Tabs
Jul 13, 2022
One by Three Dog Night (REVISED)
This song was the first gold record for Three Dog Night was written and first recorded by Harry Nilsson. This was also the first 45rpm record that I ever bought at the local Woolworth's department store.
Tab: in word document format video: THREE DOG NIGHT One (1969) HQ
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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com
Song: One
By: Three Dog Night
{ capo fret 1 }
[Intro:] Em {piano}
[verse: 1] {piano+bass}
|Em |G |A |C B |
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
|Em |G |A |C B |
Two can be as bad as one it's the loneliest number since the number one
[:] |Em |G |A |C B | {whole band comes in}
[verse: 2]
|Em |G |A |C B |
No is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Em G A C B
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know
Em G A C B
Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Em G A C B
One is the loneliest number, whoa-oh, worse than two
[:] |Em |G |A |C B | { E B E Gb } {step up}
[bridge:]
|G |Bm |Bm7b5 {x2323x}
It's just no good anymore since you went away
|C |Cm |Em {build up}
Now I spend my time just making rhymes of yesterday
[chorus:]
|Em |G |
One is the loneliest number
|A |C B |
One is the loneliest number
|Em |G |A |C B |
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
|Em |G |
One is the loneliest
|A |C B |
One is the loneliest
|Em |G |A |C B |
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
{stop} {piano}
[bridge:]
|G |Bm |Bm7b5 {snare hit}
It's just no good anymore since you went away (number)
[chorus:]
{whole ban kicks in}
|Em |G |
One is the loneliest (number)
|A |C B |
One is the loneliest (number)
|Em G |A |C B |
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do (number)
|Em |G |
One is the loneliest (number)
|A |C B |
One is the loneliest (number)
|Em |G |A |C B |
(One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do) (number)
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
|Em |G |
One is the loneliest (number)
|A |C B |
One is the loneliest (number)
|Em |G |A |C B |
(One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do) (number)
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
[coda:] { E B E Gb } G {finish}
chords:
A 577655 or 002220
B 224442
Bm 224432
Bm7b5 x2323x
C 335553 or 032010
Em 022000 or 779987
G 355433 or 320003