one of these days chords by
Jonathan Larson
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Key: Eb major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
 
Another failure,
D D 
 
A A 
 
another flop
G G 
 
I should try another hobby,
A A 
 
this has gotta stop
D D 
 
I feel like a tightrope walker
A A 
 
D D 
 
without the wire
G G 
 
A A 
 
One more disaster, one more dud
G G 
 
It could be worse,
A A 
 
at least this time no flood
D D 
 
Though it's the fourteenth time that
A A 
 
D D 
 
I've almost caught on fire

Verse 2

Maybe it's luck, what is luck,

how could this be luck

No one's luck could be this bad

C#m

Maybe it's fate, maybe it's time

Verse 3
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
One of these days
G#m G#m 
 
I'll find a way,
C C 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
I'll make it to the top
C#m C#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
Leave 'em all back  in the   dust
C#m C#m 
 
One of these days
G#m G#m 
 
Someone will say,
C C 
 
D D 
 
C#m C#m 
 
"that boy will never stop"
Bsus4 Bsus4 
 
That day's gonna be
B B 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
D D 
 
One of these days

Verse 4
G G 
 
A A 
 
Don't understand it, it isn't fair
G G 
 
Every time I try to prove myself
A A 
 
results just aren't there
D D 
 
I feel like a mountain climber
A A 
 
without the peak
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
My sister laughs at me, says I'm odd
G G 
 
My Mop and Pop think I'm
A A 
 
a punishment from God
D D 
 
I get looks from my neighbors
A A 
 
that seem to say
D D 
 
"There goes that freak"

Verse 5

Sometimes I wish, no I don't, yes I do, I wish

That somehow I'd been born dumb

C#m

But then I feel that

something may change

Verse 6
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
One of these days
G#m G#m 
 
I'll find a way,
C C 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
I'll rise above the throng
C#m C#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
They'll be amazed at who they see
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
One of these days
G#m G#m 
 
Someone will say,
C C 
 
D D 
 
C#m C#m 
 
"I knew it all along"
Bsus4 Bsus4 
 
One of these days
B B 
 
D D 
 
That's what will be
E E 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 

Verse 7
D D 
 
E E 
 
God can it happen today?
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
Maybe there's been a mistake
D D 
 
E E 
 
Let's trade the failure
for one minor miracle
D D 
 
F#m F#m 
 
D D 
 
C#sus4 C#sus4 
 
One I can't possibly break

Verse 8
C#sus4 C#sus4 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Da da da da  da da da dum
Ebm Ebm 
 
One of these days
Bbm Bbm 
 
I'll find a way,
D D 
 
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
I'm gonna be number one
Ebm Ebm 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
C# C# 
 
F# F# 
 
At least in some  one person's eyes
Ebm Ebm 
 
One of these days
Bbm Bbm 
 
Someone will say,
D D 
 
E E 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
"you are my only one"
C#sus4 C#sus4 
 
That day's gonna be
C# C# 
 
F# F# 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
One of  these days
One of these days
D D 
 
E E 
 

Verse 9
F# F# 
 
One of these days
D D 
 
I'm gonna fly, I'm gonna touch the sky
E E 
 
I'm gonna win, I'm gonna sin,
F# F# 
 
I'm gonna never die
Gonna go, gonna flow, gonna click,
D D 
 
gonna stick
E E 
 
Gonna gain, reach, conquer,
F# F# 
 
gonna make 'em sick
Gonna triumph, prevail, sail,
D D 
 
razzle, dazzle, glitter, gleam
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
Gonna see my face in every
C# C# 
 
house on every screen
F# F# 
 
D D 
 
I'll be the hero, I'll change the world
E E 
 
And maybe in the end I'll even
F# F# 
 
C# C# 
 
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
C# C# 
 
get the girl

Verse 10
C#sus4 C#sus4 
 
F# F# 
 
F# F# 
 
Gotta     believe it
C#sus4 C#sus4 
 
G#m G#m 
 
I can see       through the haze
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
C#sus4 C#sus4 
 
A   miracle's in for a landing,
F# F# 
 
D D 
 
gonna  get here, gonna happen
F# F# 
 
One of these days

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