The Who – Im One (Guitar Fingerpicking)
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"I'm One"(Pete Townshend)
From "Quadrophenia"(1973)
This song uses a variation of standard G-Major fingerpicking.
The usual fingerpicking pattern in G is something
like this, using G (320003)and C/G (3x2013):
G C/G e---3---------|--------------| b---0-------0-|---1--------0-| G--------0----|--------0-----| D---0------0--|---2------2---| A-------------|--------------| E-3----3------|-3----3-------|
The variation switches out the C/G for a chord that
can be called Gsus4add9, D7sus4/G or Am7/G depending
on which notes sound: 3x0213.
It feels to me like it's played against a continuing G,
so I'll keep it as a variation on the tonic abbreviated G4:
G G4 G G4 e---3-----------------|-------------------| b---0-------0h1---1---|---3------0h1---1--| G------0------2----2--|-----0------2----2-| D---0-----0-----0-----|---0---0------0----| A---------------------|-------------------| E-3----3----3-----3---|-3---3----3----3---|
Note that Pete also double-times the bass notes from
the standard method, with 4 low Gs per bar, and 3
Ds, as opposed to 2 and 2.
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[Intro]
G G4 x4
[Verse]
G G4 G G4 Every year is the same and I feel it again, G G4 G G4 I'm a loser, no chance to win. G G4 G G4 Leaves start falling, comedown is calling, G G4 G G4 loneliness starts sinking in.
[Chorus]
D D2 F D2 D D2 F D2 But I'm one...........I am one! Fmaj7 D2/F# And I can see that this is me, Fmaj7 Em D2/F# G and I will be, you'll all see I'm the one!
G G4 x4
[Verse]
G G4 G G4 Where do you get those blue, blue jeans, G G4 G G4 faded patched secret so tight? G G4 G G4 Where do you get that walk oh so lean, G G4 G G4 your shoes and your shirts all just right?
[Chorus]
D D2 F C D D2 F C I'm one........I am one! Fmaj7 D2/F# And I can see that this is me, Fmaj7 Em D2/F# G and I will be, you'll all see I'm the one!
[Verse]
G G4 G G4 I got a Gibson, without a case, G G4 G G4 but I can't get that even-tanned look on my face, G G4 G G4 Ill-fitting clothes and I blend in the crowd, G G4 G G4 fingers so clumsy, voice too loud...
[Chorus]
D D2 F C D F C But I'm one........I am one! Fmaj7 D2/F# And I can see that this is me, Fmaj7 Em D2/F# G and I will be, you'll all see I'm the one! G4 G G4 G G4 G I'm the one! I'm the one!