One Time (Tab)
From ETWiki
Date Submitted: 29-Nov-2009
By: Crimsondebian (crimsondebian@gmail dot com)
Transcribed by markjx.
It has been rearranged so that it may be played on SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR.
The reference version is the nascent version performed by Adrian Belew
during his solo acoustic tour.
Errata (and simple stupid mistakes) can be brought to my attention
at (mailto:markjx@aol dot com).
You've really got to listen to this one to get the groove. I think
it's in 6/4 time and the bass notes (mostly low Gs) are played as
alternating quarters and eighth notes. Barre the 3rd fret to get
the G and use it as a base for the melody.
VERSE:
Gm
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - 6 4 - - - - - - - - 6 3
- - - - - - - - - 5 3 - - - - - - - - 5 3
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3..33..33..33..33..33..33..33..33..33..33
one eye goes laughing,
Gm
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
- - - - - - - - 6 4 - - - - - - - - 6 3
- - - - - - - - 5 3 - - - - - - - - 5 -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
..33..33..33..33..33..33..33..33..33..33
one eye goes crying
Gm G# G
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - 6 4 - - - - - - - - 6 3
- - - - - - - - 5 5 - - - - - - - - 5 4
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
..33..33..33..33..34..44..44..44..44..43
through the trials and trying
G Fm Gm
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - 3 1 - - - - - - - - 1 3
- - - - - - - - 4 1 - - - - - - - - 1 3
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
..33..33..33..33..31..11..11..11..11..33
of one life
REPEAT VERSE:
one hand is tied
one step gets behind
in one breath we're dying
CHORUS:
Gm Cm Gm
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - 4 - 4 4 - 4 4 - 4 4 -4 3 -33 -33
- - - - - - - 5 - 5 5 - 5 5 - 5 5 -5 3 -33 -33
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - 3.. 3 5.. 5 6.. 6 3..5 - - - - -
..33..33..33..3- - - - - - - - 3..33..33
I've been wai ting for the sun to come up
Gm G# G Fm
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-33 -34 -4 4 - 4 4 -44 - 4 3 -33 -33 -33 -31
-33 -35 -5 5 - 5 5 -55 - 5 4 -44 -44 -44 -01
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
..33..34..4 4.. 4 4..44.. 4 3..33..33..33..31
Waiting for the showers to stop
Fm Gm
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 1 1 - 1 1 -11 -1 3 -33 -33 -33 4 4 - - - -
- 1 1 - 1 1 -11 -1 3 -33 -33 -33 5 3 - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
.. 1 1.. 1 1..11..1 3..33..33..33..33..33..33
Waiting for the penny to drop one time
REPEAT CHORUS:
and i've been standing in a cloud of plans
standing on the shifting sand
hoping for an open hand one time
END
Between choruses there is a little lick that gets inserted.
This is how I think it's done:
- - - B D - - - A B - - - 8.A - - - A.B {sorry for the HEX notation.
- - - - - - - - - - - -6.6- - - -9.9- - Translate as A=10, B=11, etc..
- -C.C-C- - -C.C-C- - - - - - - - - - - to get the proper frets}
A.A - - - A.A - - - 6.6 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.8 - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
REPEAT
Then comes the easiest part of the song; the solo (one finger!):
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - -
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
- - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - -
REPEAT
I'll leave it to the reader to put everything in the right place. ENJOY!
Date Submitted: 22-Oct-97
By: Maxim Volguine (maxv at paragraph dot com)
One Time
(lowercase letters represent bass notes)
Cm 11 Gm
One eye goes laughing
Cm Fm add9
One eye goes crying
Cm Gm Cm
through the trials and trying of one life
one hand is tied
one step gets behind
in one breath we're dying
Cm Gm
a-ha..
Gm/g Cm/c d eb c Gm/g g
I've been waiting for the sun to come up
Fm/f eb Gm/g g
waiting for the showers to stop
c d eb g g
waiting for the penny to drop
f Cm/g Gm
one time
and I've been standing in a cloud of plans
standing on the shifting sands
hoping for an open hand
one time
- --
Maxim Volguine
multimedia programmer,
SGI Cosmo Software, Moscow,
e-mail: maxv at paragraph dot com
Date Submitted: 7-Sep-95
By: Ville Sinkko (vs at clinet dot fi)
Has anybody been able to TAB the whole song? I'd appreciate it if someone would bother to send it to me or to the list. This is how the solo goes, I think. E------------I------------I------------I------------I B---------6--I---------4--I------------I------3--4--I G------8-----I------7-----I------5--7--I------------I D---5--------I---5--------I---3--------I---5--------I A3-----------I3-----------I4-----------I------------I E------------I------------I------------I1-----------I --- VS at clinet dot fi
