Artist: Evanescence
Song: The Only One
Album The Open Door (2006)
Tuning: gtr 1: Standard (EADGBe), clean
gtr 2: Dropped C (CGCFAD), heavy distort
Okay, love this song. I play it with a Digitech RP159 effects pedal, and i play on
69, so for those have that pedal, there you go. For people who have a different pedal,
your starting point, experiment. For people who dont have pedals, before i got mine, i
with the gain on 10, Bass, Middle and Treble all on 5, Drive on and volume set to your liking.
/ slide
* palm mute
~ let ring
Intro (Piano) 0:04, Gtr 1
|-----------1--4----3----|-------------------|--------------4----3----|
|--------1---------------|-------------------|--------1--3------------|
|-----1------------------|-------------------|-----1------------------|
|--3---------------------|-------------------|--3---------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------1--4----3----|-------------------1-----|
|-------------------|--------1---------------|----------4-----4-----1--|
|-------------------|-----1------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|--3---------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
-----------1--4----3----|-------------------|
--------1---------------|-------------------|
-----1------------------|-------------------|
--3---------------------|-------------------|
------------------------|-------------------|
------------------------|-------------------|
Verse (0:30)
Gtr 1 plays intro twice. the second time through, Gtr 2 plays this:
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Pre Chorus, Gtr 1 (1:22)
|--4-----1--4--3--------3--|--1--------1--1-----3-----|
|-----1--------------4-----|--------2-----------------|
|-----------------3--------|-----1-----------1-----1--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
--4-----1--4--3--------3--|--4-----1-----6-----9----|
-----1--------------4-----|-----2-----2-----2-------|
-----------------3--------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/evanescence/only_one_tab_ver_5.html ]
Chorus, Gtr 2 (1:35) x2
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5--5------------|-5-5--5------------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
|-5-5--5--/5-3-6-5--|-5-5--5--/5-3-1-0--|-1-1--1--/5-3-6-5--|-1-1--1--/5-3-1-0--|
|-5-5--5------------|-5-5--5------------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
* * * * * * * *
|----|\
|----| \
|----| Second time
|-5~-| only
|-5~-| /
|-5~-|/
Verse, Gtr. 1 (2:08) x2 (Gtr 1 Plays intro along with this)
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Prechorus, Gtr 1 (2:59)
|--4-----1--4--3--------3--|--1--------1--1-----3-----|
|-----1--------------4-----|--------2-----------------|
|-----------------3--------|-----1-----------1-----1--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
--4-----1--4--3--------3--|--4-----1-----6-----9----|
-----1--------------4-----|-----2-----2-----2-------|
-----------------3--------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|
Chorus, Gtr 2 (3:12) x2
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5--5------------|-5-5--5------------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
|-5-5--5--/5-3-6-5--|-5-5--5--/5-3-1-0--|-1-1--1--/5-3-6-5--|-1-1--1--/5-3-1-0--|
|-5-5--5------------|-5-5--5------------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
* * * * * * * *
|----|\
|----| \
|----| Second time
|----| only
|----| /
|-5~-|/
Bridge (3:38), No guitar until 3:52
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------5------------------------------------------------|
|-7--x8--5--x8--1------3------5------3------1------0------|
|-5------3------1--x8--3--x8--5--x8--3--x8--1--x8--0--x8--|
|---------------1------3------5------3------1------0------|
Chorus (4:04), Gtr 2 x2
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5--5------------|-5-5--5------------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
|-5-5--5--/5-3-6-5--|-5-5--5--/5-3-1-0--|-1-1--1--/5-3-6-5--|-1-1--1--/5-3-1-0--|
|-5-5--5------------|-5-5--5------------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
* * * * * * * *
Outro (4:30) Gtr 2 x4
|------------------------|\
|------------------------|\ \
|------------------------|\ Last 2 times,
|-5-5---5---5-5-5--------|\ remove palm mutes, 4th time,
|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5--------|\ Strum harder
|-5-5---5---5-5-5--------|\
* * * * * *
another amazing song by an awesome band. Any questions, comments, corrections, email me
or message me.
