One Step Up chords by
Bruce Springsteen (Official Version)
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Key: F majorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

G

D/F#

E7sus4

D/F#

Verse 1
G G 
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Woke up this morning the house was cold
D/F# D/F# 
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Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin'
E7sus4 E7sus4 
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Went out and hopped in my old Ford
D/F# D/F# 
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Hit the engine but she ain't turnin'
G G 
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Given each other some hard lessons lately
D/F# D/F# 
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We ain't learnin'
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D/F# D/F# 
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G G 
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We're     the same sad story  that's a fact
Asus4 Asus4 
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One step up       and two steps

Interlude 1

G

D/F#

E7sus4

D/F#

(back)

Verse 2
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Bird on a wire outside my motel room
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But he ain't singin'
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Girl in white outside a church in June
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But the church bells they ain't ringing
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I'm sittin' here in this bar tonight
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But all I'm thinkin' is
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D/F# D/F# 
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G G 
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I'm the same old story  same old act
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One step up       and two steps

Interlude 2

G

D/F#

E7sus4

D/F#

(back)

Verse 3
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It's the same thing night on night
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Who's wrong baby who's right
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Another fight and I slam the door on
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Another battle in our dirty little war
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When I look at myself I don't see
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The man I wanted to be
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D/F# D/F# 
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Somewhere along the line
G G 
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I slipped off track
Asus4 Asus4 
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I'm caught movin' one step up       and two steps

Interlude 3

G

D/F#

E7sus4

D/F#

(back)

Verse 4
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There's a girl across the bar
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I      get the message she's sendin'
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Mmm, she ain't lookin' too married
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And    me well honey I'm pretending
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Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms
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The music was never-ending
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We danced    as the evening sky
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faded to black
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One step up       and two steps

Outro 1
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D/F# D/F# 
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(back) (One step up and two steps back)
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One step up and two steps back
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(One step up and two steps back)
G G 
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One step up and two steps back
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G G 
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Outro 2

G

D/F#

E7sus4

D/F#

Uuh...

[Repeat and fade]

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG D/F# E7sus4 Asus4 D

Chords

G
D/F#
E7sus4
Asus4
D
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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
D/F#: 2-x-0-2-3-x
E7sus4: 0-2-0-2-0-0
Asus4: x-0-2-2-3-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2

Capo: 3

I don't have a capo

Transpose: 0

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Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Sus2 and sus4 swap the third in a chord for a second or fourth. The sus course covers the shapes and how to drop them into a progression. Practice sus chords

Most chord-change problems come from the strumming hand, not the fretting hand. The basic strumming course covers the patterns and timing that make any chord progression easier to play. Practice basic strumming

This is the original studio version of One Step Up by Bruce Springsteen, capturing how the song was actually played on the recording. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart keeps the exact chord voicings and capo position in the original key of F major. It suits players who want to learn One Step Up the way Bruce Springsteen intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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