One Step Up

one step up bruce springsteen tunnel of love capo3 ( G ) woke up this morning my house was cold ( D ) checked out the furnace she wasn’t burnin’ ( Em7 ) went out and hopped in my old ford ( D ) hit the engine but she ain’t turnin’ ( G ) we’ve given each other some hard lessons lately ( D ) but we ain’t learnin’ ( Em7 ) we’re the same sad ( D ) story that’s A ( G ) fact ( G ) one step ( Em7 ) up and two steps ( D ) back ( G ) bird on a wire outside my motel room ( D ) but he ain’t singin’ ( Em7 ) girl in white outside a church in june ( D ) but the church bells they ain’t ringing ( G ) sittin’ here in this bar tonight ( D ) but all i’m thinkin’ is ( Em7 ) i’m the same old ( D ) story same old ( G ) act ( G ) one step ( Em7 ) up and two steps ( D ) back ( G ) it’s the same thing night on night ( D ) who’s wrong baby who’s right ( Em7 ) another fight and i slam the door on ( D ) another battle in our dirty little war ( G ) when i look at myself i don’t see ( D ) the man i wanted to be ( Em7 ) somewhere along the ( D ) line i slipped off ( G ) track ( G ) i’m movin’ one step ( Em7 ) up and two steps ( D ) back ( G ) there’s a girl across the bar ( D ) i get the message she’s sendin’ ( Em7 ) mmm she ain’t lookin’ to married ( D ) and me well honey i’m pretending ( G ) last night i dreamed i held you in my arms ( D ) the music was never - ending ( Em7 ) we danced as the ( D ) evening sky faded to ( G ) black ( G ) one step ( Em7 ) up and two steps ( D ) back