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Fontaines D.C. – One Man Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsD C Bm

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[Intro]
D C (x2)
D

[Verse 1]
  C         D      C     D
I failed you, your logic
  C         D        C         D
I missed you and you caught it
        C       D     C       D
Heart's graduate, she told me
  C         D   C    Bm
I change for nobody

[Chorus]
    C        Bm
I'm only one man
    C        Bm
I'm only one man
    C        Bm
I'm only one man
    C     D  C
I'm only

[Verse 2]
D
Do you have a genuine need to be desired?
C
Call me up any time that you wanna fly, yeah
D
Tell me you're living like someone from a sauna
C
Told you from the start, yeah, we would get along, yeah
D
Come and see me and I'll show you how to flow
C
Sure, I will see you 'round somewhere down the road
D
Dopamine chamber just tryna kill the pain
C
You can't escape the feeling once you're giving it a name
D
Dirty red sky, feeling that sting
C
Yesterday, how did ya? You sentimental thing
D
Beautiful stay, a beautiful mind
C                                                      D
Forget about your world as I forget 'em all the time

[Pre-Chorus]
     C      D             C   Bm
If I failed you, I'm not sorry

[Chorus]
    C        Bm
I'm only one man
    C        Bm
I'm only one man
    C        Bm
I'm only one man
    C      Bm
I'm only
    C        Bm
I'm only one man
    C        Bm
I'm only one man
    C        Bm  C
I'm only one man

[Outro]
Bm C (x4)
D C (x2)

How to play One Man: key, chords and progression

One Man by Fontaines D.C. is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 3 chords: D, C and Bm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – D – C – Bm (IV – V – IV – iii in G major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – fah – mi. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm is played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into it slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.