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                    This One – Paul McCartney
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Written by: Paul McCartney
From: "Flowers in the Dirt" (1989)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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SPECIAL CHORDS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm      x-2-4-4-3-0 (= Bmadd11)
F#m7    2-x-2-2-2-0 or 2-4-4-2-x-0
B5      x-2-4-4-x-x (= Bm without 3rd)

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[Coda] riff
  A5                           D5   A5                           D5
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|------------2---|----------------|------------2---|
D|2-----2---2-----|--2-------2-0---|-------2---2----|--2-------2-0---|
A|0---3-0-3-0-----| 3-0-3---3-0-----|-----3-0-3-0----|3-0-3---3-0-----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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[Intro] (freely)
| E | % | % | % |
     This one, this one, this one ...


[Verse]
      A                   F#m
Did I ever take you in my arms
                C#m                  D
Look you in the eye, tell you that I do?
      A               E
Did I ever open up my heart
Em             | A | % |
Let you look inside?


[Chorus]
           Bm     E           A       F#m7
If I never did it, I was only waiting
             Bm    E            A
For a better moment that didn’t come
            Bm      E         A      F#m7
There never could be a better moment
     B5   E         A
Than this one, this one

             Bm    E          A     F#m7
The swan is gliding above the ocean
         Bm    E         A
A God is riding upon his back
             Bm   E               A       F#m7
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
     B5   E      A
Fade this one to black


[Verse]
      A                     F#m
Did I ever touch you on the cheek
                  C#m                     D
Say that you were mine, thank you for the smile?
      A                    E
Did I ever knock upon your door
Em          | A | % |
Try to get inside?


[Chorus]
           Bm     E           A       F#m7
If I never did it, I was only waiting
             Bm    E            A
For a better moment that didn’t come
            Bm      E         A      F#m7
There never could be a better moment
     B5   E         A
Than this one, this one

             Bm    E          A     F#m7
The swan is gliding above the ocean
         Bm    E         A
A God is riding upon his back
             Bm   E               A       F#m7
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
     B5   E      A
Fade this one to black


[Middle 8]
D          E            A           F#m
 What opportunities did we allow to flow by
G                Em            A
Feeling like the timing wasn’t quite right?
D             E                A                F#m
 What kind of magic might have worked if we had stayed calm
G                           |   E   |   %   |   %   |
 Couldn’t I have given you a better life?       (break)


[Verse]
        A                    F#m
Did you ever take me in your arm
               C#m                   D
Look me in the eye, tell me that you do?
      A               E
Did I ever open up my heart
Em            | A | % |
Let you look inside?


[Chorus]
           Bm     E           A       F#m7
If I never did it, I was only waiting
             Bm    E            A
For a better moment that didn’t come
            Bm      E         A      F#m7
There never could be a better moment
     B5   E         A
Than this one, this one

             Bm    E          A     F#m7
The swan is gliding above the ocean
         Bm    E         A
A God is riding upon his back
             Bm   E               A       F#m7
How calm the water and bright the rainbow
     B5   E      A
Fade this one to black


[Coda]
           | A5 | A5  D5 | A5 | A5  D5 |
The swan is gliding,   oh
           | A5 | A5  D5 | A5 | A5  D5 |
A God is riding,       oh
           | A5 | A5  D5 | A5 | A5  D5 |
How calm the water        and bright the rainbow
                (How calm the water)

| A5 | A5  D5 | A5 | A5  D5 
                         (break)