Power Of One chords by Daniel Lanois

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
  C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm FF E minorEm DmDm C majorC DmDm  FF E minorEm DmDm
e|---------------------------------------|
BB|-5--6---5--6-10--8--6--5--6---10--8--6-|
G+G|-5--7---5--7-10--9--7--5--7---10--9--7-|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------| x2
A augmentedA|-3--5---3--5--8--7--5--3--5----8--7--5-|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
DmDm                  A minorAm
In the middle of the night it came to me
FF          C majorC
A augmentedA bridge to your ecstasy
A minorAm           FF
Images of a burned out hell
C majorC
You comin' in with your mission bell

Chorus:
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit, waiting for the thing to come
C majorC  DmDm       FF  E minorEm DmDm
Get lit, feel the power of one
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit, waiting for the thing to come
C majorC  DmDm       FF  E minorEm DmDm
Get lit, feel the power of one

Verse 2:
DmDm             A minorAm
Little sister let's go downtown
FF            C majorC
And dance to the night sounds
A minorAm               FF
Hear the bass wafting down the hill
C majorC
From Echo Park, my Jamaica in L.A.

Chorus:
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit, waiting for the thing to come
C majorC  DmDm       FF  E minorEm DmDm
Get lit, feel the power of one
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit, waiting for the thing to come
C majorC  DmDm       FF  E minorEm DmDm
Get lit, feel the power of one

Verse 3:
DmDm                    A minorAm
It's in the shadows, in the sweet scent breeze
FF                C majorC
In the riding out of a death disease
A minorAm                FF
The prettiness shining into complete
C majorC
In the bitterness burning up in the heat

Chorus:
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit, waiting for the thing to come
C majorC  DmDm       FF  E minorEm DmDm
Get lit, feel the power of one
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit, waiting for the thing to come
C majorC  DmDm       FF  E minorEm DmDm
Get lit, feel the power of one

Verse 4:
DmDm              A minorAm
I was drowning in champagne eyes
FF            C majorC
Skipping along in compromise
A minorAm               FF
When dignity rattled me on the back
C majorC
And my rebel mind needed to attack

Chorus:
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit, waiting for the thing to come
C majorC  DmDm       FF  E minorEm   DmDm
Get lit, feel the power of the one
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit, waiting for the thing to come
C majorC  DmDm       FF  E minorEm   DmDm
Get lit, feel the power of the one

Interlude:
  C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm FF E minorEm DmDm C majorC DmDm  FF E minorEm DmDm
e|---------------------------------------|
BB|-5--6---5--6-10--8--6--5--6---10--8--6-|
G+G|-5--7---5--7-10--9--7--5--7---10--9--7-|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3--5---3--5--8--7--5--3--5----8--7--5-|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|

Verse 5:
DmDm               A minorAm
My sweetness you were with me when
FF             C majorC
I was sad at an evolution bend
A minorAm              FF
Hiding alone like a rolling stone
C majorC
Now I wanna know the power of your home

Chorus:
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit, waiting for the thing to come
C majorC  DmDm       FF  E minorEm DmDm
Get lit, feel the power of one
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit, waiting for the thing to come
C majorC  DmDm       FF  E minorEm DmDm
Get lit, feel the power of one
C majorC   DmDm  C majorC   DmDm    FF  E minorEm DmDm
Don't sit waiting for the thing to come
C majorC       DmDm    FF    E minorEm  DmDm
Laugh in the face of a hundred planet guns

Outro:
  C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm FF E minorEm DmDm C majorC DmDm  FF E minorEm DmDm
e|---------------------------------------|
BB|-5--6---5--6-10--8--6--5--6---10--8--6-|
G+G|-5--7---5--7-10--9--7--5--7---10--9--7-|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------| x2
A augmentedA|-3--5---3--5--8--7--5--3--5----8--7--5-|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|

C majorC DmDm