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20 CLASSIC SONGS your friends will love

Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

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    One By One

    Billy Bragg and Wilco

     

    Strumming:

    ¾ time

     

    D   D U D U

    1 + 2 + 3 +

     

    Intro:  C  Bb  Am  F (x2)

     

    C          Bb                       Am        Dm

    One by one the teardrops fall as i write you

    C          Bb                         F                  Dm 
    One by one my words come falling on the page

    C          Bb                         F                  Dm 
    One by one my dreams are fading in the twilight

    C         Am                          F                C
    One by one my schemes are failing fast away

    C  Bb  Am  F


    C          Bb                     Am                Dm

    One by one the flowers fade here in my garden

    C          Bb                         F                  Dm 
    One by one the leaves are falling from the trees

    C          Bb                         F                  Dm 
    One by one my hopes are vanished in the clouds dear

    C         Am                          F                    C
    One by one like snowflakes melting in the breeze

    C  Bb  Am  F (x2)

     

    Dm         /         F                    /
    One by one my hair is turning grey

    C            /                          Bb              Am
    One by one my dreams are fading fast away

    Dm         /         F                    /
    One by one i read your letters over

    C          Am    F                C

    One by one i lay them all away

    C  Bb  Am  F (x2)

     

    C          Bb                       F               Dm 
    One by one the days are slipping up behind you

    C          Bb                       F                  Dm 
    One by one the sweetest days of life go by

    C          Bb                         F                Dm 
    One by one the moments stealing up behind you

    C         Am                          F                  C
    One by one she'll come and find not you or i

    C  Bb  Am  F

     

    C          Bb                     F                            Dm 
    One by one i hear the soft words that you whispered

    C          Bb                   F                     Dm 
    One by one i feel your kisses soft and sweet

    C          Bb                      F                        Dm 
    One by one i hope you'll say the words to marry

    C         Am                   F               C
    One by one to one by one forever be

    C  Bb  Am  F (x4)


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.