Keith Urban - This Is My One Chord Song (live) guitar chord
THIS IS MY ONE CHORD SONG
Based on a live performance by Keith Urban
(lyric altered from the hidden-track version)
4 beats per chord
G5- = 3 beat bar beats indicated thus '
G5* = 5 beat bar
G5. = staccato on Beat-3 then tacet
(spoken)
This is called 'This Is My One Chord Song'...here we go
INTRO:
G5 G5 G5 G5.
This is my
CHORUS-1:
G5 G5
One__ chord song it's easy to
G5 G5
Sing__ a-long 'cos
G5- ' ' G5
There ain't much in the way of cha-ay-ange
G5 G5
Sometimes life can be that way (now you're on the on-beat) oh there
VERSE:
G5* ' ' ' ' G5
Ain't too much that I can do with the melo-dy__ 'cos I'm
G5* ' ' ' ' G5 G5.
Stuck with-in the confines of the single key__ of G__ but this is my
CHORUS-2:
G5 G5
One__ chord song can't go
G5 G5
On__ too long 'cos
G5- ' ' G5
I've said all I've got to say-ay-ay
G5 G5
See you when you come my way___ and now
VERSE:
G5* ' ' ' ' G5
Here's the same thing that you heard eight bars be-fore__ and
G5* ' ' ' ' G5 G5
If you're just like me I'm sure that you are bored__ with this chord__ if
BRIDGE:
G5 G5
I can make you stop and think a-bout the life you're livin' in 'cos
G5 G5
You and I we don't have long so make the most before it's go-__
G5. G5 G5 G5
__ow-oo-ow-one this is my one__ chord song now
CODA:
G5 G5
I could make it sound like there's another chord__ but
G5 G5.
You'd be fooled 'cos there is only one and this is my
TAG:
G5 G5
One__ chord song this is my
G5 G5
One__ chord song this is my
(vocal cadenza)
G5 G5
One__ chord__ song__
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G5
E|--3--| >
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + a
/ / / / / / / / / / /
d d d d d d d d d d u
+ 2 + are omitted 1st time
last 16th is optional
HARMONY
The chord played on the guitar is G5 (neither major nor minor) but the
overall harmony sounds like G major because Keith's melody adds the
major third (B).
In the CODA Keith is able to "make it sound like there's another chord"
by singing the fourth (C) which implies the IV chord. If the third was
played on the guitar at this point it would clash with the melody.
STRUCTURE
The odd extra or missing beats add further interest to the song.
Keith's quip of "now you're on the on-beat" is a reference to the crowd
who join in by clapping on the off-beat (2 and 4) but are thrown out by
the short bar of three beats and end up clapping 1 and 3.
G5 ' ' ' G5 ' ' ' G5- ' ' G5 ' ' '
Sing__ a-long 'cos there ain't much in the way of cha-ay-ange
2 4 2 4 2 1 3
Waynus Of Uranus
July 2005
