Kenny Chesney - One Step Up: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "One Step Up" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn One Step Up Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Kenny Chesney

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "One Step Up" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A#
Woke up this morning
The house was cold
F/A
Checked the furnace she wasn't burning
Gm7
Went out and hopped in my old Ford
F/A
Hit the engine but she ain't a turning
A#
Given each other some hard lessons lately
F/A
But we aren't learning
Gm7       F/A        A#
Same sad story thats a fact
A#        C                A#  F/A Gm7 F/A
Once step up and two steps back

Bird on a wire outside my motel room
But he ain't singing
Girl in white outside a church in June
But the church bells, they ain't ringing
I'm sitting here in this bar tonight
And all I'm thinkin' is
How the same old story, same old act
One step up and two steps back

It's the same thing night all night
Who's wrong and baby, who's right?
Another fight and I slam the door on
Another battle in our dirty little war
When I look at myself I don't see
The man I wanted to be
Somewhere along the line I slipped off track
Living one step up and two steps back

There's a girl across the bar, I
Get the message she's sending
Mm, she ain't looking too married
Me, well, honey, I pretended
Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms
The music was never ending
We danced as the evening sky faded to black
Moving one step up and two steps up

(One step up and two steps back)
One step up and two steps back
(One step up and two steps back)
One step up and two steps back
(One step up and two steps back)
One step up and two steps back
Oh, baby, we're moving

One step up and two steps back
One step up and two steps back
One step up and two steps back
Mm, one step up and two steps back
(One step up and two steps back)
(One step up and two steps back)

Ooh, we're moving
One step up and two steps back
Oh, baby


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

F

Guitar chord F

Gm7

Guitar chord Gm7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "One Step Up" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "One Step Up" by Kenny Chesney.

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