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


B                         E  Abm  F#
   I am the one and only,
   B     F#  Abm  E  Abm  F#  B  A
Oh yeah!


(Verse 1)
Abm                B   E
Call me, call me by my name or
          B   C#m
call me by my number
B                  E
Put me through it
                           F#
I'll still be doing it the way I do it
Bm                   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               B
I'm not the same as all the rest


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


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


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


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


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