Bruce Springsteen – One Step Up (Guitar Tab)

Capo 3
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bruce Springsteen From: "Tunnel of Love" (1987) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard 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(add9)                         Dadd9/F#
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
B|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|
G|--------------2-|----------------|--------------2-|----------------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|

  Em7                               Dadd9/F#
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
B|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|
G|--------------0-|----------------|--------------2-|----------------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|

[Chorus]
  Em7              Dadd9/F#          G6(add9)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
B|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|
G|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|--------------2-|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|

  G6(add9)         A7sus4           
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|------0---------|------0---------|
B|----------3-----|----------3-----|
G|----------------|----0-------0---|
D|----0-------0---|----------------|
A|----------------|0-------0-------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e G6(add9) 3-x-0-2-0-0
Dadd9/F#  2-x-0-2-3-0
Em7       0-2-2-0-3-0
A7sus4    x-0-0-0-3-0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | [Verse] G6 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' G6 Given each other some hard lessons lately Dadd9/F# But we ain't learnin' [Chorus] Em7 Dadd9/F# G6 We're the same sad story that's a fact G6 A7sus4 | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | One step up and two steps back [Verse] G6 Bird 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 G6 I'm sittin' here in this bar tonight Dadd9/F# But all I'm thinkin' is [Chorus] Em7 Dadd9/F# G6 I'm the same old story same old act G6 A7sus4 | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | One step up and two steps back [Verse] G6 It's 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 G6 When I look at myself I don't see Dadd9/F# The man I wanted to be [Chorus] Em7 Dadd9/F# G6 Somewhere along the line I slipped off track G6 A7sus4 | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | caught movin' one step up and two steps back [Verse] G6 There's 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 G6 Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms Dadd9/F# The music was never-ending [Chorus] Em7 Dadd9/F# G6 We danced as the evening sky faded to black G6 A7sus4 G6 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 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | One step up and two steps back [Outro] | G6 | Dadd9/F# | Em7 | Dadd9/F# | Solo (repeat til fade)