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Only One Tab by Lifehouse

Only One tab by Lifehouse

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ONLY ONE - Lifehouse

Tuning: Half Step Down
(low to high) Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb

Intro:
Guitar 1:

Riff 1
eb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Ab|--9h11---11--11-11-12--14----9h11--|----11--11-11-12--9--9--7h9--|
Eb|--0-------0---0--0--0---0----0-----|-----0---0--0--0--0--0--0----|
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Riff 2
eb|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Ab|--11----11--11-11-12--14----9h11--|----11--11-11-12--9--9--7h9--|
Eb|---0-----0---0--0--0---0----0-----|-----0---0--0--0--0--0--0----|

Repeat riff 2 (2 times) while the second guitar plays:

Guitar 2:
Riff A:
eb|------------------------|------------------------|
Bb|------------------------|------------------------|
Gb|--------------4---------|------------------------|
Db|--6--------7-------4h6--|----------6h7--6--4-----| 2 times
Ab|------------------------|---------------------7--|
Eb|------------------------|------------------------|


Verse 1:
Guitar 1: Play the Riff 2 (2 times)

Then
Guitar 1:

Strum these chords just once each one

    C#m7               Bsus4               Asus2                       Bsus4
eb|--0----------------|--0----------------|--0----------------|----------0--0--|
Bb|--0----------------|--0----------------|--0----------------|----------0--0--|
Gb|--6----------------|--4----------------|--2----------------|----------4--4--|
Db|--6----------------|--4----------------|--2----------------|----------4--4--|
Ab|--4----------------|--2----------------|--0----------------|----------2--2--|
Eb|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|

Guitar 3(Acoustic): Strum the same chords but many times
Guitar 1 and Guitar 3: Repeat the strumming above one more time while the guitar 2 plays:

eb|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|--/12----(12)\------------------|--/12----(12)\-------------------|
Gb|----------------9----8----(8)/--|----------------9----8----(8)/---|
Db|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

eb|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|--/12----(12)\------------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|----------------9---------------|--8/9\4--------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Pre-chorus 1:

Guitar 1 and Guitar 3: Strum the next chords in that order:

C#m7 - Asus2 - E - Bsus4 - C#m7 - Asus2

While the second guitar plays:

eb|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
Db|-4h6---6----4--6p4--6-|-7---7----6--7p6--7-|-9---9----7--9p7--9---11-|
Ab|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|

eb|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Db|-13--13---11--13p11--13--(13)\-|-4h6--6--4--6p4--6-|-7---7----6--7p6--7-|
Ab|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|

Then:
Guitar 1 with distortion:

eb|------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------|--------------------------------|
Gb|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|-16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16-|
Db|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|-16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16-|
Ab|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|-14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14-|
Eb|------------------------|--------------------------------|

Chorus 1:

Guitar 1: Strum the next Chords (8 times each one)

    C#m   A    E    B
eb|--4----5----0-------|
Bb|--5----5----0----4--|
Gb|--6----6----1----4--|
Db|--6----7----2----4--|
Ab|--4----7----2----2--|
Eb|-------5----0-------|


Interlude:
Guitar 1: Repeat Riff 2 (2 Times)
Guitar 2: Repeat Riff A

Verse 2:
Repeat Verse 1

Pre-chorus 2:
Repeat Pre-chorus 1

Chorus 2:
Repeat Chorus 1 (2 times)

Bridge:

Guitar 1: w/distortion
eb|--4------------------------|-------4-------------------|--4-------------------------|-------4-------------------|
Bb|--5------------------------|-------4-------------------|--5-------------------------|-------4-------------------|
Gb|--6---x-x-6/8-8-8---x------|-------4-------------------|--6---x-x-6/8-8-8---x------|-------4--------------------|
Db|--6---x-x-x---x-x---x------|--6----6------4/6--6--x-x--|--6---x-x-x---x-x---x------|--6----6------4/6--6--x-x---|
Ab|--4---x-x-4/6-6-6---x------|--6----6------4/6--6--x-x--|--4---x-x-4/6-6-6---x------|--6----6------4/6--6--x-x---|
Eb|------------------------7\-|--4----4---4--4----4--x-x--|------------------------7\--|--4----4---4--4----4--x-x--|

Solo:

Guitar 1 & 3: Strum the next chords

C#m7 - Asus2 - E - Bsus4 - C#m7 - Asus2 - E - Bsus4

While the guitar 2 plays the solo:

eb|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Db|-4h6--6--6p4--6p4--6--6--6-6-|-7--7--7--7p6-7p6-7--7--7-7-|
Ab|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|----------------------------|

eb|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Db|-7h9--9--9p7--9p7--9----11---|-11h13--13--13p11--13p11--13----(13)\-|
Ab|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Db|-4h6--6--6p4--6p4--6--6--6-6-|-7--7--7--7p6-7p6-7--7--7-7-|
Ab|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|----------------------------|

eb|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Db|-7h9--9--9p7-9p7--9--11-|-11h13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
Ab|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|


Verse 3:
Guitar 1: Repeat the Riff 2 (2 times)
Then:
Guitar 1 and guitar 3 strum the chords from the verses
while the guitar 2 plays:

e|-------0-|-------2-|-------0--|-------0-|----------0-|----------0-|----------0-|
B|----4----|-4-------|----0-----|----2----|----4-------|----4-------|----0-------|
G|-6-------|----4----|-2--------|-4-------|-6-----6----|-4-----4----|-2-----2----|
D|---------|---------|----------|---------|------------|------------|------------|
A|---------|---------|----------|---------|------------|------------|------------|
E|---------|---------|----------|---------|------------|------------|------------|


Final Chorus:
Strum the chords:

C#m7 - Asus2 - E - Bsus4 - C#m7 - Asus2 - E - Bsus4 - C#m7 - Asus2

While the Guitar 2 Plays

eb|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
Db|-4h6---6----4--6p4--6-|-7---7----6--7p6--7-|-9---9----7--9p7--9---11-|
Ab|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|----------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|

eb|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Db|-13--13---11--13p11--13--(13)\-|-4h6--6--4--6p4--6-|-7---7----6--7p6--7-|
Ab|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|

eb|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
Db|-9---9----7--9p7--9---11-|-13--13---11--13p11--13--(13)\-|
Ab|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

eb|-------------------|--------------------|
Bb|-------------------|--------------------|
Gb|-------------------|--------------------|
Db|-4h6--6--4--6p4--6-|-7---7----6--7p6--7-|
Ab|-------------------|--------------------|
Eb|-------------------|--------------------|

Outro:

Guitar 1: Repeat Riff 1 then Riff 2
Guitar 2: Repeat Riff A (2 times)

Well that´s it, a bit long but doesn´t really matter... because this one of my favourite songs from Lifehouse.

Maybe it´s a bit difficult to understand but i make it as understandable as possible

Any doubt or correction just let me know at: gpc55514@gmail.com

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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