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U2 - One - Guitar Tab

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Key A minor
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About One

"One" by U2 is built around a deceptively simple chord progression in A minor that rewards close attention to feel over flash. The Edge plays arpeggiated chords through a clean, lightly delayed tone, and the real challenge is locking into the unhurried 91 BPM pulse without rushing the spaces between notes. Getting that restraint right matters more here than any single technical hurdle. In E Standard tuning, the voicings sit comfortably in open position, but the subtlety is in how you roll through each chord, keeping the pick attack soft and even. If the arpeggiated pattern is tripping you up, use the Practice Toolbar to loop that section slowed down until your right hand stops anticipating beats. Rock can demand power and aggression, but this song is a reminder that dynamics and space carry just as much weight as anything loud.

  • The Edge's guitar part relies on clean, delay-washed arpeggios rather than strummed chords, so right-hand consistency and tone control are the main technical focus.
  • In E Standard tuning, the A minor-based chord shapes sit in open position, making this accessible for intermediate players working on expressive dynamics.
  • At 91 BPM the tempo is unhurried, but maintaining even spacing between arpeggiated notes at that pace requires careful attention to timing and picking control.

How to Play One

Tuning: E Standard · Key: A minor · Tempo: 91 BPM

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 91 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Fender Stratocaster
Guitar

Fender Stratocaster

The Edge uses American Vintage Stratocasters for their bright single-coil sparkle, delivering the glassy chime essential to clean arpeggios like 'One' where delay patterns need absolute clarity. The articulate tone lets every note ring distinctly through his dense effects chain.

Fender Telecaster
Guitar

Fender Telecaster

The Edge's 1975 Fender Telecaster Custom provides crisp, chimey tones for cleaner passages, offering single-coil brightness that cuts through his signature delay textures without losing note definition.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Standard

While less documented than his Explorer, the Les Paul Standard's humbucker warmth and sustain complement The Edge's heavier, distorted textures on tracks requiring thicker tonal body.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Custom

The Edge deploys the Gibson Les Paul Custom for specific heavier tracks, using its humbucker output to generate warmer, more sustained tones that anchor driving rhythms with midrange punch.

Gibson Explorer
Guitar

Gibson Explorer

The Edge's 1976 Gibson Explorer with modified bridge humbucker is his signature guitar, providing the midrange punch and sustain needed for his iconic dotted-eighth delay patterns on 'Where The Streets Have No Name' and 'Pride'.

Fender Deluxe Reverb
Amp

Fender Deluxe Reverb

The Edge uses Fender Deluxe Reverbs alongside his Vox AC30s for pristine clean tones and lush reverb textures, creating stereo width that showcases his delay-driven arpeggios with spatial depth.

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