U2 - One: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "One" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Am  D   F   G

Am               D
  Is it getting better
F                     G
  Or do you feel the same
Am                D
  Will it make it easier on you now
F                      G
  You got someone to blame

Chorus:
         C         Am
  You say, one love, one life
F                    C
  When it's one need, in the night
          Am
  One love, we get to share it,
F
  It leaves you baby if you
  C              Am  D  F  G
  Don't care for it

Am            D
  Did I disappoint you
F                              G
  Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
Am                        D
  You act like you never had love
F                           G
  And you want me to go without

Chorus:
           C         Am
  Well, it's too late tonight
  F                       C
  To drag the past out into the light
                       Am
  We're one, but we're not the same
           F                    C
  We get to carry each other, carry each other
    Am  D  F  G
  One

Am                           D
  Have you come here for forgiveness?
F                             G
  Have you come to raise the dead?
Am                            D
  Have you come here to play Jesus
F                        G
  To the lepers in your head?

Chorus:
  C                   Am
  Did I ask too much? More than a lot
 F                              C
  You gave me nothing, now it's all I got
                       Am
  We're one, but we're not the same
           F                         C
  Well, we hurt each other, then we do it again

         C                   Am
 You say, love is a temple, love's a higher law
  C                 Am
 Love is a temple, love's a higher law
     C                      G
 You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl
                        F
 And I can't be holding on
                                       C
 To what you got, when all you got is hurt

Chorus:
C          Am
  One love, one blood
F                       C
  One life, you got to do what you should
          Am
  One life with each other
F         C
  Sisters, brothers
                      Am
  One life, but we're not the same
           F                  C
  We get to carry each other, carry each other
     Am
  One
  F     C   Am  F  C
  One
          Am
  Ooh-ooh-ooh
          F
  Oh-ooh
                 C
  May we, may we, may we get
          Am
  Higher
       F   C
  Oh, higher
                     Am
  (Ay, yeah, go) higher
        F   C
  (Oh) Higher


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "One" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "One" by U2.

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