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One Step Up
Bruce Springsteen
Album: Tunnel of Love
Capo 3
G6(add9): 3 x 0 2 3 0
Dsus2/F#: 2 x 0 2 3 0
Em7: 0 2 0 0 3 0
A7sus4: x 0 2 0 3 0
Pick pattern: 6 4 3 1 2 4 3 x 2 each bar.
[Intro]
G D Em D | G
G6(add9) Dsus2/F#
e|------0--------------0-------|------0--------------0-------|
B|---------3--------------3----|---------3--------------3----|
G|----2--------2-----2--------2|----2--------2-----2--------2|
D|--0--------0-----0--------0--|--0--------0-----0--------0--|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|3--------------3-------------|2--------------2-------------|
Em7 Dsus2/F#
e|------0--------------0-------|------0--------------0-------|
B|---------3--------------3----|---------3--------------3----|
G|----2--------2-----2--------2|----2--------2-----2--------2|
D|--0--------0-----0--------0--|--0--------0-----0--------0--|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|0--------------0-------------|2--------------2-------------|
[Verse 1]
G
Woke up this morning the house was cold
D
Checked the furnace she wasn't burnin'
Em
Went out and hopped in my old Ford
D
Hit the engine but she ain't turnin'
G
We've given each other some hard lessons lately
D
But we ain't learnin'
Em D G
We're the same sad story that's a fact
G A7sus4 G D Em D
One step up and two steps back
[Verse 2]
G
Bird on a wire outside my motel room
D
But he ain't singin'
Em
Girl in white outside a church in June
D
But the church bells they ain't ringing
G
Sittin' here in this bar tonight
D
But all I'm thinkin' is
Em D G
I'm the same old story same old act
G A7sus4 G D Em D
One step up and two steps back
[Verse 3]
G
It's the same thing night on night
D
Who's wrong baby who's right
Em
Another fight and I slam the door on
D
Another battle in our dirty little war
G
When I look at myself I don't see
D
The man I wanted to be
Em D G
Somewhere 'long the line I slipped off track
G A7sus4 G D Em D
Caught - movin' one step up and two steps back
[Verse 4]
G
There's a girl across the bar, I ...
D
get the message she's sendin'
Em
Mmm she ain't lookin' to married and
D
me, well honey I'm pretending
G
Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms
D
The music was never-ending
Em D G
We danced as the evening sky faded to black
G A7sus4 G D
One step up and two steps back (One step up and two steps back)
Em D
One step up and two steps back (One step up and two steps back)
G D Em D
One step up and two steps back
[Outro]
G D Em D