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One Step Up by Kenny Chesney

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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)

One Step Up Chords Info

Last Updated: March 17, 2026