ANOUK: One Word
Album: Hotel New York
Tabbed by: Evert Lancel
On CD the song is played in a lower tuning (Eb). I here put it in standard tuning.
If you want to play along with the song, than you need to either tune your guitar
half a note lower, or make a copy of the song in higher pitch, using some
free sound editing software (Audacity). That's a lot easier than retuning all the
time.
Chords in Standard Tuning:
D add9 sus4 x54030 (for short Dadd9..)
Am9 x05500
Dsus2 xx0230
Asus2 x02200
Em7 022030 (I like 02x030, because the basses come out stronger)
Bbm7 x24232
G 355433
Csus2 x35533
The strumming rhythm is very important: The first short strums should be on the bass
tones only and the short strums for the rest of the measure should emphasis the
higher tones (while playing the base strings as well. Although it varies all the time
(just listen well), in a 16th measure it is basically like this
(V = strumming downwards, A = strumming upwards):
|V-V-VAVA--VAVA--|
(INTRO)
Dadd9.. Am9 Dadd9.. Am9
|----0000--0000--|----0000--0000--|----0000--0000--|----0000--0000--|
|----3333--3333--|----0000--0000--|----3333--3333--|----0000--0000--|
|0-0-0000--0000--|5-5-5555--5555--|0-0-0000--0000--|5-5-5555--5555--|
|4-4-4444--4444--|5-5-5555--5555--|4-4-4444--4444--|5-5-5555--5555--|
|5-5-5555--5555--|0-0-0000--0000--|5-5-5555--5555--|0-0-0000--0000--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Dadd9.. Am9 Dadd9.. Am9
|----0000--0000--|----0000--0000--|----0000--0000--|0---------------|
|----3333--3333--|----0000--0000--|----3333--3333--|0---------------|
|0-0-0000--0000--|5-5-5555--5555--|0-0-0000--0000--|5---------------|
|4-4-4444--4444--|5-5-5555--5555--|4-4-4444--4444--|5---------------|
|5-5-5555--5555--|0-0-0000--0000--|5-5-5555--5555--|0---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(VERSE)
Dsus2 Asus2
I close my eyes
Em7
And imagine you're here
Dsus2
Did it all seem so hopeless
Asus2
Given the chance
Em7
I would ask
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anouk/one_word_crd_ver_3.html ]
Forgive me
Dsus2 Asus2 Em7
I didn't do a thing to make you stay
Bsus4 A add9.. Em7
I didn't say a word to make you stay
Bsus4
If I would have known
Asus2 Em7
Could I have tried to make it easier
Bm7 A
But I didn't do a thing or say a word
G
One word
Dsus2 Csus2 Dsus2
And I don't know why you're gone, now you're gone
Csus2
No beautiful goodbye
Dsus2
You will never leave my mind
Csus2 Dsus2
And it turns out to be so much different than our dreams
Csus2 Dadd9..
Now you're, you're a star in heaven
Am9 Dadd9.. Am9
(VERSE)
Dsus2 Asus2
My thoughts unsaid
Em7
Stuck in my head
Dsus2
And it all feels so useless
Asus2 Em7
Never forget to give all I have
Forgive me
Dsus2 Asus2 Em7
I couldn't do a thing to make you stay
Dsus2 Asus2 Em7
And I couldn't say a word to make you stay
Dsus2
If I could have known
Asus2 Em7
Could I have tried to make it easier
Bm7
But I couldn't do a thing
A
Or say a word
G
One word
Dsus2 Csus2 Dsus2
And I don't know why you're gone, now you're gone
Csus2
No beautiful goodbey
Dsus2
You will never leave my mind
Csus2 Dsus2
And it turns out to be so much different than our dreams
Csus2 Dadd9..
Now you're, you''e a star in heaven
(INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE)
Am9 Em7 Dadd9.. Am9 Em7
Dsus2 Csus2 Dsus2
And I don't know why you're gone, now you're gone
Csus2
No beautiful goodbye
Dsus2
You will never leave my mind
Csus2 Dsus2
And it turns out to be so much different than our dreams
Csus2 Dadd9..
Now you're, you're a star in heaven
Am9 Dadd9..
you're a star in heaven
Am9 Dadd9..
you're a star in heaven
Am9 Dadd9..
Yeah, you're my star
Am9
