Chords for Metallica - One (Official Music Video)

Tempo:
112.35 bpm
Chords used:

G

B

F#

F

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Metallica - One (Official Music Video) chords
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[Gm]
[A]
[Bm]
[G] The cerebrum has suffered massive irreparable [Bm] damage.
You [G] never know what has happened to him.
Had I not been [Bm] sure of this, I would not have [A] permitted him to [D] live.
[Gm] Father, [Em] I need [F#] help.
[B] [Bm] [G] What is democracy?
[Bm] It's got something to do with the way we think.
It's about young [G] men killing each other, aren't we?
Well, [Bm] when it comes to my children, [A] will you [D] want me to go?
For [G] democracy, any man would give his only [E] begotten [F#] son.
[B] [G]
[Bm] [G]
[Bm]
[D] [G] [D#]
[B] It [Bm] is [G] impossible for a deserberated individual to experience pain, pleasure, [D] and [B] memory.
[Bm] [A]
[G] A young man will be as I [E] feel.
I [F#] think this will [G] end until [D] the day he joins us.
[G]
I don't know whether I'm alive or [F] dreaming or dead and remembering.
[Em] How can you tell what's [D] a dream and what's real when you can't even tell [G] when you're awake and when you're [F] asleep?
[Em] Well
[C] [B]
[Bm] I can't [G] remember anything.
Can't tell if this is true [D] or [Bm] a dream.
Deep down [F#m] inside I feel the [G] scream.
This terrible [Em] silence [F#] stops me.
[B] [Bm] Now that the war [G] is through with [Bm] me,
I'm waking [G] up, I [D] cannot see
[Bm] that there's not [A] much left of [G] me.
Nothing is real [Em] but [F#] pain [G] now.
Oh, [A] my [G] breath is [F#] [B] iris [A] for day.
Oh, [C] please, [C#] God, [D] wake me.
[G] I just went ahead and chopped off [F] everything.
Oh, [Em] God.
Please make them hear me.
They [D] won't listen.
[G]
They won't hear me.
[F] Oh, God, wake me up.
I'll be like [Em] this for years.
[C] Hear me.
[B] [Bm] Back in the womb, it's much too real.
[G] Income's life that I [D] must [B] feel.
But [Bm] can't look [A] forward to reveal.
[G] Look to the [Em] time when [F#] I [B] lived.
[Bm] Head to the doom [G] that sticks in me.
[Bm] Just like a [G] wartime [D]
novelty.
[B] [Bm] Tied to [A] machines that make me [G] be.
Cut this life off [F#] from [G] me.
[A] Oh, my breath is [F#] [B] iris for [A] day.
[B] [A] Oh, [C] please, [C#] God, [D] wake me.
Like a [G] piece of meat.
Keep on living.
[F] [Em] [D]
[G] [F]
[Em] [D] I won't [G] always be like this, will you?
I can't [F] live like this.
I [Em] can't.
Please, no, I can't. I can't.
[G] Help me.
Somebody, please, help me.
Mother, [F] where are you?
Help me, Mother.
I'm [Em] having a nightmare.
[G]
[A] The [G] world is [F#] gone. I'm [A] sworn.
[B]
[A] Oh, [B] God, [C#] help [G] me.
[A] Oh, my [G] breath is [F#] [B] iris [A] for day.
[B] [A] Oh, please, [C#] God, help [G] [Am] me.
[G] [F#] [B] [Am]
[D] [G] [B]
[C] Me [Am] lying here like [G] a piece of [B] meat in a carnival [C] show.
Here's to [Am] Charlotte, Lakeland, [A] wonder [G] of the [B] 20th century.
[C] [Am] [D] [G]
[B] [C]
[F#] [B]
[D] [C] Earth has a dignity [Em] of all its own.
[A]
[G] [B] [C]
[E] I need help.
I'm in trouble, trouble, and I need help.
Don't you remember when you were little?
Oh, you and Bill Hartman [F#] used to bring a wire between the two houses so you could tell them back to each other.
You don't remember the Morse code?
[E]
[E] Darkness imprisoning me.
All that I see, [G] absolute [E] horror.
[F] [D] It's the Morse code.
[F] [E] For what?
It's [F] a weapon.
[D]
[Em] It's taking my sight, taking my speech, taking my head, taking my arms, taking my legs,
taking my soul, taking [F] my life in her [E] hands.
What's he [F] say?
They killed me over and over [E] again.
Don't you know self-possession's worth, Parker?
The product of your [F] profession, [F#] not [F] mine.
[E]
[E]
[C] [Em]
[Am]
[Em]
[G]
[F] [G]
[F]
[G] [F] [Gm]
[F] [G]
Ready, [D] Groovy, [E] push.
Father, father.
[F]
Man faces death by himself.
Hello.
[N] Goodbye, father.
[E]
[F#] [Em]
Nobody pays [F#] any attention [E] to my head arms.
[F#] I have [E] legs, I can run away.
I have voice.
[F#] [Em] I'm helping for myself.
Why don't they get it over with and kill me?
I could be up for help, but nobody would [F#] help me.
I'm trapped in some kind of [A] state of mind.
[C] Gone like this.
[G] [F#] [Gm]
[F#] [G] [E] [F] [E]
[G]
[E] [F] [C]
[E]
[A#]
Key:  
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B
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F#
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F
134211111
A
1231
G
2131
B
12341112
F#
134211112
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Learn the basic chords of Metallica - One chords, with this master sequence: Em, D, G, F, Em, G, D, B and Bm. Ease into the song by practicing at 56 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 112 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: D# Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [G] The cerebrum has suffered massive irreparable [Bm] damage.
_ You [G] never know what has happened to him. _
Had I not been [Bm] sure of this, I would not have [A] permitted him to [D] live.
_ [Gm] _ Father, _ [Em] I need [F#] help.
[B] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] What is democracy?
_ _ [Bm] It's got something to do with the way we think.
It's about young [G] men killing each other, aren't we?
Well, [Bm] when it comes to my children, _ [A] will you [D] want me to go?
For [G] democracy, any man would give his only [E] begotten [F#] son.
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ It [Bm] is [G] impossible for a deserberated individual to experience pain, pleasure, [D] and [B] memory.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[G] A young man will be as I [E] feel.
I [F#] think this will [G] end until [D] the day he joins us.
_ _ [G]
I don't know whether I'm alive or [F] dreaming or dead and remembering.
[Em] How can you tell what's [D] a dream and what's real when you can't even tell [G] when you're awake and when you're [F] asleep?
_ _ [Em] Well_
[C] _ _ [B]
[Bm] I can't [G] remember anything.
_ Can't tell if this is true [D] or [Bm] a dream.
Deep down [F#m] inside I feel the [G] scream.
This terrible [Em] silence [F#] stops me.
[B] _ [Bm] Now that the war [G] is through with [Bm] me, _
I'm waking [G] up, I [D] cannot see
[Bm] that there's not [A] much left of [G] me.
Nothing is real [Em] but [F#] pain [G] now.
Oh, [A] my [G] breath is [F#] [B] iris [A] for day.
_ Oh, [C] please, [C#] God, [D] wake me.
[G] I just went ahead and chopped off [F] everything.
Oh, [Em] God.
Please make them hear me.
They [D] won't listen.
[G]
They won't hear me.
[F] Oh, God, wake me up.
I'll be like [Em] this for years.
[C] Hear me.
[B] _ [Bm] Back in the womb, it's much too real.
_ [G] Income's life that I [D] must [B] feel.
But [Bm] can't look [A] forward to reveal.
[G] _ Look to the [Em] time when [F#] I [B] lived.
[Bm] Head to the doom [G] that sticks in me.
[Bm] _ Just like a [G] wartime _ [D]
novelty.
[B] [Bm] Tied to [A] machines that make me [G] be.
Cut this life off [F#] from [G] me.
[A] Oh, my breath is [F#] [B] iris for [A] day.
[B] _ [A] Oh, [C] please, [C#] God, [D] wake me.
Like a [G] piece of meat.
Keep on living.
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ I won't [G] always be like this, will you?
I can't [F] live like this.
I [Em] can't.
Please, no, I can't. I can't.
[G] Help me.
Somebody, please, help me.
Mother, [F] where are you?
Help me, Mother.
I'm [Em] having a nightmare.
_ [G] _
[A] The [G] world is [F#] gone. I'm [A] sworn.
[B] _
[A] Oh, [B] God, [C#] help [G] me.
[A] Oh, my [G] breath is [F#] [B] iris [A] for day.
[B] [A] Oh, please, [C#] God, help [G] [Am] me.
_ [G] _ [F#] _ [B] _ [Am] _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ Me [Am] lying here like [G] a piece of [B] meat in a carnival [C] show.
Here's to [Am] Charlotte, _ Lakeland, [A] wonder [G] of the [B] 20th century. _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[D] [C] Earth has a dignity [Em] of all its own.
_ [A] _
_ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ I need help.
I'm in trouble, trouble, and I need help.
_ _ Don't you remember when you were little? _
Oh, you and Bill Hartman [F#] used to bring a wire between the two houses so you could tell them back to each other.
You don't remember the Morse code?
[E] _ _
_ [E] Darkness imprisoning me.
All that I see, [G] absolute [E] horror. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] It's the Morse code.
_ [F] [E] For what?
It's [F] a weapon.
[D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ It's taking my sight, taking my speech, taking my head, taking my arms, taking my legs,
taking my soul, taking [F] my life in her [E] hands. _ _ _
What's he [F] say?
They killed me _ over and over [E] again. _ _ _ _ _
Don't you know self-possession's worth, Parker?
The product of your [F] profession, _ [F#] not [F] mine.
_ [E] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Ready, [D] Groovy, [E] push.
Father, father.
[F] _ _
Man faces death by himself.
_ _ Hello.
[N] _ Goodbye, father.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Nobody pays [F#] any attention [E] to my head arms.
_ [F#] I have [E] legs, I can run away.
I have voice.
[F#] _ _ [Em] I'm helping for myself.
Why don't they get it over with and kill me?
I could be up for help, but nobody would [F#] help me.
I'm trapped in some kind of [A] state of mind.
[C] Gone like this.
[G] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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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