Want to play "One" from scratch? The Music Academy — lesson by lesson
Bm Gmaj7 Bm Gmaj7 Bm D/A Gmaj7 Bm Gmaj7 Bm Gmaj7 Bm D/A Gmaj7 Bm Gmaj7 Bm Gmaj7 Bm D/A Gmaj7 Bm Gmaj7 Bm Gmaj7 Bm D/A Gmaj7 Em Gbm G5 A5 D G F Em
Bm Gmaj7 I can't remember anything Bm Gmaj7 Can't tell if this is true or dream Bm D/A Deep down inside I feel to scream Gmaj7 This terrible silence stops me Bm Gmaj7 Now that the war is through with me Bm Gmaj7 I'm waking up, I cannot see Bm D/A That there is not much left of me Gmaj7 Nothing is real but pain now
G5 A5 B5 A5 G5 Gb5 B5 A5
Hold my breath as I wish for death
B5 Db5 B5 A5
Oh please, God, wake me
Bm Gmaj7 Back in the womb it's much too real Bm Gmaj7 In pumps life that I must feel Bm D/A But can't look forward to reveal Gmaj7 Look to the time when I'll live Bm Gmaj7 Fed through the tube that sticks in me Bm Gmaj7 Just like a wartime novelty Bm D/A Tied to machines that make me be Gmaj7 Cut this life off from me
G5 A5 B5 A5 G5 Gb5 B5 A5
Hold my breath as I wish for death
B5 Db5 B5 A5
Oh please, God, wake me
D G F Em D G F Em Em D G F Em D G F
Em G5 A5 B5 A5 G5 Gb5 B5 A5
Now the world is gone, I'm just one
B5 Db5 B5 A5 B5 Db5
Oh God, help me
G5 A5 B5 A5 G5 Gb5 B5 A5
Hold my breath as I wish for death
B5 Db5 B5 A5 B5 Db5 G5
Oh please, God, help me
A5 B5 A5 G5 Gb5 B5 Am G B C C/E D B5 C5 C/E E5 F5
E5 Darkness imprisoning me All that I see F5 Absolute horror E5 I cannot live I cannot die Trapped in myself F5 Body my holding cell
E5 F5 E5 E5 F5 E5
E5 Landmine has taken my sight Taken my speech F5 Taken my hearing E5 Taken my arms Taken my legs Taken my soul F5 Left me with life in hell
E5 F5
E5 F5 E5 F5 G5 E5 F5 G5 G5 Db5 F5 G5 Db5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 E5 F5 E5 E5 F5 E5 F5 E5 F5 E5 F5 G5 E5 F5 G5 E5 F5 E5
This account rests on Hetfield's own words — an interview from 1991.