--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (320000@1) 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 (320000@1) 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 (320000@1) A7sus4 (002033@1) e|------0---------|------0---------| B|----------3-----|----------3-----| G|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| D|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|0-------0-------| E|3-------3-------|----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS e-B-G-D-A-E G6 0-3-0-0-x-3 Dadd9/F# 0-3-2-0-x-2 Em7 0-3-0-2-2-0 A7sus4 0-3-0-0-0-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | G6 (320000@1) Woke up this morning my house was cold Dadd9/F# Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin' Em7 Went out and hopped in my old Ford Dadd9/F# Hit the engine but she ain't turnin' G6Given (320000@1)each other some hard lessons lately Dadd9/F# But we ain't learnin' Em7 Dadd9/F# G6We're (320000@1)the same sad story that's a fact G6 (320000@1) A7sus4 (002033@1) | G6| (320000@1)Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | One step up and two steps back G6Bird (320000@1)on a wire outside my motel room Dadd9/F# But he ain't singin' Em7 Girl in white outside a church in June Dadd9/F# But the church bells they ain't ringing G6I'm (320000@1)sittin' here in this bar tonight Dadd9/F# But all I'm thinkin' is Em7 Dadd9/F# G6I'm (320000@1)the same old story same old act G6 (320000@1) A7sus4 (002033@1) | G6| (320000@1)Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | One step up and two steps back G6It's (320000@1)the same thing night on night Dadd9/F# Who's wrong baby who's right Em7 Another fight and I slam the door on Dadd9/F# Another battle in our dirty little war G6When (320000@1)I look at myself I don't see Dadd9/F# The man I wanted to be Em7 Dadd9/F# G6Somewhere (320000@1)along the line I slipped off track G6 (320000@1) A7sus4 (002033@1) | G6| (320000@1)Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | caught movin' one step up and two steps back G6There's (320000@1)a girl across the bar Dadd9/F# I get the message she's sendin' Em7 Mmm she ain't lookin' too married Dadd9/F# And me well honey I'm pretending G6Last (320000@1)night I dreamed I held you in my arms Dadd9/F# The music was never-ending Em7 Dadd9/F# G6We (320000@1)danced as the evening sky faded to black G6 (320000@1) A7sus4 (002033@1) G6 (320000@1) 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| (320000@1)Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | One step up and two steps back Outro: | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | Solo (repeat til fade)