--------------------------------------------------------------------------- One step up - Bruce Springsteen --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Bruce Springsteen One step up (1987) (Springsteen) From: "Tunnel of Love" The basic pattern (see below) runs through the whole song. It may be picked, 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-------|----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e G6 3-x-0-0-0-0 Dadd9/F# 2-x-0-2-3-0 Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0 A7sus4 x-0-0-0-3-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# |

^G6Woke up this morning my house was cold ^Dadd9/F#Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin' ^Em7Went out and hopped in my old Ford ^Dadd9/F#Hit the engine but she ain't turnin' ^G6Given each other some hard lessons lately ^Dadd9/F#But we ain't learnin' We're the ^Em7same sad ^Dadd9/F#story that's a ^G6fact G6 A7sus4 | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | One step up and two steps back

Bird on a ^G6wire outside my motel room ^Dadd9/F#But he ain't singin' ^Em7Girl in white outside a church in June ^Dadd9/F#But the church bells they ain't ringing ^G6I'm sittin' here in this bar tonight ^Dadd9/F#But all I'm thinkin' is ^Em7I'm the same old ^Dadd9/F#story same old ^G6act G6 A7sus4 | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | One step up and two steps back

^G6It's the same thing night on night ^Dadd9/F#Who's wrong baby who's right ^Em7Another fight and I slam the door on ^Dadd9/F#Another battle in our dirty little war ^G6When I look at myself I don't see ^Dadd9/F#The man I wanted to be ^Em7Somewhere along the ^Dadd9/F#line I slipped off ^G6track G6 A7sus4 | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | caught movin' one step up and two steps back

^G6There's a girl across the bar ^Dadd9/F#I get the message she's sendin' ^Em7Mmm she ain't lookin' too married ^Dadd9/F#And me well honey I'm pretending ^G6Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms ^Dadd9/F#The music was never-ending We ^Em7danced as the evening ^Dadd9/F#sky faded to ^G6black ^G6One step ^A7sus4up and two steps ^G6back (One step up and two steps ^Dadd9/F#back) One step up and two steps ^Em7back (One step up and two steps ^Dadd9/F#back) | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | One step up and two steps back

Bruce Springsteen - One step up