One Love – Part 3
One love
Welcome back. In parts 1 and 2, we covered the reggae rhythm, or skank, and the chorus. Now it’s time to check out the lead solo and fills. So grab your 4 or 10 hole C major diatonic harmonica and let’s get started.
Decide who would like to play the solo and listen to Bob Marley singing these lines in the original song. Those who have been playing the chorus can help with the fills. They come at the end of solo lines and help to fill the gaps.
One heart
The solo line uses single notes, while the fills once again use double-stops. Purple tab is for 4 hole harmonicas. Orange tab is for 10 hole harmonicas. Each number tells you which hole to play. D is draw (breathe in) and B is blow (breathe out).
2B 2D 2B 2B 1D 1B 1B 1B 3B 2B
5B 5D 5B 5B 4D 4B 4B 4B 6B 5B
Let them all pass all their dir – ty re – marks
Let’s get together to fight this ho – ly Armageddon
2B 2D 2B 2B 1D 1B 2B 1D 1B 1D 1B
5B 5D 5B 5B 4D 4B 5B 4D 4B 4D 4B
There is one question I’d rea – lly like to ask
So when the man comes there will be no no doom
2B 2D 2B 2B 1D 1B 1B 1B 1D 2B
5B 5D 5B 5B 4D 4B 4B 4B 4D 5B
Is there a place for the hopeless sin – ner
Have pity on those whose chan – ces grow thin – ner
2B 3B 3D 3B 2D 2B 1D 1B 1B 1B 1B 1D 2B 1D 1B
5B 6B 6D 6B 5D 5B 4D 4B 4B 4B 4B 4D 5B 4D 4B
Who has hu – rt all mankind just to save his own belief
There ain’t n – o hi – ding place from the Fa – ther of Cre – a – tion
Let’s get together
In the original song, these fills appear at the end of the first and second solo vocal lines only. But there’s nothing stopping you adding one at the end of line three as well. The end of line 4 is very close to the chorus, so our fill may not fit there. Talk to your Harp Academy Teacher and decide how many fills you’d like to add. Flexibility is the name of the game.
3B-4B 2B-3B
6B-7B 5B-6B
One love
One heart
And feel all right
Well done! Now you have all the arrangements to perform One Love in assembly, in a show, or to an audience at the end of your lesson. And you’ve learnt some important key skills along the way. Review these with your Harp Academy teacher and discuss some of the other reggae artists you’ve discovered.
Key skills
- Solo
- Double stops
- Fills
- Song structure
- Timekeeping