Tabs
ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)
As recorded by The Platters
(From the 1955 Album THE PLATTERS)
Words and Music by Buck Ram & Ande Rand
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Piano'
Intro
Q=84(8=s8)
$
BB 
Bb majorBb BB
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q H
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-|-7\----------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-|-7\----------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-|-8\----------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr II (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
| W W
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
E MajorE
H Q Q H Q Q
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------4-----|-------------------4-----|
||--------------6-----------|-------------6-----------|
||o-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
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| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G#7G#7 
C# minorC#m
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------5-----8-----|-------------5-----8-----|-------------------------|
|-6-----------------------|-6-----------------------|-------------------6-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-4-----------7-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
G#°
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------4-----|-------------------4-----||
|-------------------6-----|-------------6-----------|-------------6-----------||
|-4-----------7-----------|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
Chorus
1.
A augmentedA 
B7B7
W W
|-0-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-1-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E MajorE G#7G#7 C# minorC#m 
C#7C#7
H H H H
|-0-----------4-----------|-4-----------4-------------|
|-0-----------4-----------|-5-----------6-------------|
|-1-----------5-----------|-6-----------4-------------|
|-2-----------4-----------|-6-----------6-------------|
|-2-----------6-----------|-4-----------4-------------|
|-0-----------4-----------|---------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
F#7F#7
W W
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
B7B7
|-3-|
H Q Q Q Q Q H
|-2-----------7-7-7-|-7\-----------||
|-0-----------7-7-7-|-7\----------o||
|-2-----------8-8-8-|-8\-----------||
|-1-----------------|--------------||
|-2-----------------|-------------o||
|-------------------|--------------||
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q Q Q Q H
|-------------------|--------------||
|-------------------|-------------o||
|-------------------|--------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-----------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5------------||
Chorus
2.,D.S.
A augmentedA 
A minorAm
W W
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-1-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E MajorE E MajorE+ C#7C#7
H H W
|-0-----------------------|-4-------------------------|
|-0-----------5-----------|-6-------------------------|
|-1-----------5-----------|-4-------------------------|
|-2-----------6-----------|-6-------------------------|
|-2-----------7-----------|-4-------------------------|
|-0-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
To Coda
F#7F#7 B7B7
W W
|-2------------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-2------------------------|-0-----------------------|
|-3------------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-2------------------------|-1-----------------------|
|-4------------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-2------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D.S. al Coda
E MajorE A minorAm
|-3--| |-3--|
Q +E MajorE E MajorE E Q +E MajorE E MajorE E Q Q H
|-----------------------------|-------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------||
|-------------1-2-----(2)-1---|-------------||
|-2-----(2)-4---------------4-|-2-----------||
|-----------------------------|-------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------||
|
| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E Q Q H
|-----------------------------|-------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------||
|-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-2-----------||
|-2-2-2--2--2-2-3-3-3--3--3-3-|-2-----------||
|-4-4-4--4--4-4-5-5-5--5--5-5-|-4-----------||
Outro
H.=H
&
B7B7 Emaj7sus2
Q Q H W W
|-2----------|----------|-^2----*|
|-0----------|----------|-^4----*|
|-2----------|----------|-^4----*|
|-1----------|----------|-^2----*|
|-2----------|----------|-------*|
|------------|----------|-------*|
|
| Q Q H W W
|------------|----------|-------*|
|------------|----------|-------*|
|------------|----------|-------*|
|-4----------|----------|-------*|
|-6----------|----------|-------*|
|-5----------|----------|-------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n: - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Only you
Can make this world seem right
Only you
Can make the darkness bright
Only you and you alone
Can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you
Only you
Can make this change in me
For it's true
You are my destiny
When you hold my hand, I understand
The magic that you do
You're my dream come true
My one and only you, only you
Only you and you alone
Can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you
Only you
Can make this change in me
For it's true
You are my destiny
When you hold my hand, i understand
The magic that you do do
You're my dream come true
Other versions of Only You
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Only you (Ver. 3) by The Platters
