One Life Chords

Song:    One Life
Artist:  James Bay
 
Key (original):  E major
Key (capo 4):    C major
 
Video source: https://youtu.be/_MHYmfd6j0A
 
I have tabbed this song using the 'Live from Abbey Tavern' video above as a source. The chords listed below
are all relative to the Capo placed on the 4th fret when using standard E tuning (EADGBE). Place the Capo
on the 6th fret when using classic James Bay tuning - i.e., standard D tuning (DGCFAD). FYI, this is the
same tuning that James Bay uses in the video above and in some of his previous songs (e.g., Let It Go).
 
James Bay adds a bunch of hammer-ons and pull-offs during the song. Best thing to do is to listen closely
and try to figure it out yourself. Imitation is, after all, the best form of flattery!!
 
 
Am7   - x02010
Am7/G - 3x2010
C     - x32010
C/G   - 332010
F     - 133211
G     - 3x0003
Gsus  - 3x0013
N.C.  - No chord
 
 
 
[Intro]
F C G  Gsus G
F C G
 
 
[Verse 1]
F             C                      G
All I wanna be is with you in your arms
                 Am7           Am7/G
In our room, living small in a big house
F                      C                   G    Gsus G
I've been having dreams, have you had them too?
 
F                C
I see me and you
                      G
By the door rushing in from the rain
       Am7         Am7/G      F C
At the back of the garden
                 G    Gsus G
Can you see that too?
 
 
[Pre-chorus]
C
Forever ain't forever if we're not together
              G
I don't wanna put a load of pressure on you
Am7
I just wanna tell you, I just wanna tell you
Am7/G       F
Without you I don't know what I'd do
 
 
[Chorus]
              F       C                   G
I've only got one life and I want you in it
Am7         Am7/G
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F           C                    G   Gsus G
Tell me that you'll never let me go
           F   C                    G
Or bury my body or send it down the river
Am7         Am7/G
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F         C               G    Gsus G
I could never do it on my own
 
 
[Verse 2]
F                  C                     G
Sometimes I get sad at the front, at the back
                   Am7        Am7/G
In the middle of the happiest moments
F                         C       G   Gsus G
'Cause good things can go bad easily
 
F                   C
I don't wanna slow down
                   G
Wanna jump, wanna fly, wanna fall
        Am7            Am7/G     F  C
I wanna hit the ground running
                      G
Do you wanna marry me?
 
 
[Chorus]
                    F       C                   G
Cause I've only got one life and I want you in it
Am7         Am7/G
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F           C                    G   Gsus G
Tell me that you'll never let me go
           F   C                    G
Or bury my body or send it down the river
Am7         Am7/G
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F         C                 G   Gsus G   Em
I could never do this on my own
 
 
[Bridge]
      F                          C                     G        Gsus G   Em
No, a life ain't a life, ain't a life, ain't a life without you
      F                          C                   G    Gsus G
No, a life ain't a life, ain't a life, ain't a life alone
 
 
[Pre-chorus]
C
Forever ain't forever if we're not together
              G
I don't wanna put a load of pressure on you
Am7
I just wanna tell you, I just wanna tell you
Am7/G       F
Without you I don't know what I'd do
 
 
[Chorus]
            F       C              G
We only get one try, I don't wanna miss it
Am7      Am7/G
No-o-o-o-oh-oh
F           C                     G
Tell me that you'll never let me go
 
N.C.                F       C               G
Cause I've only got one life and I want you in it
Am7         Am7/G
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F           C                    G   Gsus G
Tell me that you'll never let me go
   Em     F   C                    G
Or bury my body or send it down the river
Am7         Am7/G
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F         C                 G   Gsus G
I could never do this on my own
 
 
[Outro]
      F                         C                      G        Gsus G
No, a life ain't a life, ain't a life, ain't a life without you
      F                         C                      G     Am7  Am7/G
No, a life ain't a life, ain't a life, ain't a life alone,    woah
  F                         C                   G
A life ain't a life, ain't a life, ain't a life without you
Am7         Am7/G
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F         C                 G
I could never do this on my own
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