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One step up - Bruce Springsteen
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Bruce Springsteen
One step up (1987)
(Springsteen)
From: "Tunnel of Love"
The basic pattern runs (see below) through the whole song. It may be picked or strummed
(or using more than on guitar: both). Make sure to put in variations here and there.
Capo 3rd fret
Intro/Verses G6 Dadd9/F#e|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|B|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|G|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|
Em7 Dadd9/F#e|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|B|----------3-----|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|G|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|
Chorus Em7 Dadd9/F# G6 e|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|B|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|--3-------3-----|G|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|E|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
G6 A7sus4 e|------0---------|------0---------|B|----------3-----|----------3-----|G|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|D|----------------|----------------|A|----------------|0-------0-------|E|3-------3-------|----------------|
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CHORDS (Capo 3rd fret)
e-B-G-D-A-E
G6 0-3-0-0-x-3
Dadd9/F# 0-3-2-0-x-2Em7 0-3-0-2-2-0A7sus4 0-3-0-0-0-x
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Capo 3rd fret
Intro | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# |
G6
Woke up this morning my house was cold
Dadd9/A
Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin'
Em7
Went out and hopped in my old Ford
Dadd9/A
Hit the engine but she ain't turnin'
G6
Given each other some hard lessons lately
Dadd9/A
But we ain't learnin'
Em7 Dadd9/A G6
We're the same sad story that's a fact
G6 A7sus4 | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# |
One step up and two steps back
G6
Bird on a wire outside my motel room
Dadd9/A
But he ain't singin'
Em7
Girl in white outside a church in June
Dadd9/A
But the church bells they ain't ringing
G6
I'm sittin' here in this bar tonight
Dadd9/A
But all I'm thinkin' is
Em7 Dadd9/A G6
I'm the same old story same old act
G6 A7sus4 | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# |
One step up and two steps back
G6
It's the same thing night on night
Dadd9/A
Who's wrong baby who's right
Em7
Another fight and I slam the door on
Dadd9/A
Another battle in our dirty little war
G6
When I look at myself I don't see
Dadd9/A
The man I wanted to be
Em7 Dadd9/A G6
Somewhere along the line I slipped off track
G6 A7sus4 | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# |
caught movin' one step up and two steps back
G6
There's a girl across the bar
Dadd9/A
I get the message she's sendin'
Em7
Mmm she ain't lookin' too married
Dadd9/A
And me well honey I'm pretending
G6
Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms
Dadd9/A
The music was never-ending
Em7 Dadd9/A G6
We danced as the evening sky faded to black
G6 A7sus4 G6 Dadd9/F#
One step up and two steps back (One step up and two steps back)
Em7 Dadd9/F#
One step up and two steps back (One step up and two steps back)
| G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# |
One step up and two steps back
Outro: | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# |
Solo (repeat til fade)
