One Chords by Metallica

Tempo:
114.3 bpm
Chords used:

G

B

F

A

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Metallica - One chords
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[A#]
[F#] [Am] [D#m]
[N] [Bm]
Cerebrum has suffered massive irreparable damage.
You never [G] know what has happened to him.
If I had not [Bm] been sure of this, I would [A] not have permitted [D] him to live.
[Gm] Father?
[B] I need help.
[Bm] What is democracy?
What is democracy?
It's got something to do with young [G] men killing each other, hasn't it?
[B] What it comes [Bm] like?
[A] Will you want me to go?
For democracy, [G] any man would give his [B] only begotten son.
[G]
[Bm]
[D] [G] [D#] It [B]
[Bm] is [G] impossible for a deserbrated [Bm] individual to experience pain, [G] [F] pleasure, [Bm] memory, dreams or thought [A] of any kind.
[Em] This young [G] man will be as unfeeling, [E]
as [F#m] unthinking [G] as the day, [D] until the day he joins me.
[G] I don't know whether I'm [F] alive and dreaming or dead and remembering.
[Em] How can you tell what's [D] a dream and what's real when you can't even [G] tell when you're awake and when you're asleep?
[F] [Em] Where am I?
[C]
[B] [Bm] I can't [G] remember anything.
Can't tell if this is true [D] or [Bm] a dream.
Deep down [A] inside I feel the [G] scream.
This terrible silence [F#] stops [B] me.
[Bm] Now that the [G] war is through with [B] me,
I'm [G] waking up like [D] an [Bm] Aussie.
That there's not [A] much left to [G] fear.
Nothing is [Em] real but [F#] pain.
[G] Now hold my breath as [F#] I [B] [A] whisper,
[B] Dare,
[A]
[C] Always [C#] God's [D] late least.
[G] I just want to hand in a chopper.
[F] Mary, oh [Em] God, please make them [D] hear me.
They won't listen.
[G] They won't hear me.
[F] You're going to wake me up, I'll be [Em] like this for you, Mary.
Hear [C] me.
[B] [Bm] Back in a room that's much too real.
In a flat [G] that I [D] [B] must kneel.
[Bm] But candles [A] fall, a door revealed.
[G] Look to the time [Em] when [Bm] I lived.
Head to [G] the truth that's chasing me.
Just like a war-time [D] novel, [Bm] dear.
Dying for [A] machines that make me [G] fear.
Cut this life off [F#] from [G] me.
Now hold my [A] breath [G] as [F#] I [B] whisper,
[A] [B] Dare,
[A] [C] Always [C#] God's [D] late least.
It's [G] like a piece of meat that keeps on [F] living.
[Em] [D] [G]
[F] [Em]
[D] It won't [G] always, but it's worth it.
I can't [F] live like this.
I [Em] can't.
Please, no, I can't.
I can't.
[G] Help me.
Please, [D] help [C] me.
Mother, [G] where are [F] you?
[Em] [G] [A] [G] The world [F#] is gone, [B] I'm in [A] war.
[B] [A] Oh, [B] God, [C#] help [G] me.
Hold [A] my [G] breath as I [F#] [B] whisper,
[A] [B] Dare,
[A] [B] Always [C#m] God's [G] late
[Am] [G] least.
[F#] [B] [Am] [D]
[G] [B] [C]
[Am] I'm lying here like [G] some [B] freak in an art collection.
[C] CNC [Am] armless, legless, [G] thunder of the [B] 20th century.
[C]
[Am] [D] [G]
[B] [C]
[F#] [B] [D]
[C] Death has a [G] dignity, a [E] fallen stone.
[A] [D]
[B] [C]
[F#] [Em]
[E] I need help.
I'm in terrible trouble and I need help.
Don't you remember when you were little?
How you and Bill Harper used to
Bring a wire between the two houses and you can telegraph to each other.
They'll [F] remember the Morse [E] code.
[F] [E] Darkness imprisoning me, all that I see, I can lose all.
I'm trapped in myself, playing my [Em] own
[F] That's [D] Morse code.
[F] [E] A what?
[F] SOS.
[D]
[E] Help.
That's what I spent taking my life,
Taking my peace,
Taking [F] my head away,
Taking my arms,
Taking [C] my legs,
Taking my soul,
And [E] giving life in your hands.
[F] [E] They'll kill me, over and over again.
Oh God, please be good.
Don't you have some message for him, Parker?
He's the product of your profession, not mine.
[Em] [C] [Em]
[Am]
[Em]
[G]
He'll kill me.
[F]
[G] [F] Thank you.
[G] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[G] Hey, folks.
[Am] [E] Father, Mom?
[F] Each man plays a different role.
[E]
Alone.
[F#] Goodbye, Father.
[N]
[F#] [Em]
Inside me I'm screaming, nobody [F#] pays any [E] attention.
I had arms, I had legs, I could run away.
I had a voice, [Am] I could talk and [E] be some kind of company for [F#m] myself.
How'd they get it over with in Chelsea?
[Em] I could yell for help, but nobody'd [F#] help me.
I just got to do something, see how [A] I can [E] go on like this.
[G] [A#] [E] [Gm]
[E] [A#m] [E]
[G] [E]
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D
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Learn the basic chords of Metallica - One chords, with this master sequence: Em, D, G, F, Em, G, Am, G, B and C. Start with a comfortable 57 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 114. With an eye on the song's key D# Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [Am] _ [D#m] _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ Cerebrum has suffered massive irreparable damage. _
_ You never [G] know what has happened to him. _ _
If I had not [Bm] been sure of this, I would [A] not have permitted [D] him to live.
_ [Gm] _ Father?
_ [B] I need help.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ What is democracy?
What is democracy?
It's got something to do with young [G] men killing each other, hasn't it?
[B] What it comes [Bm] like?
_ [A] Will you want me to go?
For democracy, [G] any man would give his [B] only begotten son.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] [D#] It _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] is [G] impossible for a deserbrated [Bm] individual to experience pain, [G] _ [F] pleasure, [Bm] memory, dreams or thought [A] of any kind.
[Em] This young [G] man will be as unfeeling, [E]
as [F#m] unthinking [G] as the day, [D] until the day he joins me. _
_ [G] I don't know whether I'm [F] alive and dreaming or dead and remembering.
[Em] How can you tell what's [D] a dream and what's real when you can't even [G] tell when you're awake and when you're asleep?
[F] _ _ [Em] Where am I?
[C] _
[B] _ [Bm] I can't [G] remember _ anything.
Can't tell if this is true [D] or [Bm] a dream.
Deep down [A] inside I feel the [G] scream.
This terrible silence [F#] stops [B] me.
[Bm] Now that the [G] war is through with [B] me,
I'm [G] waking up like [D] an [Bm] Aussie.
That there's not [A] much left to [G] fear.
Nothing is [Em] real but [F#] pain.
[G] Now hold my breath as [F#] I [B] [A] whisper,
[B] Dare,
[A] _
[C] Always [C#] God's [D] late least.
[G] I just want to hand in a chopper.
[F] Mary, oh [Em] God, please make them [D] hear me.
They won't listen.
[G] _ They won't hear me.
[F] You're going to wake me up, I'll be [Em] like this for you, Mary.
Hear [C] me.
[B] _ [Bm] Back in a room that's much too real.
In a flat [G] that I [D] [B] must kneel.
[Bm] But candles [A] fall, a door revealed.
[G] _ Look to the time [Em] when [Bm] I lived.
Head to [G] the truth that's chasing me.
Just like a war-time [D] novel, [Bm] dear.
Dying for [A] machines that make me [G] fear.
Cut this life off [F#] from [G] me.
Now hold my [A] breath [G] as [F#] I [B] whisper,
[A] [B] Dare,
_ [A] [C] Always [C#] God's [D] late least.
It's [G] like a piece of meat that keeps on [F] living. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ It won't [G] always, but it's worth it.
I can't [F] live like this.
I [Em] can't.
Please, no, I can't.
I can't.
[G] Help me.
Please, [D] help [C] me.
Mother, [G] where are [F] you? _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] [G] The world [F#] is gone, [B] I'm in [A] war.
[B] _ [A] Oh, [B] God, [C#] help [G] me.
Hold [A] my [G] breath as I [F#] [B] whisper,
[A] [B] Dare,
_ [A] [B] Always [C#m] God's [G] late _
[Am] [G] least.
[F#] _ [B] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Am] I'm lying here like [G] _ some [B] freak in an art collection.
[C] _ CNC [Am] armless, legless, [G] thunder of the [B] 20th century.
_ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _
[C] Death has a [G] dignity, a [E] fallen stone.
[A] _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ I need help.
I'm in terrible trouble and I need help.
_ _ Don't you remember when you were little?
How you and Bill Harper used to_
Bring a wire between the two houses and you can telegraph to each other.
They'll [F] remember the Morse [E] code. _
[F] _ [E] Darkness imprisoning me, all that I see, I can lose all.
_ _ _ I'm trapped in myself, playing my [Em] own_
_ [F] _ That's [D] Morse code.
_ [F] [E] A what?
_ [F] SOS.
[D] _ _
[E] Help.
That's what I spent taking my life,
Taking my peace,
Taking [F] my head away,
Taking my arms,
Taking [C] my legs,
Taking my soul,
And [E] giving life in your hands. _ _ _
_ [F] _ [E] _ They'll kill me, _ over and over again.
_ Oh God, please be good.
Don't you have some message for him, Parker?
He's the product of your profession, _ _ not mine. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ He'll kill me.
_ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] Thank you.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [G] Hey, folks.
[Am] _ [E] Father, Mom?
_ [F] Each man plays a different role.
[E] _ _
_ Alone.
[F#] Goodbye, Father.
_ [N] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ Inside me I'm screaming, nobody [F#] pays any [E] attention.
I had arms, _ I had legs, I could run away.
I had a voice, [Am] I could talk and [E] be some kind of company for [F#m] myself.
How'd they get it over with in Chelsea?
[Em] I could yell for help, but nobody'd [F#] help me.
I just got to do something, see how [A] I can [E] go on like this.
[G] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [E] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [A#m] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song, written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, is featured on the album ...And Justice For All.

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