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Espen Lind – Army Of One Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

[Intro]
D         D         Gmj7         Gmj7
D         D         Gmj7         Gmj7

[Verse 1]
                   D    Gmaj7
Was it really this hard   to 
           D          Gmaj7
be in your skin,
                 Bm      Gmaj7     
to want what you wanted,   knowing 
             E7       Em7/A
you couldn't win?
                   Gmaj7 Em7/A 
Was it really this long    the 
              Dmaj7  D7 D7
road that you walked
  D7            Bm       D/A   
before you laid down the lines 
 G         D/F#   Em     
around you   were chalked.
E    Em7/A  A7

[Chorus]
    D  A/C#      Bm      D/A   
So, godspeed, my friend,   may 
    G        D/F#    Em7/A     A7
you never be lonely again,
        G          F#7  
and the enemy from whom 
    Bm7         E
you always have run
        D/A           A7      D   
was yourself and your army of one.
   Gmaj7    Bm       G

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[Verse 2]
                   D         Gmaj7
You wish there was something   
                 D          Gmaj7
that you could have done,
              Bm  Gmaj7       
no tape to rewind   and there 
                   E        Em7/A
never was a square one.
              Gmaj7 Em7/A 
Life's been unkind    and 
           Dmaj7  D7   D7
people are cruel,
D7          Bm             D/A     
it's just another show you need to 
     G        D/F# 
go beyond it,      
Em             E      Em7/A  A7
don't be a fool.

[Chorus]
    D  A/C#      Bm      D/A   
So, godspeed, my friend,   may 
    G        D/F#    Em7/A  A7
you never be lonely again,
        G          F#7  
and the enemy from whom 
    Bm7         E
you always have run
        D/A           A7   
was yourself and your army 
   D    D   D   D   D  D/C
of one.

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[Bridge]
Bb                        C/Bb
Lay down and rest, we all know 
you have earned it,
Am                 
lay down and sleep 
      Dsus4      D D D/C
for a while.
      Bb                        
And I know there is comin' some 
        C/Bb
kind of change in the weather
    Asus4               A7
but I'll never see you again.

[End-Chorus]
D  A/C#      Bm      D/A G    
Godspeed, my friend,     this 
         D/F#      Em7/A     A7
is where you and I end,
        G          F#7  
and the enemy from whom 
    Bm          E
you always have run
        D/A      
was yourself and 
     A7      Bm     D/A
your army of one.
G             A           Bm D/A
No more shall you have to run   
     G                 A       D
from yourself and your army of one.
    D               Gmaj7       Gmaj7
and I will always remember you,
Bm                G                D
  I will always remember you.

How to play Army Of One: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Army Of One by Espen Lind on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Army Of One by Espen Lind is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 24 chords: D, Gmj7, Gmaj7, Bm, E7, Em7/A, Dmaj7, D7, D/A, G, D/F# and Em and 12 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Bm – D/A – G – D/F# (vi – I – IV – I in D major). In solfa, that is lah – doh – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Gmj7, Bm, F#7, Bm7 and Bb are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.