One Day at a Time
...ONE DAY AT A TIME... by Yusuf Islam
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*from 'An Other Cup' (2006)*
Intro:
E
Verse 1:
E
One day at a time,
A
We can learn to,
E
Leave the past be-hind.
E
One day at a time,
A
We can look the future,
E
In the eye.
G D
One day at a time,
F#m B
We can learn to live.
Interlude:
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Bridge 1:
Am Am7 Am Am7
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh,
D G D G G/F#
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh.
Am Am7
The gates of,
Am Am7
The garden are open,
D G D G G/F#
(Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh).
AAm7 Am
Wide,
Am7
And the trusting,
D G D G G/F#
(Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh).
AAm7Am Am7
70 thousand will enter,
D G D G G/F#
(Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh).
Am Am7 Am Am7
Of them, without reckoning.
D G D G G/F#
(Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh).
Verse 2:
E
One day at a time,
A
We can learn to leave,
E
Our fears be-hind.
E
One day at a time,
A
We can stare our hopes,
E
In the eye.
G D
One day at a time,
F#m B
We can learn to live.
Interlude:
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Break:
C A C A
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh,
G F
Ooh...ooh...
Bridge 2:
Am Am7, Am Am7
D G,
DGG/F#
Am Am7
And if you,
Am Am7
Meet the evening,
D G,
DGG/F#
AAm7 Am
Don't wait for,
Am7 D G, D G G/F#
The Sun to rise.
Interlude:
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Verse 3:
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One day at a time,
A
We can leave,
E
All treasures be-hind.
E
One day at a time,
A Am
We can watch the clocks,
E
Un-wind.
Middle 8:
C A
One day at a time,
F C
A child is born,
G A F
In-to this world, eyes blind.
C G
But one day,
A Bb
He will find his sight.
F C
And glimpse a-nother,
G A
Kind of Light,
F C G E
To live by, one day.
Interlude:
E
Verse 4:
E
One day at a time,
A
We can put,
E
Machines be-hind.
E
One day at a time,
A
We can learn,
Am E
How birds sur-vive.
G D
One day at a time,
F#m B E
We can learn to fly.
Outro:
C A (x2), E
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