One in ten    (video)    (intro)

 

    Em - Bm - Em - Bm (2x)  + Em - Bm - Em - Bm (2x)

 

Em                        Bm                         Em

    I am the one in ten, a number unreleased,

                         Bm                                    Em

I am the one in ten, even though I don`t exist.

                Bm                                   Em

Nobody knows me, but I`m always there,

                       Bm                                           Em    - Bm - Em - Bm

a statistical reminder of a world that doesn`t care.

 

+ Em - Bm - Em - Bm

 

           Em                                             Bm

1. My arms enfold the dole queue, malnutrition dulls my hair,

          Em                                                  Bm

    my eyes are black and lifeless with an underprivileged stare.

                 Em                                  Bm

    I`m the beggar on the corner, will no-one spare a dime?

              Em                                         - Bm                                        Em

I`m the child that never learns to read,     `cause no-one spared the time.

 

                         Bm                         Em

I am the one in ten, a number unreleased,

                         Bm                                    Em

I am the one in ten, even though I don`t exist.

                Bm                                   Em

Nobody knows me, but I`m always there,

                       Bm                                           Em    - Bm - Em - Bm

a statistical reminder of a world that doesn`t care.

 

+ Em - Bm - Em - Bm

 

                  Em                                             Bm

2. I`m the murderer and the victim, I’m the licence with the gun,

             Em                                           Bm

    I`m a sad and bruised old lady in an ally in a slum.

              Em                                               Bm

    I`m a middle aged businessman with chronic heart disease,

             Em                                   - Bm                                      Em

    I`m another teenaged suicide           in a street that has no trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                         Bm                         Em

I am the one in ten, a number unreleased,

                         Bm                                    Em

I am the one in ten, even though I don`t exist.

                Bm                                   Em

Nobody knows me, but I`m always there,

                       Bm                                           Em    - Bm - Em - Bm

a statistical reminder of a world that doesn`t care.

 

+ Em - Bm - Em - Bm

 

               Em                                             Bm

3. I`m a starving third world mother, refugee without a home,

               Em                                                   Bm

    I`m a house wife hooked on Valium, I`m a pensioner alone.

              Em                                  Bm

    I`m a cancer ridden spectre discovering the earth,

             Em                                 - Bm                          Em

    I`m another hungry baby, I`m           an accident of birth.

 

+ CHORUS          + Em - Bm - Em - Bm

 

Em                         Bm                         Em

      I am the one in ten, a number unreleased,

                         Bm                                    Em

I am the one in ten, even though I don`t exist.

                Bm                                   Em

Nobody knows me, but I`m always there,

                       Bm  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  Em   - - -

a statistical reminder of a world that doesn`t care.

 

+ Em - Bm - Em - Bm (4x) ….

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (UB40)