One Thing Tab

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	D A D G B E
Capo:	6th fret

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One Thing
                                Finger Eleven
 
Drop D Tuning
Capo 6
 
This tuning and capoed reproduces the song faithfully and is
MUCH easier to fret.
 
Comments and critiques to: ciseg8r@yahoo.com
 
 
[Intro]
      E  S E  S S S E  S E  S S S    E  S E  S S S H
E|-------------------------------|--3-------3---------------||
B|---3-------3-----0-------0-----|-----3------3---3---------||
G|*-----2------2------0------0---|-------0------0----------*||
D|*-------0------0------0------0-|-------------------------*||
A|-------------------------------|--------------------------||
D|---0-------------0-------------|--0-------------0---------||
   (First repeat just guitar)
   (Beginning 2nd repeat, bass drum on the quarter beat thruout)
 
 
  [Verse]
     E  S E  S S S E  S E  S S S    E  S E  S S S H         4x
E|-------------------------------|--3-------3---------------||
B|---3-------3-----0-------0-----|-----3------3---3---------||
G|*-----2------2------0------0---|-------0------0----------*||
D|*-------0------0------0------0-|-------------------------*||
A|-------------------------------|--------------------------||
D|---0-------------0-------------|--0-------------0---------||
1. Restless tonight 'cause I wasted the light
2. Between both these times I drew a really thin line
3. It's nothing I planned, and not that I can
4. But you should be mine across that line
 
 
  [Refrain]
     E  S E.  E  E  S E.  E     E  S E.  E  E  S E.  E     E.  E.  H        E
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
B|---3--3-3---3--3--3-3---3--|--3--3-3---L--3--3-3---3--|--3---3---3--------3--|
G|*--2--2-2---2--2--2-2---2--|--2--2-2---L--2--2-2---2--|--2---2---2--------2--|
D|*--0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0--|--0--0-0---L--0--0-0---0--|--0---0---0--------0--|
A|---0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0--|--0--0-0---L--0--0-0---0--|--2---2---2--------2--|
D|---0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0--|--0--0-0---L--0--0-0---0--|--0---0---0--------0--|
1. If I traded it all, if I gave it all away for one thing, just for one thing
2. If I sorted it out, if I knew all about this one thing; wouldn't that be
   something
 
    E  S E.  Q.     S E.
E|-------------------------||
B|--3--3-3---3------3-3----||
G|--2--2-2---2------2-2---*||
D|--0--0-0---0------0-0---*||
A|--2--2-2---2------2-2----||
D|--0--0-0---0------0-0----||
 
 
  [Verse]
     E  S E  S S S E  S E  S S S    E  S E  S S S H         4x
E|-------------------------------|--3-------3---------------||
B|---3-------3-----0-------0-----|-----3------3---3---------||
G|*-----2------2------0------0---|-------0------0----------*||
D|*-------0------0------0------0-|-------------------------*||
A|-------------------------------|--------------------------||
D|---0-------------0-------------|--0-------------0---------||
1. I promise I might not walk on by
2. Maybe next time, but not this time.
3. Even though I know, I don't wanna know
4. Yeah I guess I know, I just hate how it sounds
 
 
  [Refrain]
     E  S E.  E  E  S E.  E     E  S E.  E  E  S E.  E     E.  E.  H        E
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
B|---3--3-3---3--3--3-3---3--|--3--3-3---L--3--3-3---3--|--3---3---3--------3--|
G|*--2--2-2---2--2--2-2---2--|--2--2-2---L--2--2-2---2--|--2---2---2--------2--|
D|*--0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0--|--0--0-0---L--0--0-0---0--|--0---0---0--------0--|
A|---0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0--|--0--0-0---L--0--0-0---0--|--2---2---2--------2--|
D|---0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0--|--0--0-0---L--0--0-0---0--|--0---0---0--------0--|
1. If I traded it all, if I gave it all away for one thing, just for one thing
2. If I sorted it out, if I knew all about thing one thing; wouldn't that be
   something
 
    E  S E.  Q.     S E.
E|-------------------------||
B|--3--3-3---3------3-3----||
G|--2--2-2---2------2-2---*||
D|--0--0-0---0------0-0---*||
A|--2--2-2---2------2-2----||
D|--0--0-0---0------0-0----||
 
 
 
  [Verse]
    E  S E  S S S E  S E  S S S    E  S E  S S S H
E|------------------------------|--3-------3--------------||
B|--3-------3-----0-------0-----|-----3------3---3--------||
G|-----2------2------0------0---|-------0------0----------||
D|-------0------0------0------0-|-------------------------||
A|------------------------------|-------------------------||
D|--0-------------0-------------|--0-------------0--------||
1. Even though I know, I don't wanna know
2. Yeah I guess I know, I just hate how it sounds
 
 
    E  S E  S S S E  S E  S S S    E  S E  S S S H
E|------------------------------|--3-------3--------------||
B|--3-------3-----0-------0-----|-----3------3---3--------||
G|-----2------2------0------0---|-------0------0----------||
D|-------0------0------0------0-|-------------------------||
A|------------------------------|-------------------------||
D|--0-------------0-------------|--0-------------0--------||
(STOP BASS DRUM)
1. Even though I know, I don't wanna know
2. Yeah I guess I know, I just hate how it sounds (FERMATA)
 
 
  [Refrain]
      E  S E.  E  E  S E.  E     E  S E.  E  E  S E.  E     E.  E.  H        E
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
B|---3--3-3---3--3--3-3---3--|--3--3-3---L--3--3-3---3--|--3---3---3--------3--|
G|*--2--2-2---2--2--2-2---2--|--2--2-2---L--2--2-2---2--|--2---2---2--------2--|
D|*--0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0--|--0--0-0---L--0--0-0---0--|--0---0---0--------0--|
A|---0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0--|--0--0-0---L--0--0-0---0--|--2---2---2--------2--|
D|---0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0--|--0--0-0---L--0--0-0---0--|--0---0---0--------0--|
(RESUME BASS DRUM
1. If I traded it all, if I gave it all away for one thing, just for one thing
2. If I sorted it out, if I knew all about thing one thing; wouldn't that be
   something
 
                      Repeat and fade
    E  S E.  Q.     S E.               3x
E|-------------------------------------||
B|--3--3-3---3------3-3----------------||
G|--2--2-2---2------2-2---------------*||
D|--0--0-0---0------0-0---------------*||
A|--2--2-2---2------2-2----------------||
D|--0--0-0---0------0-0----------------||
 
 
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-|  - n-tuplets
 
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ -  slide into from below or out of upwards
\ -  slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down
X

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E||-------------------------------|--3-------3---------------|| B||---3-------3-----0-------0-----|-----0------0---3---------|| G||*-----2------2------2------2---|-------2------2----------*|| D||*-------0------0------0------0-|-------------------------*|| A||-------------------------------|--------------------------|| D||---0-------------0-------------|--0-------------0---------||

+14

this is easier, and sounds the best. thanks!