'One In Ten'Rhythm Guitar/Lyrics from UB40`s 1981 L.P'Present Arms'.
(this song was written on Drums and Rhythm Guitar,Just two Chords G & F,
although the Bass line,Lead Guitar,Saxophone & the fact it sounds
better point to it being Gm & F,it just isn`t?!
I`ll place the Gm Chord diagram if you want to do what i do and use it,But G & F is official)
G=EADGBE F=EADGBE (Gm=EADGBE)
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Intro||:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F :||
Chorus 1:
G F
I am the one in ten,A number on a list,
G F
I am the one in ten,Even though i don`t exist,
G F
Nobody knows me,But i`m always there,
G F
A statistic,A reminder of a world that does`nt care.
Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
Verse 1:
G F
My arms unfold the dole queue,Malnutrition dulls my hair,
G F
My eyes are black and lifeless with an underprivileged stare,
G F
I`m the beggar on the corner will no one spare a dime?,
G F
I`m the child that never learns to read `cause no one spared the time.
Chorus 2:
G F
I am the one in ten,A number on a list,
G F
I am the one in ten,Even though i don`t exist,
G F
Nobody knows me,But i`m always there,
G F
A statistic,A reminder of a world that does`nt care.
Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/ub40/one_in_ten_crd.html ]
Verse 2:
G F
I`m the murderer,The victim,I`m the license to a gun,
G F
I`m a sad and bruised old lady in an ally in a slum,
G F
I`m a middle aged businessman with chronic heart disease,
G F
I`m another teenage suicide in a street that has no trees.
Chorus 3:
G F
I am the one in ten,A number on a list,
G F
I am the one in ten,Even though i don`t exist,
G F
Nobody knows me,But i`m always there,
G F
A statistic,A reminder of a world that does`nt care.
Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
Verse 3:
G F
I`m a starving third world mother,Refugee with out a home,
G F
I`m a housewife hooked on Valium,I`m a pensioner alone,
G F
I`m a cancer ridden spectre discovering the earth,
G F
I`m another hungry baby i`m an accident at birth.
Chorus 4:
G F
I am the one in ten,A number on a list,
G F
I am the one in ten,Even though i don`t exist,
G F
Nobody knows me,But i`m always there,
G F
A statistic,A reminder of a world that does`nt care.
Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
Chorus 5:
G F
I am the one in ten,A number on a list,
G F
I am the one in ten,Even though i don`t exist,
G F
Nobody knows me,But i`m always there,
(n/c)
A statistic,A reminder of a world that does`nt care.
Outro||:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F :||(till fade)
