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

*from 'An Other Cup' (2006)*


Intro:

E (022100@1)Verse 1:

E (022100@1)One day at a time,
A (x02220@1)We can learn to,
                  ELeave (022100@1)the past be-hind.

E (022100@1)One day at a time,
A (x02220@1)We can look the future,
       EIn (022100@1)the eye.
G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)One day at a time,
F#m (244222@1)            B (x2444x@1)We can learn to live.

Interlude:

E (022100@1)Bridge 1:

Am   Am7
 Ooh ooh,
Am   Am7
 Ooh ooh,
D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)Ooh ooh,
D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)Ooh ooh ooh.

Am   Am7
 The gates of,
    Am (x02210@1)       Am7The (x02010@1)garden are open,
D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)(Ooh ooh,
D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)Ooh ooh ooh).
Am (x02210@1)Am7 (x02010@1)  Am (x02210@1)    Wide,
        Am7And (x02010@1)the trusting,
D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)(Ooh ooh,
D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)Ooh ooh ooh).
Am  Am7 Am
    70  thousand,
     Am7Will (x02010@1)enter,
D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)(Ooh ooh,
D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)Ooh ooh ooh).
Am  Am7
 Of them,
Am (x02210@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)Without reckoning.
D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)(Ooh ooh,
D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)Ooh ooh ooh).

Verse 2:

E (022100@1)One day at a time,
A (x02220@1)We can learn to leave,
             EOur (022100@1)fears be-hind.

E (022100@1)One day at a time,
A (x02220@1)We can stare our hopes,
       EIn (022100@1)the eye.
G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)One day at a time,
F#m (244222@1)            B (x2444x@1)We can learn to live.

Interlude:

E (022100@1)Break:

C (x32010@1)  A (x02220@1)Ooh ooh,
C (x32010@1)  A (x02220@1)Ooh ooh,
C (x32010@1)  A (x02220@1)Ooh ooh,
G (320003@1)Ooh...
F (133211@1)Ooh...

Bridge 2:

Am  Am7, Am  Am7
D  G,
D  G  G/F#

Am   Am7
 And if you,
Am (x02210@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)Meet the evening,

D  G,
D  G  G/F#

AmAm7    Am (x02210@1)   Don't wait for,
    Am7 (x02010@1)  D (xx0232@1)   G, D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)G/F#The (320002@1)Sun to rise.

Interlude:

E (022100@1)Verse 3:

E (022100@1)One day at a time,
A (x02220@1)We can leave,
                 EAll (022100@1)treasures be-hind.

E (022100@1)One day at a time,
A (x02220@1)               Am (x02210@1)We can watch the clocks,
   EUn-wind. (022100@1)
Middle 8:

C (x32010@1)           A (x02220@1)One day at a time,
F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)A child is born,
   G (320003@1)     AIn-to (x02220@1)this world,
     FEyes (133211@1)blind.
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)But one day,
        AHe (x02220@1)will find,
    BbHis (x1333x@1)sight.
F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)And glimpse a-nother,
G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)Kind of Light,
        FTo (133211@1)live by,
C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  E (022100@1)One day.

Interlude:

E (022100@1)Verse 4:

E (022100@1)One day at a time,
A (x02220@1)We can put,
            EMachines (022100@1)be-hind.

E (022100@1)One day at a time,
A (x02220@1)We can learn,
    Am (x02210@1)      EHow (022100@1)birds sur-vive.
G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)One day at a time,
F#m (244222@1)            B (x2444x@1)   E (022100@1)We can learn to fly.

Outro:

C  A (x2), E


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     F#m (244222@1)   B (x2444x@1)     Am (x02210@1)    Am7 (x02010@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022100  x02220  320003  xx0232  244222  x24442  x02210  x02013

  G/F# (320002@1)   C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 200033  x32010  133211  x13331


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