Chord One Day Acoustic by Matisyahu

these are the chords to the song "one day" by matisyahu as performed by him acoustically on the spinner festival of light in 2010 . capo : 3rd fret intro : G D Em C G D Em C sometimes i lay under the moon , i thank god i’m breathing G D Em C then i pray don’t take me soon , i Am here for reason pre - chorus : G D Em C sometimes in my tears i drown , but i never let it get me down C D Em C so when negativity surrounds , i know someday it’ll all turn around ’cause chorus : G D Em C all my life i’ve been waiting for , i’ve been praying for , for the people to say G D Em C that we don’t wanna fight no more , there’ll be no more wars , and our children will play G D Em C one day , one day , one day , oh oh oh G D Em C one day , one day , one day G D Em C it’s not about win or lose , ’cause we all lose when they feed on the G D Em C souls of the innocent , blood - drenched pavement , keep on movin’ though the waters stay ragin’ G D Em C in this maze you could lose your way , your way G D Em C it might drive you crazy , but don’t let it phase you no way , no way {pre - chorus} {chorus} the chords are the same but palm muted . you play the first three chords quickly and muted G , D and Em and loudly strum the last one the C . then it goes into arpeggios . bridge : G D Em C one day this all will change , treat people the same , stop with the violence , down with the hate G D Em C one day we’ll all be free , and proud to be under the same sun singing songs of freedom like G D Em C wye oh woh oh oh G D Em C wye oh woh oh oh {chorus} - starts slower and gradually speeding up to normal speed . outro : G D Em C x2 a video to the performance can be found here :