ONE DAY AT A TIME Year: 1975 Album: None (First recorded by John Lennon on his MIND GAMES album. Recorded by Elton John and included on 1992's RARE MASTERS collection and as a bonus track on CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY) Writer: John Lennon ONE DAY (AT A TIME) (c) 1973 Lenono Music Chords used: EADGBE G: 320003 G/F#: 220003 C/B: x20010 D: xx0232 D/C: x30232 D/B: x20232 C: x32010 Bm: 224432 Bm/A: 004432 F#: 244322 B: 024442 E: 022100 A: x02220 Ab: 466544 C#m: x46654 C#m/C: x36654 C#m/B: x26654 Bm Bm/A G You are my weakness G/F# C C/B C You are my strength D D/C D/B Nothing I have in the world D/A G Makes better sense F# G 'Cause I'm the fish and you're the sea When we're together Or when we're apart There's never a space in between The beat of our hearts 'Cause I'm the apple and you're the tree F# B E A B One day at a time is all we do Ab C#m F# Ab C#m C#m/C C#m/B A One day at a time is good for you You are my woman I am your man Nothing else matters at all Now I understand That I'm the door and you're the key And every morning I wake in your smile Feeling your breath on my face And the love in your eyes 'Cause you're the honey and I'm the bee One day at a time is all we do One day at a time is good for us two (you too) Saxophone solo over verse chords, end with: G F# G 'Cause I'm the fish and you're the sea 'Cause I'm the apple and you're the tree 'Cause I'm the door and you're the key 'Cause you're the honey and I'm the bee NOTE: "Well, that's just a concept of life, you know. How to live life. It was Yoko's idea for me to sing it all falsetto." (John Lennon, 1980) This chord sheet used by kind permission of Jeroen Dekker. Visit the John Lennon Guitar Chord Archive (JLGCA) at: http://www.filed1974.com/lennon or at the link on The Ultimate Elton John Chordbook.