One Of Us

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 From: ecpark@mail.wm.edu (parker evan c) 
 Date:         1 Jan 96 16:45:55  
 Subject:      one_of_us.tab 
  
 one of us 
 by joan osborne 
 off of the album relish 
  
 transcribed by evan c. parker 
                ecpark@mail.wm.edu 
  
 tab for intro and verses and chorus: 
  
             f#m          d            a           em 
 e+-------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 a+------------------------------------0------------------------+ 
 d+--------------------------------------2----------------------+ 
 g+----------------------------------------2----------0/2-------+ 
 b+-------------2------2--3------------------2--------0/2-------+ 
 e+---2--4--5----------------5-----------------0------0/2-------+ 
  
 this is *very* rough... she uses lots of distortion so the notes are 
 difficult to tab... plus she varies it a lot throughout the song. 
 most of the verses and chorus, though i say are chorded, simply use the 
 chorded fingering, but pick them apart. 
  
  
 one of us 
 by joan osborne 
  
 (yodel) 
  
 oh... 
 one of these nights at about twelve o'clock 
 this whole earth's gonna reel and rock... 
 things thay'll tremble and cry for pain 
 for the Lord's gonna come in his heavenly airplane. 
  
 (picked intro x8) 
  
 (chorded verse: f#m  d  a  em) 
 if God had a name... what would it be? 
 and would you call it to his face if you were faced with him 
 in all his glory -- what would you ask if you had 
 just one question? 
  
 (bridge) 
  
 f#m              a      e 
 yeah... yeah... God is great 
 yeah... yeah... God is good 
  
 f#m              e 
 yeah... yeah... yeah... yeah... yeah... 
  
 (picked or chorded chorus) 
 what if God was one of us? 
 just a slob like one of us? 
 just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way 
 home 
  
 (chorded verse) 
 if God had a face, what would it look like and would 
 you want to see... if seeing meant that you would 
 have to believe, in things like heaven and in 
 jesus and the saints and all the prophets 
  
 (repeat bridge) 
  
 (repeat chorus) 
  
 (chorus extension) 
 trying to make his way home 
 like up to heaven all alone 
 nobody calling on the phone 
 cept for the pope maybe in rome 
  
 (solo: repeat & chorus -- no lyrics) 
  
 (repeat bridge) 
  
 (repeat chorus & extension) 
  
  
  
 ------------------------- 
 evan c. parker 
 ecpark@mail.wm.edu 
  
 Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 19:44:22 -0500 (EST) 
 From: Douglas French  
  
   
 Subject: TAB: One of Us, Joan Osborne 
  
  
 Title          :  One of Us 
 Music & lyrics :  Eric Bazilian 
 Performer      :  Joan Osborne 
 Album          :  Relish 
 Tab arrangement:  dfrench@site.gmu.edu 
  
 Time signature :  4/4 
 Key signature  :  F#m 
  
 Notational and additional info is listed below the arrangement. 
  
  
 Intro (repeat 3 times): 
                                                    E (1) 
                                                  +---------2---4-----+ 
                                                  |-------------------| 
                                                  |-------------------| 
                                                  |-------------------| 
                                                  |-------------------| 
                                                  +-------------------+ 
                                                    |   .   +   . 
  
  
                                    ---------------------------------- 
                                    1,2,3                             | 
 1  F#m             D               A                 E 
 ++-5---------------------------------------0-------0-------2---4-----+ 
 ||---------2-------2---3---5-----------2-----------0-----------------| 
 ||*--------2-------2-------2-------2--------------------------------*| 
 ||*-----------------------------------------------------------------*| 
 ||-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 ++-------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
  
  
    ---------------------------------- 
    4                                 | 
    A               E 
  +---------0-------0-------0---------+ 
  |-----2-----------0-------0---------| 
  |-2---------------------------------| 
  |-----------------------------------| 
  |-----------------------------------| 
  +-----------------------------------+ 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
                                If 
  
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
 2  F#m             D               A               E 
    God had  a  name,                 what would it be? And would you 
 4  F#m             D               A               E 
    call it to  His face,               if you were faced with Him in 
 6  F#m             D               A               E 
    all     His     glory?            What would you ask if you had 
 8  F#m             D               A               E 
    just    one     question?                                   An' 
 10 D               D5add9          E          Esus Esus E  E   E 
    Yeah...,        yeah...,        God     is...         great. 
 12 D               D5add9          E           E6  E6   E  E   E 
    Yeah...,        yeah...,        God     is...         good. 
 14 D               D5add9          E  Esus Esus E  E       E 
    Yeah...,        yeah...,        yeah,   yeah,   yeah... What if 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
  
 chorus 1: 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
 16 F#m             D               A               E 
    God     was     one of  us?                             Just a 
 18 F#m             D               A               E 
    slob    like    one of  us?                             Just a 
 20 F#m             D               A               E 
    stran - ger     on   the   bus,       trying to make his way... 
 22 F#m             D               A               E 
        home...                                                 If 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
  
  
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
 24 F#m             D               A               E 
    God had a   face,                  what would it look like and would 
 26 F#m             D               A               E 
    you want to  see,                   if seeing meant that you would 
 28 F#m             D               A               E 
    have to believe...                  in things like Hea-ven, and in 
 30 F#m             D               A               E 
    Jesus   and the saints,     and all     the  prophets?      An' 
 32 D               D5add9          E               E6      E6  E 
    Yeah...,        yeah...,        God     is...         great. 
 34 D               D5add9          E               E6      E6  E 
    Yeah...,        yeah...,        God     is...         good. 
 36 D               D5add9          E  Esus Esus E  E       E 
    Yeah...,        yeah...,        yeah,   yeah,   yeah... What if 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
  
 chorus 2: 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
 38 F#m             D               A               E 
    God     was     one of  us?                             Just a 
 40 F#m             D               A               E 
    slob    like    one of  us?                             Just a 
 42 F#m             D               A               E 
    stran - ger     on  the   bus?        Trying to make his way... 
 44 F#m             D               A               E 
        home...                           Trying to make his way... 
 46 F#m             D               A               E 
        home...                          Back up to Heaven  all a- 
 48 F#m             D               A               E 
    lone.                                 No-bod-y  calling on the 
 50 F#m             D               A               E 
    phone...,                         'cept for the Pope, maybe, in 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
  
 52 D               D               E               E 
  +-2-----------------------------------------------------------------+ 
  |-3-------2-------2-----------2---2---2---2---2---2/\---------2p0---| 
  |-2-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
  |-0-----------------------0-----------------------------------------| 
  |-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
    Rome... 
  
 54 D               D               E               E 
  +---------------------------------------------------------7----/9---+ 
  |-2-----------2-----------2-------7---7---9---9---10--10------------| 
  |-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  |-----0---2-------0---4-------0-------------------------------------| 
  |-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
  
 56 F#m             D               A (57)          E 
  +-9---9---9---9-9-9p7-7---7-----------------------------------------+ 
  |-----------------------------101010p99-9-9p7-7---7-----------------| 
  |-----------------------------------------------9-----9---6---------| 
  |-------------------------------------------------------------9-----| 
  |-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
  
 58 F#m (58)         D               A (59)         E 
  +-9---9-9-9p7-----7b9(10)(10)---------------------------------------+ 
  |-------------10--------------101010--101010p99---9p7-7---7\--------| 
  |-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  |-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  |-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
  
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
 60 D               D5add9          E          Esus Esus E  E   E 
    Yeah...,        yeah...,        God     is...         great. 
 62 D               D5add9          E           E6  E6  E   E   E 
    Yeah...,        yeah...,        God     is...         good. 
 64 D               D5add9          E  Esus Esus E  E   E   E 
    Yeah...,        yeah...,        yeah,   yeah,   yeah,   What if 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
  
 chorus 3: 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
 66 F#m             D               A               E 
    God     was     one of  us?                             Just a 
 68 F#m             D               A               E 
    slob    like    one of  us?                             Just a 
 70 F#m             D               A               E 
    stran - ger     on  the   bus?        Trying to make his way... 
 72 F#m             D               A               E 
        home...                             Like a  holy    rolling 
 74 F#m             D               A               E 
        stone...                         Back up to Heaven all a- 
 76 F#m             D               A               E 
    lone.                              Just trying to make his way... 
 78 D5add9          D5add9          D5add9          D5add9 
        home... 
 80 D5add9          D5add9          D5add9          D5add9 
                                          No-bod-y  calling on the 
 82 D5add9          D5add9          D5add9          D5add9 
    phone...,                         'cept for the Pope, maybe, in 
 84 D5add9 
    Rome... 
    |   .   +   .   +   .   +   .   |   .   +   .   +   .   +   . 
  
  
 ============================================================================ 
  
 Alternate fingerings are referenced by measure number in parentheses 
 (e.g. (1)) above pertinant measures. 
 Timimg mark lines are interspersed throughout where necessary. 
 Measure numbers are listed down the left side of the page. 
  
  
 Intro, alternate fingering (repeat 3 times): 
                                                          E (1) 
                                                         ------------------- 
                                                        |---------7---9-----| 
                                                        |-------------------| 
                                                        |-------------------| 
                                                        |-------------------| 
                                                         ------------------- 
                                                          |   .   +   . 
  
                                                          ------------------ 
                                                          1,2,3             | 
    F#m               D                 A                 E 
   -----------------+-----------------+-----------------+------------------- 
 ||-10--------------+-----------------+---------5-------+-5-------7---9-----| 
 ||*--------6-------+-6---7---8-------+-----6-----------+-4----------------*| 
 ||*--------7-------+-7-------7-------+-7---------------+------------------*| 
 ||-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------| 
   -----------------+-----------------+-----------------+------------------- 
    |   .   +   .     +   .   +   .     |   .   +   .     +   .   +   . 
  
    ------------------ 
    4                 | 
    E 
   -5-------5--------- 
  |-4-------4---------| 
  |-------------------| 
  |-------------------| 
  |-------------------| 
   ------------------- 
    |   .   +   . 
  
                  A (57)                  E 
  +-...----------------------------------------------------------+ 
  |-...-----10-10-10p9--9--9--9p7---7-----7----------------------| 
  |-...--------------------------------9--------9-----6----------| 
  |-...-----------------------------------------------------9----| 
  |-...----------------------------------------------------------| 
  +-...----------------------------------------------------------+ 
            .     |     .     +     .     +     .     +     . 
  
 58 F#m (58) 
   --(7b)9--9--9--9r7-----... 
  |------------------10---... 
  |-----------------------... 
  |-----------------------... 
  |-----------------------... 
   -----------------------... 
         |     .     + 
  
                  A (59)                  E 
  +-...----------------------------------------------------------+ 
  |-...-----10-10-10----10-10-10p9--9-----9p7---7-----7\---------| 
  |-...----------------------------------------------------------| 
  |-...----------------------------------------------------------| 
  |-...----------------------------------------------------------| 
  +-...----------------------------------------------------------+ 
                  |     .     +     .     +     .     +     . 
  
 Notation: 
    (7b)9: bend 7th fret up to the 9th fret pitch before picking the string 
    9r7  : pick the bent string and release to the original fret pitch 
    /    : slide up 
    \    : slide down 
    h    : hammer on 
    p    : pull off 
    (n)  : play fret n on a previously bent string 
  
 Timing line notation: 
    |    : measure start (1st beat) 
    +    : beat marks (2nd, 3rd, and 4th beats) 
    .    : 8th note marks, used where necessary 
  
 Chords: 
    D5add9 : xx0230 
    Esus   : 022205, 022200 
    E6     : 022120 
  
  
 Doug 
 dfrench@site.gmu.edu 
  
  
 From: Marsh26701@aol.com 
 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:34:18 -0500 
 Subject: One of us - Joan Osbourbne 
  
 Artist: Joan Osbourne 
 Song: One of us 
 Albium: One of us 
 =0D 
 Main riff1 
 |-2-2-4-5---------0-| 
 |---------2-2-2-3---| 
 |-------------------| 
 |-------------------| 
 |-------------------| 
 |-------------------| 
 What if god was one of us (etc.) 
 =0D 
 Main riff2 = 
  
 |-2-2-4-5---------0--0-0-0--------------| 
 |---------2-2-2-3----------3-2----------| 
 |------------------------------2--------| 
 |---------------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------------| 
 Just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home (etc.) 
 =0D 
 Main riff3 
 |-0-0-0---------0-0-0---------| 
 |-------3-2-0-2-------3-2-0---| 
 |---------------------------2-| 
 |-----------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------| 
 Back up to heaven all alone just like a holy rolling stone = 
  
 Nobody calling on the phone except for the pope maybe in rome(etc.) 
 =0D 
 Well thats all i could figure out maybe i will finish it later but = 
  
 this should get you started. Send questions and comments to = 
  
 Marsh26701 @aol.com   -Alex = 
  
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