Chesney Hawkes - "The One and Only"
By Nik Kershaw
Transcribed by Richard Boodell (main transcription) &
Bj?rn T. Dahl (minor fixes, major cleanup)


H                         E  G#m  F#
   I am the one and only,
   H     F#  G#m  E  G#m  F#  H  A
Oh yeah!


(Verse 1)
G#m                H   E
Call me, call me by my name or
          H   C#m
call me by my number
H                  E
Put me through it
                           F#
I'll still be doing it the way I do it
Hm                   D     G
And yet you try to make me forget
      D      Em
Who I really am
      D                G
don't tell me I'd know best
            A               H
I'm not the same as all the rest


(Chorus)
H        F#      G#m    E
I am the one and only
   G#m      F#     H
No body I'd rather be
         F#      G#m    E
I am the one and only
               G#m   F#       H   A
You can't take that away from me


(Verse 2)
G#m                 H     E
I've been a player in the crowd scene
            H    C#m
A flicker on the big screen
H                 E
My soul embraces
              F#
one more in a million faces
Hm                 D        G
High hopes and aspirations, ideas
            D     Em
above my station, maybe
    D               G
but all this time I tried
             A           H
to walk with dignity and pride


(Chorus)
H        F#      G#m    E
I am the one and only
   G#m      F#     H
No body I'd rather be
         F#      G#m    E
I am the one and only
               G#m   F#       H   A
You can't take that away from me


(Bridge)
A
  I can't wear this uniform
F#m
  Without some compromises
G
  Because you'll find out that we come
Em
  In different shapes and sizes


(Short Verse 3)
Am              C         F
No one can be myself like I can
              C      Dm
For this job I'm the best man
     C               F
And while this maybe true,
            G            A
you are the one and only you!


(Guitar solo, or Chorus in A)
A        E       F#m    D
I am the one and only
   F#m      E      A
No body I'd rather be
         E       F#m    D
I am the one and only
               F#m   E        H
You can't take that away from me


(Chorus)
H        F#      G#m    E
I am the one and only
   G#m      F#     H
No body I'd rather be
         F#      G#m    E
I am the one and only
               G#m   F#       H
You can't take that away from me


(Chorus)
H        F#      G#m    E
I am the one and only
   G#m      F#     H
No body I'd rather be
         F#      G#m    E
I am the one and only
               G#m   F#       H   A
You can't take that away from me