Steppin Right Along Chords
by Bill Withers
Steppin Right Along by Bill Withers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Instrumental Intro/Chrous:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----8--8-----6-/-5----------5----5--6--6--8-------8-----6--8---------------|X2
A|----------8--------------------8---------------------8---------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----6--6--6--6--8----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----6--6--6--6--8-------5----5----6--6--8----------------------------------|
A|----4--4--4--4--6----------8-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----8-----5--------8------5------------------------------------------------|
D|----8-----6--------8------6--------5-----5--6--6--8------------------------|
A|----6-----6--------6------6-----------8------------------------------------|
E|----------4---------------4------------------------------------------------|
The Key change is just a half step up to B rather than Bb, so just play everything
one fret higher. Straight forward.
Lords Prayer/Outro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7--7--7-7h9----9--9--9------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------9--7------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Hope you guys like the song, so much fun.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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