Step By Step chords by Kronos Quartet, Pete Seeger

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
C 
Am 
Step by step the longest march
Can be won, can be won
B 
C 
Am 
Many stones can form an arch
G 
Am 
G 
Am 
Singly none, singly none
And by union what we will
Dm 
E 
Can be  accomplished still
Am 
F 
B 
Am 
Drops of  wa ter turn a   mill
Singly none, singly none
C 
I honestly believe that the future is
Em 
going to be millions of little
Am 
Em 
Am 
Things saving us. Back in the
1950s there was a tiny peace
Demonstration in Times Square. A
Dm 
young Quaker was carrying a sign
D 
E 
A passerby scoffed,
Am 
F 
Am 
"Do you think you're going to change the world by
Em 
Am 
Standing here at midnight with that sign?"
"I suppose not," said the
Young man, "but I'm going to make sure
C 
Am 
the world doesn't change me."
I imagine a big seesaw,
and one end of the seesaw is on the ground
Em 
Am 
With a basket half full of big rocks
in it. The other end is up in
The air. It's got a basket one
quarter full of sand. And some of
C 
Dm 
Us got teaspoons and we're trying
Am 
E 
Am 
to fill it up with sand. One of
The years you'll see that whole seesaw
go "zoop" in the other
Em 
E 
Am 
Direction, and people will say, "Gee,
how did it happen so suddenly?"
C 
B 
Am 
B 
E 
C 
B 
Am 
Step
C 
Am 
by step the longest march
Can be won, can be won
Em 
C 
Am 
Many stones can form an arch
Singly none, singly none
C 
Am 
And by union what we will
Dm 
E 
Can be  accomplished still
Am 
Em 
F 
G 
Am 
Drops of  water turn a mill
Singly none,