One Step Ahead (acoustic) Chords

KeyAbm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays541

One Step Ahead (acoustic) by A Great Big World is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Abm. It uses the chords Abm, E, B, F# and Ebm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Abm
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: 
Abm E B F# 
Abm E B F# 

     Abm 
How many times 
       E             B F# 
Did I miss the signs? 
     Abm 
My stupid heart 
    E         B F# 
It left me blind 

 E                    F# 
Nobody else would forgive my mistakes 
 E                     F# 
Nobody else would've stayed 

           B 
One step ahead of me 
              Ebm 
You saw what we could be 
              Abm 
How did you know 
              E 
Down in your bones 
                B     F# 
That I'd come around? 
           B 
One step ahead always 
              Ebm 
Guiding me through my haze 
                   Abm 
Was too scared to see 
                 E 
What this could mean 
              B  F# 
But I see it now 
          Abm E B F# 
I see it now 

 Abm 
How could I 
      E      B F# 
Ever be enough? 
 Abm 
Worthy of 
        E         B F# 
Someone else's love? 

E                      F# 
All of my hang-ups and all of my fears 
 E                      F# 
You made them all disappear 

           B 
One step ahead of me 
              Ebm 
You saw what we could be 
              Abm 
How did you know 
              E 
Down in your bones 
                B     F# 
That I'd come around? 
           B 
One step ahead always 
              Ebm 
Guiding me through my haze 
                   Abm 
Was too scared to see 
                 E 
What this could mean 
              B  F# 
But I see it now 
          Abm E B F# 
I see it now 
          Abm E B F# 
I see it now 

 E                    F# 
Nobody else would forgive my mistakes 
 E                     F# 
Nobody else would've stayed 

           B 
One step ahead of me 
              Ebm 
You saw what we could be 
              Abm 
How did you know 
              E 
Down in your bones 
                B     F# 
That I'd come around? 
           B 
One step ahead always 
              Ebm 
Guiding me through my haze 
                   Abm 
Was too scared to see 
                 E 
What this could mean 
              B  F# 
But I see it now 
          Abm E B F# 
I see it now 
          Abm E B F# 
I see it now 
          Abm E B F# 
I see it now 
          Abm E B F# 
I see it now 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante