UB40 - One in Ten

      
 
 'One In Ten'Rhythm Guitar/Lyrics from UB40`s 1981 L.P'Present Arms'.
 
 (this song was written on Drums and Rhythm Guitar,Just two Chords G & F,
 although the Bass line,Lead Guitar,Saxophone & the fact it sounds
 better point to it being Gm & F,it just isn`t?!
 I`ll place the Gm Chord diagram if you want to do what i do and use it,But G & F is official)
 
 G=EADGBE F=EADGBE (Gm=EADGBE)
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 Intro||:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F :||
 
 Chorus 1:
 G                     F                
 I am the one in ten,A number on a list,
 G                   F                         
 I am the one in ten,Even though i don`t exist,
 G             F                      
 Nobody knows me,But i`m always there,
 G                 F                                 
 A statistic,A reminder of a world that does`nt care.
 
 Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
 
 Verse 1:
 G                                          F             
 My arms unfold the dole queue,Malnutrition dulls my hair,
 G                                            F               
 My eyes are black and lifeless with an underprivileged stare,
 G                                    F                 
 I`m the beggar on the corner will no one spare a dime?,
 G                                      F                              
 I`m the child that never learns to read `cause no one spared the time.
 
 Chorus 2:
 G                     F                
 I am the one in ten,A number on a list,
 G                   F                         
 I am the one in ten,Even though i don`t exist,
 G             F                      
 Nobody knows me,But i`m always there,
 G                 F                                 
 A statistic,A reminder of a world that does`nt care.
 
 Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
 
 Verse 2:
 G                                      F             
 I`m the murderer,The victim,I`m the license to a gun,
 G                                        F          
 I`m a sad and bruised old lady in an ally in a slum,
 G                                         F              
 I`m a middle aged businessman with chronic heart disease,
 G                          F                              
 I`m another teenage suicide in a street that has no trees.
 
 Chorus 3:
 G                     F                
 I am the one in ten,A number on a list,
 G                   F                         
 I am the one in ten,Even though i don`t exist,
 G             F                      
 Nobody knows me,But i`m always there,
 G                 F                                 
 A statistic,A reminder of a world that does`nt care.
 
 Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
 
 Verse 3:
 G                                             F           
 I`m a starving third world mother,Refugee with out a home,
 G                                         F            
 I`m a housewife hooked on Valium,I`m a pensioner alone,
 G                                  F              
 I`m a cancer ridden spectre discovering the earth,
 G                      F                         
 I`m another hungry baby i`m an accident at birth.
 
 Chorus 4:
 G                     F                
 I am the one in ten,A number on a list,
 G                   F                         
 I am the one in ten,Even though i don`t exist,
 G             F                      
 Nobody knows me,But i`m always there,
 G                 F                                 
 A statistic,A reminder of a world that does`nt care.
 
 Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F |
 
 Chorus 5:
 G                     F                
 I am the one in ten,A number on a list,
 G                   F                         
 I am the one in ten,Even though i don`t exist,
 G             F                      
 Nobody knows me,But i`m always there,
 (n/c)
 A statistic,A reminder of a world that does`nt care.
 
 Outro||:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F :||(till fade)