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

Intro 1

Bb

F/A

G7sus4

F/A

Verse 1
Bb Bb 
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Woke up this morning the house was cold
F/A F/A 
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Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin'
G7sus4 G7sus4 
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Went out and hopped in my old Ford
F/A F/A 
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Hit the engine but she ain't turnin'
Bb Bb 
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Given each other some hard lessons lately
F/A F/A 
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We ain't learnin'
G7sus4 G7sus4 
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F/A F/A 
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Bb Bb 
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We're     the same sad story that's a fact
Csus4 Csus4 
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One step up       and two steps

Interlude 1

Bb

F/A

G7sus4

F/A

(back)

Verse 2
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Bird on a wire outside my motel room
F/A F/A 
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But he ain't singin'
G7sus4 G7sus4 
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Girl in white outside a church in June
F/A F/A 
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But the church bells they ain't ringing
Bb Bb 
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I'm sittin' here in this bar tonight
F/A F/A 
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But all I'm thinkin' is
G7sus4 G7sus4 
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F/A F/A 
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Bb Bb 
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I'm the same old story same old act
Csus4 Csus4 
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One step up       and two steps

Interlude 2

Bb

F/A

G7sus4

F/A

(back)

Verse 3
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It's the same thing night on night
F F 
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Who's wrong baby who's right
G7sus4 G7sus4 
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Another fight and I slam the door on
F/A F/A 
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Another battle in our dirty little war
Bb Bb 
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When I look at myself I don't see
F/A F/A 
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The man I wanted to be
G7sus4 G7sus4 
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F/A F/A 
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Somewhere along the line
Bb Bb 
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I slipped off track
Csus4 Csus4 
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I'm caught movin' one step up       and two steps

Interlude 3

Bb

F/A

G7sus4

F/A

(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'
G7sus4 G7sus4 
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Mmm, she ain't lookin' too married
F/A F/A 
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And   me well honey I'm pretending
Bb Bb 
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Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms
F F 
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The music was never-ending
G7sus4 G7sus4 
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F/A F/A 
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We danced    as the evening sky
Bb Bb 
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faded to black
Csus4 Csus4 
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One step up       and two steps

Outro 1
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F/A F/A 
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(back) (One step up and two steps back)
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One step up and two steps back
F/A F/A 
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(One step up and two steps back)
Bb Bb 
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One step up and two steps back
F/A F/A 
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G7sus4 G7sus4 
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Bb Bb 
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Outro 2

Bb

F/A

G7sus4

F/A

Uuh...

[Repeat and fade]

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsBb F/A G7sus4 Csus4 F

Chords

Bb
F/A
G7sus4
Csus4
F
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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
F/A: x-0-3-2-1-x
G7sus4: 3-x-0-0-1-1
Csus4: x-3-3-0-1-x
F: x-3-3-2-1-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

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F is one of the chords beginners ask about the most. A short walkthrough on how to fret it cleanly and switch in and out of it. Learn the F chord

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

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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