One in Ten UB40
'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]I am the one in ten,A [F]number on a list,
[G]I am the one in ten,[F]Even though i don`t exist,
[G]Nobody knows m[F]e,But i`m always there,
[G]A statistic,A remi[F]nder of a world that does`nt care.
Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
Verse 1:
[G]My arms unfold the dole queue,Malnutrition [F]dulls my hair,
[G]My eyes are black and lifeless with an underp[F]rivileged stare,
[G]I`m the beggar on the corner will no [F]one spare a dime?,
[G]I`m the child that never learns to read[F] `cause no one spared the time.
Chorus 2:
[G]I am the one in ten,A [F]number on a list,
[G]I am the one in ten,[F]Even though i don`t exist,
[G]Nobody knows m[F]e,But i`m always there,
[G]A statistic,A remi[F]nder of a world that does`nt care.
Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
Verse 2:
[G]I`m the murderer,The victim,I`m the lic[F]ense to a gun,
[G]I`m a sad and bruised old lady in an ally[F] in a slum,
[G]I`m a middle aged businessman with chronic[F] heart disease,
[G]I`m another teenage suicide[F] in a street that has no trees.
Chorus 3:
[G]I am the one in ten,A [F]number on a list,
[G]I am the one in ten,[F]Even though i don`t exist,
[G]Nobody knows m[F]e,But i`m always there,
[G]A statistic,A remi[F]nder of a world that does`nt care.
Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
Verse 3:
[G]I`m a starving third world mother,Refugee with[F] out a home,
[G]I`m a housewife hooked on Valium,I`m a pen[F]sioner alone,
[G]I`m a cancer ridden spectre discove[F]ring the earth,
[G]I`m another hungry baby[F] i`m an accident at birth.
Chorus 4:
[G]I am the one in ten,A [F]number on a list,
[G]I am the one in ten,[F]Even though i don`t exist,
[G]Nobody knows m[F]e,But i`m always there,
[G]A statistic,A remi[F]nder of a world that does`nt care.
Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
Chorus 5:
[G]I am the one in ten,A [F]number on a list,
[G]I am the one in ten,[F]Even though i don`t exist,
[G]Nobody knows m[F]e,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)
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