This One's for You
Barry ManilowVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
____Verse: 1
This one will never sell,
they'll ne__ver un__derstand
I don't even sing it well,
I try, but I__just can't
but I sing it every night
and I fight to keep it in___
'cause___this one's for you,____
this one's for you
____Verse: 2
I've done a hundred songs,
from fan__tasies to lies,
but this one's so real for me
that I'm the one who cries
but I sing it every night,
and I fight to hide the tears,
'cause___this one's for you,____
this one's for you
____Chorus: 1
This one's for you___wherever you are__________,
to say that nothing's been the same
since we've been apart_____
this one's for all the love we once knew_____
like everything else I have,
this one's for you____, oh____
____Verse: 3
I've got it all, it seems,
for all it means to me,
but I sing of things I miss
and things that used to be___
and I wonder every night
if you might just miss me too___
and I____sing____for____you__,
I____sing____for you__
____Chorus: 2
This one's for you wherever I go___________
to say the things I should have said
things that you should know_____
this one's to say that all I can___do______
is hope that you will hear me sing
'cause this one's for you____, oh____
This one's for you___wherever you are__________,
to say that nothing's been the same
since we've been apart_____
this one's for all the love we once knew_____
like everything else I have
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Readable chord sheet for This One's for You by Barry Manilow
[Fmaj9] [Bbmaj7]
____Verse: 1
[Dm7] This one will [G11]never sell[G9],
they'll [E7sus4]ne__ver un_[E7]_derstand[Am7]
[Dm7] I don't even [G11]sing it well[G9],
I [E7sus4]try, but I_[E7]_just ca[Am7]n't
[Gm7] but I [F]sing it every ni[G7sus4]ght
[G7] and I [E7sus4]fight to kee[E7]p it in_[Am7]__
[Gm7]'cause[Fmaj7]___this [G7sus4]one's f[G7]or y[Em7]ou,__[Am7]__
[Dm7]this [G11]one's for [Dm/C]you [C] [Cmaj9] [C]
____Verse: 2
[Dm7] I've done a h[G11]undred song[G9]s,
from [E7sus4]fan__tasi[E7]es to li[Am7]es,
[Dm7] but this one's so [G11]real for m[G9]e
that [E7sus4]I'm the on[E7]e who cri[Am7]es
[Gm7] but I [F]sing it every ni[G7sus4]ght,
[G7] and I [E7sus4]fight to hi[E7]de the tea[Am7]rs,
[Gm7]'cause[Fmaj7]___this [G7sus4]one's f[G7]or y[Em7]ou,__[Am7]__
[Dm7]this [G11]one's for [Dm/C]you [C] [Cmaj9] [C]
____Chorus: 1
[Am7] This one's for y[D11]ou___wherever you a[Gmaj7]re_____[Cmaj7]_____,
[Am7] [B7-9] [B]
to say that nothing's been the same
[Em]since we've [Bm7]been a[E7sus4]part____[E7]_
[Am7] this one's for a[D11]ll the love we o[Gmaj7]nce knew[Cmaj7]_____
[Fmaj7] like everything e[Dm7]lse I have,
[E7] [E7-9]
this one's for you____, oh____
[Am7] [Gm7] [Fmaj7] [Em7]
____Verse: 3
[Dm7] I've got it a[G11]ll, it seem[G9]s,
for [E7sus4]all it mea[E7]ns to me[Am7],
[Dm7] but I sing of [G11]things I miss[G9]
and [E7sus4]things that us[E7]ed to be_[Am7]__
[Gm7] and I [F]wonder every ni[G7sus4]ght
[G7] if you [E7sus4]might just mi[E7]ss me too_[Am7]__
[Gm7] and[Fmaj7] I____[G7sus4]sing____f[G7]or____y[Em7]ou__,[Am7]
[Dm7]I____[G11]sing____for [Dm/C]you__ [C] [Cmaj9] [C]
____Chorus: 2
[Am7] This one's for y[D11]ou wherever I g[Gmaj7]o______[Cmaj7]_____
[Am7] [B7-9] [B]
to say the things I should have said
[Em]things that [Bm7]you should [E7sus4]know____[E7]_
[Am7] this one's to s[D11]ay that all I ca[Gmaj7]n___do_[Cmaj7]_____
is [Fmaj7]hope that you will h[Dm7]ear me sing
[E7] [E7-9]
'cause this one's for you____, oh____
[Coda]
[Am7] This one's for y[D11]ou___wherever you a[Gmaj7]re_____[Cmaj7]_____,
[Am7] [B7-9] [B7]
to say that nothing's been the same
[Em]since we've [Bm7]been a[E7sus4]part____[E7]_
[Am7] this one's for a[D11]ll the love we o[Gmaj7]nce knew[Cmaj7]_____
[Fmaj7] like everything e[Dm7]lse I have