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UB40 - One In Ten
Author: Ali Campbell, Brian Travers, Earl Falconer, Jim Brown, Michael Virtue, Norman Hassan & Robin Ca
Editor: TAB4U Staff
Reggae
Editor: TAB4U Staff
Reggae
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| Intro: x4 |
| G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7 |
| G#m D#m7 |
| I am the one in ten |
| G#m |
| A number on a list |
| D#m7 |
| I am the one in ten |
| G#m |
| Even though I don't exist |
| D#m7 |
| Nobody Knows me |
| G#m |
| Even though I'm always there |
| D#m7 |
| A statistic, a reminder |
| G#m |
| Of a world that doesn't care |
| Bridge: x2 |
| G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7 |
| G#m |
| My arms enfold the dole queue |
| D#m7 |
| Malnutrition dulls my hair |
| G#m |
| My eyes are black and lifeless |
| D#m7 |
| With an underprivileged stare |
| G#m |
| I'm the beggar on the corner |
| D#m7 |
| Will no-one spare a dime? |
| G#m |
| I'm the child that never |
| D#m7 |
| Learns to read |
| G#m |
| 'Cause no-one spared the time |
| G#m D#m7 |
| I am the one in ten |
| G#m |
| A number on a list |
| D#m7 |
| I am the one in ten |
| G#m |
| Even though I don't exist |
| D#m7 |
| Nobody Knows me |
| G#m |
| Even though I'm always there |
| D#m7 |
| A statistic, a reminder |
| G#m |
| Of a world that doesn't care |
| Bridge: x2 |
| G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7 |
| G#m |
| I'm the murderer and the victim |
| D#m7 |
| The license with the gun |
| G#m |
| I'm a sad and bruised old lady |
| D#m7 |
| In an ally in a slum |
| G#m |
| I'm a middle aged businessman |
| D#m7 |
| With chronic heart disease |
| G#m D#m7 |
| I'm another teenage suicide |
| G#m |
| In a street that has no trees |
| G#m D#m7 |
| I am the one in ten |
| G#m |
| A number on a list |
| D#m7 |
| I am the one in ten |
| G#m |
| Even though I don't exist |
| D#m7 |
| Nobody Knows me |
| G#m |
| Even though I'm always there |
| D#m7 |
| A statistic, a reminder |
| G#m |
| Of a world that doesn't care |
| Bridge: x2 |
| G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7 |
| G#m |
| I'm a starving third world mother |
| D#m |
| A refugee without a home |
| G#m |
| I'm a house wife hooked on Valium |
| D#m7 |
| I'm a Pensioner alone |
| G#m |
| I'm a cancer ridden specter |
| D#m7 |
| Covering the earth |
| G#m |
| I'm another hungry baby |
| D#m7 G#m |
| I'm an accident of birth |
| G#m D#m7 |
| I am the one in ten |
| G#m |
| A number on a list |
| D#m7 |
| I am the one in ten |
| G#m |
| Even though I don't exist |
| D#m7 |
| Nobody Knows me |
| G#m |
| Even though I'm always there |
| D#m7 |
| A statistic, a reminder |
| G#m |
| Of a world that doesn't care |
| Bridge: x2 |
| G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7 |
| G#m D#m7 |
| I am the one in ten |
| G#m |
| A number on a list |
| D#m7 |
| I am the one in ten |
| G#m |
| Even though I don't exist |
| D#m7 |
| Nobody Knows me |
| G#m |
| Even though I'm always there |
| D#m7 |
| A statistic, a reminder |
| Of a world that doesn't care |
| Bridge: |
| G#m D#m7 G#m G#m x4 |
| Ending: x8 |
| G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7 |
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