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Song title:       One of Us
Original Album:   The Visitors (ABBA)

Words and Music by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus
Copyright © 1981 Union Songs AB, Sweden
Published by ???

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)



INTRO:
Chords:
G     320003    G/D  xx0003    Am     x02210
G/F#  2x0003    C    x32010    A7/C#  x42223
Em    022000    E+   x32110    Am/D   x00210


[play: 4/4| G | % | G/F# | Em  G/D | C  E+ | Am  A7/C#

2/4     4/4
| A7/C# | G/D  G | Am/D | D7 | G | % |

 

 
VERSE1:
Chords:
G      320003    Em7/D  xx0000    G/D  xx0003    Am     x02210
Gmaj7  320002    C      x32010    D    xx0232    Am7/G  302010
Bm     x24432    G/B    x20003    Bm7  x24232
Esus4  022200    D7/C   x3423x    Em   022000


| G               | Gmaj7 | Bm                    Esus4 Em7/D
    They passed me  by,     all of those great ro-man - ces

2/4            4/4
                 Bm            Cma9
| C            | G/B           D7/C      | C        Dsus4   D
    You were, I  felt, robbing me   of my  rightful chanc - es

| G           | Gmaj7 | Bm                   Em | Em7/D
    My picture  clear,  ev'rything seemed so ea - sy

C         | Bm                        | Em
  And so I  dealt you the blow, one of  us had to go

| Am                  Am7/G            | D
  Now it's different, I     want you to  know
 

 

CHORUS1:
Chords:
G/D   xx0003    Em  022000    A7/C#  x4202x
D     xx0232    C   x32010    G      320003
G     320003    E   022100    C6/9   xx0210
D/F#  2x023x    Am  x02210


| G/D    D     G      | G/F#         Em   | Em7/D            C   Esus4 E/G#
  One of us is crying,  one of us is lying  in    her lonely bed

| Am  A7/G          | D       | C               D                 | G     Em | C
      Staring at the  ceiling,  wishing she was somewhere else in - stead_______


| D           | G       G/F#         Em   D            | C    E+  E+/G#
  One of us is  lonely, one of us is only waiting for a  call

                   2/4            4/4
| Am               | A7/C#        | G/D
     Sorry for her - self, feeling  stupid, feeling small

| Am/D                         | D
  Wishing she had never left at  all,




VERSE2:
Chords:
G      320003    Em7/D  xx0000    G/D  xx0003    Am    x02210
Gmaj7  320002    C      x32010    D    xx0232    Am/G  3x2210
Bm     x24432    G/B    x20003    Bm7  x24232
Esus4  022200    D7/C   x3423x    Em   022000


| G          | Gmaj7 | Bm                Esus4  Em7/D
    I saw my - self    as a concealed at-trac - tion

2/4           4/4
                Bm           Cmaj9
| C           | G/B          Am/D         | C            Dsus4  D
    I felt you  kept me away      from the  heat and the ac  -  tion

| G            | Gmaj7 | Bm                  Em   Em7/D
    Just like a  child,  stubborn and miscon-ceiv-ing

C             | Bm                      | Em
  That's how I  started the show, one of  us had to go

| Am                   Am/G           | D
  Now I've changed and I   want you to  know

 

 

CHORUS2:
Chords:
G/D   xx0003    Em  022000    A7/G  3x222x
D     xx0232    C   x32010    G     320003
G     320003    E   022100    C6/9  xx0210
D/F#  2x023x    Am  x02210


D             | G      | G/F#        | Em   | Em7/D           | C   Esus4  E/G#
  One of us is  crying,  one of us is  lying  in    her lonely  bed

| Am  A             | D       | C               D                 | G     Em | C
      Staring at the  ceiling,  wishing she was somewhere else in - stead_______


D           | G      | G/F#        | Em    D            | C    E+  E+/G#
One of us is  lonely,  one of us is  only, waiting for a  call

                   2/4            4/4
| Am               | A7/C#        | G/D
     Sorry for her - self, feeling  stupid, feeling small

| Am/D                         | D                 | G   G/F#
  Wishing she had never left at  all. Never left at  all




OUTRO: [to fade]
Chords:
D/F#  2x023x    E7    020100    G     320003
Em    022000    Am    x02210    E     022100
G/D   xx0003    A7/G  3x222x    C6/9  xx0210
C     x32010    D     xx0232


[play: 4/4| Em  D | C  E7 |]



| Am  A             | D       | C               D                 | G     Em  | C
      Staring at the  ceiling,  wishing she was somewhere else in - stead._______

D           | G       G/F#        | Em    D            | C     E+  E+/G# 
One of us is  lonely, one of us is  only, waiting for a  call,

                   2/4            4/4
| Am               | A7/C#        | G/D
     Sorry for her - self, feeling  stupid, feeling small

| Am/D                         | D                 | G   G/F#
  Wishing she had never left at  all. Never left at  all


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| Am  A             | D       | C               D                 | G     Em | C
      Staring at the  ceiling,  wishing she was somewhere else in - stead_______