Chesney Hawkes - "The One and Only"
By Nik Kershaw
Transcribed by Richard Boodell (main transcription) &
Bjrn T. Dahl (minor fixes, major cleanup)
H F#m
I am the one and only,
H A#m
Oh yeah!
(Verse 1)
G#m H E
Call me, call me by my name or
H C#m
call me by my number
H E
Put me through it
F#
I'll still be doing it the way I do it
Hm DG
And yet you try to make me forget
DEm
Who I really am
DG
don't tell me I'd know best
A H
I'm not the same as all the rest
(Chorus)
H F#G#mE
I am the one and only
G#mF# H
No body I'd rather be
F#G#mE
I am the one and only
G#mF# H A
You can't take that away from me
(Verse 2)
G#m H E
I've been a player in the crowd scene
H C#m
A flicker on the big screen
H E
My soul embraces
F#
one more in a million faces
Hm DG
High hopes and aspirations, ideas
DEm
above my station, maybe
DG
but all this time I tried
A H
to walk with dignity and pride
(Chorus)
H F#G#mE
I am the one and only
G#mF# H
No body I'd rather be
F#G#mE
I am the one and only
G#mF# H A
You can't take that away from me
(Bridge)
A
I can't wear this uniform
F#m
Without some compromises
G
Because you'll find out that we come
Em
In different shapes and sizes
(Short Verse 3)
AmCF
No one can be myself like I can
CDm
For this job I'm the best man
CF
And while this maybe true,
GA
you are the one and only you!
(Guitar solo, or Chorus in A)
AEF#mD
I am the one and only
F#mEA
No body I'd rather be
EF#mD
I am the one and only
F#mE H
You can't take that away from me
(Chorus)
H F#G#mE
I am the one and only
G#mF# H
No body I'd rather be
F#G#mE
I am the one and only
G#mF# H
You can't take that away from me
(Chorus)
H F#G#mE
I am the one and only
G#mF# H
No body I'd rather be
F#G#mE
I am the one and only
G#mF# H A
You can't take that away from me