'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) 355433 133211 355333 Intro||:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F :|| Chorus 1:

^GI am the one in ten,A ^Fnumber on a list, ^GI am the one in ten,^FEven though i don't exist, ^GNobody knows m^Fe,But i'm always there, ^GA statistic,A remi^Fnder of a world that does'nt care.

Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F | Verse 1:

^GMy arms unfold the dole queue,Malnutrition ^Fdulls my hair, ^GMy eyes are black and lifeless with an underp^Frivileged stare, ^GI'm the beggar on the corner will no ^Fone spare a dime', ^GI'm the child that never learns to read^F 'cause no one spared the time.

Chorus 2:

^GI am the one in ten,A ^Fnumber on a list, ^GI am the one in ten,^FEven though i don't exist, ^GNobody knows m^Fe,But i'm always there, ^GA statistic,A remi^Fnder of a world that does'nt care.

Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F | Verse 2:

^GI'm the murderer,The victim,I'm the lic^Fense to a gun, ^GI'm a sad and bruised old lady in an ally^F in a slum, ^GI'm a middle aged businessman with chronic^F heart disease, ^GI'm another teenage suicide^F in a street that has no trees.

Chorus 3:

^GI am the one in ten,A ^Fnumber on a list, ^GI am the one in ten,^FEven though i don't exist, ^GNobody knows m^Fe,But i'm always there, ^GA statistic,A remi^Fnder of a world that does'nt care.

Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F | Verse 3:

^GI'm a starving third world mother,Refugee with^F out a home, ^GI'm a housewife hooked on Valium,I'm a pen^Fsioner alone, ^GI'm a cancer ridden spectre discove^Fring the earth, ^GI'm another hungry baby^F i'm an accident at birth.

Chorus 4:

^GI am the one in ten,A ^Fnumber on a list, ^GI am the one in ten,^FEven though i don't exist, ^GNobody knows m^Fe,But i'm always there, ^GA statistic,A remi^Fnder of a world that does'nt care.

Saxophone Instrumental:G |F |G |F |G |F |G |F | Chorus 5:

^GI am the one in ten,A ^Fnumber on a list, ^GI am the one in ten,^FEven though i don't exist, ^GNobody knows m^Fe,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)

Ub40 - One in ten