One Step Up chords by Kenny Chesney

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G D/F# Em7 D/F# x2


Verse 1:
G
 Woke up this morning

The house was cold
D/F#
 Checked the furnace she wasn't burning
Em7
 Went out and hopped in my old Ford
D/F#
 Hit the engine but she ain't a turning
G

 Given each other some hard lessons lately
D/F#
 But we aren't learning
Em7    D/F#     G
 Same sad story thats a fact
G      A        G D/F# Em7 D/F#
 Once step up and two steps back


Verse 2:
     G             D/F#
Bird on a wire outside my motel room but he is not singing
Em7
 Girl in white outside a church in June
D/F#
 But the church bells they are not ringing
G
 Sitting here in this bar tonight
D/F#
 And all I'm thinkin' is
Em7        D/F#      G
 How the same old story same old act
G     A        G D/F# Em7 D/F#
 One step up and two steps back


Verse 3:
G
 It's the same thing night all night
D/F#
 Who's wrong and baby who's right
Em7
 Another fight and I slam the door on
D/F#
 Another battle in our dirty little war
G                 D/F#
 When I look at myself I don't see the man I wanted to be
Em7          D/F#        G
 Somewhere along the line I slipped off track
G         A        G D/F# Em7 D/F#
 Living one step up and two steps back


Verse 4:
G
 There's a girl across the bar
 D/F#
I get the message she's sending
Em7
 Mmm she ain't looking too married
D/F#
 We well honey I pretended
G
 Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms
D/F#
 The music was never ending
  Em7          D/F#     G
We danced as the evening sky faded to black
G         A        G
 Moving one step up and two steps up
              G
(One step up and two steps back)
             Em7
One step up and two steps back
              D/F#
(One step up and two steps back)
             G
One step up and two steps back
              D/F#
(One step up and two steps back)
             Em7 D/F#
One step up and two steps back
        (G)
Ohhh baby we're moving


Solo:
G D/F# Em7 D/F# x2


Outro:
             G  D/F# Em7 D/F#
One step up and two steps back
             G  D/F# Em7 D/F#
One step up and two steps back
             G  D/F# Em7 D/F#
One step up and two steps back
               G  D/F# Em7 D/F#
Mmm one step up and two steps back
              G  D/F# Em7 D/F#
(One step up and two steps back)

G D/F# Em7 D/F# x2

G D/F# Em7 D/F#             G D/F# Em7 D/F#
        One step up and two steps back

G D/F# Em7 D/F#
(fade)