Yusuf Islam - One Day At A Time Chords & Tabs

...ONE DAY AT A TIME... by Yusuf Islam
-----------------------...............

*from 'An Other Cup' (2006)*


Intro:

E

Verse 1:

E
 One day at a time,
A
 We can learn to,
                  E
Leave the past be-hind.

E
 One day at a time,
A
 We can look the future,
       E
In the eye.
G             D
 One day at a time,
F#m              B
 We can learn to live.

Interlude:

E

Bridge 1:

Am   Am7  Am  Am7
 Ooh ooh, ooh ooh,
D    G    D   G   G/F#
 Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh.

Am   Am7
 The gates of,
    Am         Am7
The garden are open,
D     G    D   G   G/F#
 (Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh).
Am  Am7    Am
     Wide,
        Am7
And the trusting,
D     G    D   G   G/F#
 (Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh).
Am  Am7 Am            Am7
    70  thousand will enter,
D     G    D   G   G/F#
 (Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh).
Am  Am7   Am      Am7
 Of them, without reckoning.
D     G    D   G   G/F#
 (Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh).

Verse 2:

E
 One day at a time,
A
 We can learn to leave,
             E
Our fears be-hind.

E
 One day at a time,
A
 We can stare our hopes,
       E
In the eye.
G             D
 One day at a time,
F#m              B
 We can learn to live.

Interlude:

E

Break:

C    A    C   A
 Ooh ooh, ooh ooh,
G     F
 Ooh...ooh...

Bridge 2:
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Am  Am7, Am  Am7
D  G,
D  G  G/F#

Am   Am7
 And if you,
Am        Am7
 Meet the evening,

D  G,
D  G  G/F#

Am Am7    Am
    Don't wait for,
    Am7    D     G, D  G  G/F#
The Sun to rise.

Interlude:

E

Verse 3:

E
 One day at a time,
A
 We can leave,
                 E
All treasures be-hind.

E
 One day at a time,
A                 Am
 We can watch the clocks,
   E
Un-wind.

Middle 8:

C             A
 One day at a time,
F           C
 A child is born,
   G       A           F
In-to this world, eyes blind.
C        G
 But one day,
        A         Bb 
He will find his sight.
F              C
 And glimpse a-nother,
G        A
 Kind of Light,
        F   C   G    E
To live by, one day.

Interlude:

E

Verse 4:

E
 One day at a time,
A
 We can put,
            E
Machines be-hind.

E
 One day at a time,
A
 We can learn,
    Am        E
How birds sur-vive.
G             D
 One day at a time,
F#m              B     E
 We can learn to fly.

Outro:

C  A (x2), E


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   E       A       G       D       F#m     B

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022100  x02220  320003  xx0232  244222  x24442

   Am      Am7    G/F#     C       F       Bb

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  x02013  200033  x32010  133211  x13331


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)