One Step Up

{t:One Step Up}

{st:Bruce Springsteen}

{st:from "Tunnel of Love"}

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{c:INTRO}

Bb6 [gm7]

______[F2/A]______ ______[F2/A]______

Bb6

Woke up this morning the house was cold

[F2/A] Checked the furnace she wasn't burnin'

[gm7]

Went out and hopped in my old Ford

[F2/A] Hit the engine but she ain't turnin'

Bb6

We've given each other some hard lessons lately

[F2/A] But we ain't learnin'

[gm7] Bb6

We'rethe same sad [F2/A]story that's a fact

[C4] Bb6 [gm7]

One step up and two steps back [F2/A]______ ______[F2/A]______

Bb6

Bird on a wire outside my motel room

[F2/A] But he ain't singin'

[gm7]

Girl in white outside a church in June

[F2/A] But the church bells they ain't ringing

Bb6

I'm sittin' here in this bar tonight

[F2/A] But all I'm thinkin' is

[gm7] Bb6

I'm the same old [F2/A]story same old act

[C4] Bb6 [gm7]

One step up and two steps back [F2/A]______ ______[F2/A]______

Bb6

It's the same thing night on night

[F2/A] Who's wrong baby who's right

[gm7]

Another fight and I slam the door on

[F2/A] Another battle in our dirty little war

Bb6

When I look at myself I don't see

[F2/A] The man I wanted to be

[gm7] Bb6

Somewhere along the [F2/A]line I slipped off track

[C4] Bb6 [gm7]

I'm caught movin' one step up and two steps back [F2/A]______ ______[F2/A]______

Bb6

There's a girl across the bar

I[F2/A] get the message she's sending

[gm7]

Mmm she ain't lookin' too married

[F2/A] And me well honey I'm pretending

Bb6

Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms

[F2/A] The music was never-ending

[gm7] Bb6

We danced as the evening [F2/A]sky faded to black

[C4] Bb6 [gm7]

One step up and two steps back [F2/A]______ ______[F2/A]______

{c:FADE OUT}

Bb6 [gm7]

|: ______[F2/A]______ ______[F2/A]______:|

{d:Bb6 4 0 3 0 0 2 3}

{d:C4 4 0 3 2 2 0 -1}

{d:F2/A 4 0 3 2 0 0 2}

{d:gm7 4 0 3 0 2 2 0}

{st:transcribed by Gunnar Bittersmann }

{st:based upon a transcription by Brad Armstrong }

{c:capo on 3rd fret}