Jul172020

James Bay – One Life Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsA E B C#m

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[Intro]
A A E B B
A A E B B

[Verse 1]
A             E
All I want to be
                   B
Is with you in your arms
         C#m      B
In our own living small in a big house
A                E
I've been having dreams
                B
If you had them too
A             E
I see me in you
                    B          
By the door rushing in from the 
 C#m         B                  A E
rain at the back in the garden
                  B
Can you see that, too?

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[Prechorus]
C#m
For ever and for ever if were
 not together
               B
I dont want to put a lot of
 pressure on you
C#m
I just want to tell you I just
 want to tell you
            A
Without you I dont know what I do

[Chorus]
              A    E
I've only got one life
               B    C#m
And I want you in it
    B
Oooooh
A                E           B
Tell me that you never let me go
        A   E
Oh baby my body
            B      C#m
I sent it down the river

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   B
Oooooh
A       E              B
I could never do it on my own

[Verse 2]
A             E
Sometimes I get sad
                   B
At the front at the back
                     C#m      B
In the middle of the happiest moments
A                         E
Cause good things cant go back
   B
Easily
A             E
And i dont wanna slow down
                   B
On a jet wanna fly wanna fall
                     C#m      B
I wanna hit the ground burning
A    E
                   B
Do you wanna marry me

[Chorus]
              A    E
I've only got one life
               B    C#m
And I want you in it
    B
Oooooh
A                E           B
Tell me that you never let me go
        A   E
Oh baby my body
            B      C#m
I sent it down the river
    B
Oooooh
A       E              B
I could never do it on my own

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[Bridge]
   A                      
No life aint a life aint a 
 E                B
life aint a life without you
   A                       E   
No life aint a life aint a life
             B
 aint a life alone
   A                       E   
No life aint a life aint a life
             B           C#m B
 aint a life without you
A          E               B
I could never do this on my own

[Prechorus]
C#m
For ever and for ever if were 
not together
               B
I dont want to put a lot of
 pressure on you
C#m
I just want to tell you i just
 want to tell you
            A
Without you i dont know what i do

[Chorus]
              A    E
We only got one try
               B    C#m B
And I want to miss it
A                         E            B
Tell me that you that you never let me go
        A   E
Cause I only got one life
            B      C#m
And I want you in it
    B
Oooooh
A       E              B
Tell me that you never let me go
        A   E
Oh baby my body
            B      C#m
I sent it down the river
    B
Oooooh
A       E              B
I could never do it on my own

[Outro]
   A                       E     
Cause a life aint a life aint a 
           B
life aint a life without you
   A                       E    
No life aint a life aint a life 
            B     C#m  B
aint a life alone
   A                       E   
Cause a life aint a life aint a
             B
 life aint a life without you
A          E               B
I could never do this on my own

How to play One Life: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of One Life by James Bay on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

One Life by James Bay sits in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), and you need 4 chords to play it: A, E, B and C#m.

Listen for B – A – E – B (V – IV – I – V in E major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, D, A, Bm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.