Hootie & the Blowfish – One Love (Guitar)

Capo 3

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Hootie and the Blowfish-One Love This song has acoustic guitar all of the way through, and clean electric backing it up throughout most of it. If you want, play barre chords for the chorus. All chords are with respect to the capo.

INTRO/VERSE
   G         D5      Em   C             G         D5 D    Em   F
e|-------------------0-00-0--------------------------2p0--0-00-1----1-|
B|-----------3--3-3--0-00-1-----------------------3--3-3--0-00-1----1-|
G|-----------2--2-2--0-00-0-----------------------2--2-2--0-00-2--2-2-|
D|-----------0--0-0--2-22-2-----------------------0--0-0--2-22-3--3-3-|
A|-0-0--0h2----------2-22-3--2h3-3-3p2--0-0--0h2----------2-22-3--3---|
E|-3-3---------------0-00---------------3-3---------------0-00-1--1---|

VERSE 1

G       D5      Em     C
Sunshine,       on the horizon 

G              D5    D  Em              F
Over two young lovers,  while its goin' down 

G        D5     Em           C
Somewhere,      the same sun rises, 

G              D5    D  Em                 F
on another two lovers,  as the world goes around

VERSE 2

G         D5    Em              C
Same scene,     played over and over 

G          D5     D     Em        F
Same sweet passion,     same warm blood 

G              D5       Em            C
Softly speaking,        the universal language 

G       D5    D   Em  F
So many lovers,   One love

CHORUS

G       Am  C            G
One love,   might make a difference 

G              Am         C         G
Might take the walls, and tear them down 

G      Am   C             G
One light,  might keep on shining 

      G         Am         C          G
If we take one love and we spread it around

INTERLUDE G D Em F VERSE 3

G     D5       Em       C
Old religions, new generations 

G           D             D5  Em          F
Caught in a struggle about,   a righteous way 

G             D5      Em              C
Can't see the forest, for all the frustrations 

G              D           D5   Em           F
So many lyin', so many dyin' .. but only one love

CHORUS BRIDGE

Am               F
Too many stories, we've all come and shared 

Am                         F             D
Too many roads untraveled, all reach the same end

VERSE 3

G         D5    Em              C
Same scene,     played over and over and over now 

G          D5     D  Em       F
Same young passion,  same red blood 

G            D5     Em     C
Universal language, goes unspoken 

G                D5                 D
Too much hatred, too much hatred now 

Em              F
.. but only one love

CHORUS OUTRO

G       D5      Em       C
Sunshine,       on the horizon 

G              D5    D  Em              F
Over two young lovers,  while its goin' down