How to Play One on Guitar?

Johnny Cash - One can be played in the key of Am using the Am, D, F, G, C chords. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play One with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Johnny Cash - One Chords

Chord reference Am, D, F, G, C

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Am] [D] [F] [G] [Am]Is it getting [D]better, [F]or do you feel the [G]same [Am]Will it make it [D]easier on you now [F]you got someone to [G]blame You say [C]one love, [Am]one life, [F]when it’s one need [C]in the night It’s one love, we get to [Am]share it [F]It leaves you baby if you don’t [C]care for it

[Am] [D] [F] [G]

[Am]Did I disa[D]ppoint you, [F]or leave a bad taste in your [G]mouth [Am]You act like you never [D]had love, [F]and you want me to go with[G]out Well it’s [C]too late [Am]tonight, [F]to drag the past out [C]into the light We’re one but we’re [Am]not the same, We get to [F]carry each other, [C]carry each other

[Am]One [D] [F] [G]

[Am]Have you come here for for[D]giveness, [F]Have you come to raise the [G]dead [Am]Have you come here to play [D]Jesus [F]To the lepers in your [G]head Did I [C]ask too much, [Am]more than a lot, [F]You gave me nothing now [C]it’s all I got We’re one but we’re [Am]not the same, We [F]hurt each other then we’re [C]doing it again, you say

[C]Love is a temple, [Am]love the higher law [C]Love is a temple, [Am]love the higher law [C]You ask me to enter, [G]but then you make me crawl And I can’t be holding on [F]to what you got when all you got is [C]hurt

One love, [Am]One blood, [F]One life you got to [C]do what you should One life with each [Am]other, [F]sisters, [C]brothers One life but we’re [Am]not the same, We get to [F]carry each other, [C]carry each other

One [C] [Am]One [F] [C] One [C] [Am] [F]One [C]

Artist Johnny Cash

Album American III: Solitary Man

Genres Country, Folk

Year 2000

Key Am

Johnny Cash - One can be played in the key of Am using the Am, D, F, G, C chords.

For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play One with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.