One Word chords by Anouk

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

ANOUK: One Word
Album: Hotel New York
Tabbed by: Evert Lancel

On CD the song is played in a lower tuning (Eb MajorEb). I here put it in standard tuning.
If you want to play along with the song, than you need to either tune your guitar
half a note lower, or make a copy of the song in higher pitch, using some
free sound editing software (Audacity). That's a lot easier than retuning all the
time.

Chords in Standard Tuning:

D MajorD add9 sus4   x54030 (for short Dadd9..)
Am9Am9      x05500
Dsus2Dsus2      xx0230
Asus2Asus2      x02200
E minor 7Em7       022030 (I like 02x030, because the basses come out stronger)
BbM7Bbm7      x24232
G+G        355433
Csus2Csus2      x35533

The strumming rhythm is very important: The first short strums should be on the bass
tones only and the short strums for the rest of the measure should emphasis the
higher tones (while playing the base strings as well. Although it varies all the time
(just listen well), in a 16th measure it is basically like this
(V = strumming downwards, A augmentedA = strumming upwards):

|V-V-VAVA--VAVA--|

(INTRO)
 Dadd9..     Am9Am9      Dadd9..     Am9Am9
|----0000--0000--|----0000--0000--|----0000--0000--|----0000--0000--|
|----3333--3333--|----0000--0000--|----3333--3333--|----0000--0000--|
|0-0-0000--0000--|5-5-5555--5555--|0-0-0000--0000--|5-5-5555--5555--|
|4-4-4444--4444--|5-5-5555--5555--|4-4-4444--4444--|5-5-5555--5555--|
|5-5-5555--5555--|0-0-0000--0000--|5-5-5555--5555--|0-0-0000--0000--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Dadd9..     Am9Am9      Dadd9..     Am9Am9
|----0000--0000--|----0000--0000--|----0000--0000--|0---------------|
|----3333--3333--|----0000--0000--|----3333--3333--|0---------------|
|0-0-0000--0000--|5-5-5555--5555--|0-0-0000--0000--|5---------------|
|4-4-4444--4444--|5-5-5555--5555--|4-4-4444--4444--|5---------------|
|5-5-5555--5555--|0-0-0000--0000--|5-5-5555--5555--|0---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(VERSE)
Dsus2Dsus2      Asus2Asus2
   I close my eyes
   E minor 7Em7
And imagine you're here
          Dsus2Dsus2
Did it all seem so hopeless
     Asus2Asus2
Given the chance
E minor 7Em7
I would ask

Forgive me
       Dsus2Dsus2  Asus2Asus2  E minor 7Em7
I didn't do a thing to make you stay
        Bsus4Bsus4  A augmentedA add9.. E minor 7Em7
I didn't say a word to make you stay
        Bsus4Bsus4
If I would have known
       Asus2Asus2      E minor 7Em7
Could I have tried to make it easier
         Bm7Bm7      A augmentedA
But I didn't do a thing or say a word
  G+G
One word

Dsus2Dsus2          Csus2Csus2            Dsus2Dsus2
    And I don't know why you're gone, now you're gone
        Csus2Csus2
No beautiful goodbye
            Dsus2Dsus2
You will never leave my mind
          Csus2Csus2             Dsus2Dsus2
And it turns out to be so much different than our dreams
Csus2Csus2            Dadd9..
Now you're, you're a star in heaven

Am9Am9 Dadd9.. Am9Am9

(VERSE)
Dsus2Dsus2        Asus2Asus2
    My thoughts unsaid
E minor 7Em7
Stuck in my head
          Dsus2Dsus2
And it all feels so useless
     Asus2Asus2 E minor 7Em7
Never forget to give all I have
Forgive me
        Dsus2Dsus2  Asus2Asus2  E minor 7Em7
I couldn't do a thing to make you stay
           Dsus2Dsus2  Asus2Asus2  E minor 7Em7
And I couldn't say a word to make you stay
        Dsus2Dsus2
If I could have known
       Asus2Asus2      E minor 7Em7
Could I have tried to make it easier
          Bm7Bm7
But I couldn't do a thing
     A augmentedA
Or say a word
  G+G
One word

Dsus2Dsus2         Csus2Csus2            Dsus2Dsus2
   And I don't know why you're gone, now you're gone
        Csus2Csus2
No beautiful goodbey
            Dsus2Dsus2
You will never leave my mind
          Csus2Csus2             Dsus2Dsus2
And it turns out to be so much different than our dreams
Csus2Csus2            Dadd9..
Now you're, you''e a star in heaven

(INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE)
Am9Am9 E minor 7Em7 Dadd9.. Am9Am9 E minor 7Em7

Dsus2Dsus2          Csus2Csus2            Dsus2Dsus2
    And I don't know why you're gone, now you're gone
        Csus2Csus2
No beautiful goodbye
            Dsus2Dsus2
You will never leave my mind
          Csus2Csus2             Dsus2Dsus2
And it turns out to be so much different than our dreams
Csus2Csus2            Dadd9..
Now you're, you're a star in heaven
Am9Am9           Dadd9..
     you're a star in heaven
Am9Am9           Dadd9..
     you're a star in heaven
Am9Am9           Dadd9..
      Yeah, you're my star
Am9Am9

Other versions of One Word

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