B]xxx - xxxx - xxxx - xxxx (snare pickup - then full drums - NOTE no G#m and F# before the E)
I am the one and only
[E]xxx - xxxx - [G#m]x[G#m]x - [F#][F#][F#] oh yeah [B]
(full drums in - Badd6 then to B - x24444)
[B]xxx - xxxx - [F#]xxx - [G#m]xxx
(same pattern as previous)
[E][E]x[E] - [E]xxx - [G#m]x[G#m]x - [F#][F#][F#][B]
(A is on snare)
xx[A]x - xxxx - xxxx - xxxx
Oh yeah!
[Verse 1 - B is passing chord - downstrokes chuggy - all changes on straight bass drum]
[G#m]Call me, call me by [B]my
Name [E] or call me by [B] my num
[C#m] ber ...
[B]Put me through it .....
[E] I'll still be doing it the [F#]way I do it
[Bm]And yet you try to make [D]me
[G]forget Who I real [D] ly
[Em]am don't [D]tell me I'd know
best [G] I'm not the [A] same as all the
rest [B]
[Chorus - Do the Badd6 line]
[B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only
[E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be
[B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only
[E] ....... You can't take
[G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me [A]
[Vamp - 1 bar] [A]
[Verse 2]
[G#m]I've been a player in [B] the crowd
[E] scene A flicker on [B]the
[C#m]big screen ... My
[B]soul embraces
[E]one more in a [F#]million faces
Hi [Bm] igh hopes and aspi [D]rations,
[G] ideas above my [D]station,
may [Em] be but [D]all this time I
tried [G] to walk with [A]dignity and [B]pride
[Chorus]
[B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only
[E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be
[B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only
[E] ....... You can't take
[G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me [A]
[Bridge - Each chord is emphasised on snare]
[A] I can't wear this uni
[F#m] form - Without some compromises
[G] Because you'll find out that we come
[Em] In different shapes and sizes
[Short Verse 3]
[Am]No one can be myself [C]like [F]I can
For this job I'm [C]the [Dm]best man
And [C] while this maybe true [F]
you are the [G] one and only [A]you!
[NO VOCALS FOR THIS BIT - Words are there to help follow changes
Key change down - Guitar solo, or Chorus in A]
[A] I am the [E]one and [F#m]only [D]
No [F#m]body I'd [E]rather [A]be
[A] I am the [E]one and [F#m]only [D]
You can't take [F#m]that a [E]way from......
[Chorus]
[B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only
[E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be
[B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only
[E] ....... You can't take
[G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me
[Repeat as necessary]
[A] vamp until [B]
[End]