One Step Away Chords

KeyG#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays566

One Step Away by Casting Crowns is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G#m. It uses the chords G#m, F#sus4, B, E, D#m, F# and B/D#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G#m
Text
16
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Intro 

G#m   F#sus4   B   E 
G#m   F#sus4   B   E 


Verse I 

                     G#m      F#sus4     B                E 
What if you could go back and relive one day of your life all over again 
      G#m      F#sus4       B             E 
And unmake the mistake that left you a million miles away 
         G#m      F#sus4 
From the you, you once knew 
    B                 E 
Now yesterday's shame keeps saying that you'll never get 
G#m  F#sus4        D#m 
Back on track. But what if I told you... 
 

E                 B                G#m 
  You're one step away from surrender 
         F#               E  B            G#m F# 
One step away from coming ho - me, coming ho - me 
E          B                G#m 
  One step from arms wide open 
         F#                E    B 
His love has never let you go - o 
             G#m  F# 
You're not alone 
                 G#m   F#sus4   B   E 
You're one step away 

  
Verse II 

                      G#m F#sus4       B          E 
It doesn't matter how far you've gone, mercy says you don't have to keep  
                 G#m  F#sus4     B                  E 
Running down the road you're on. Love's never met a lost cause 
     G#m    F#sus4                  B                  E 
Your shame, lay it down, leave your ghosts in the past cause you know 
                  G#m               F#sus4  
That you can't go back, but you can turn around 
       D#m 
You've never been more than... 


E          B                 G#m 
  One step away from surrender 
         F#               E  B            G#m F# 
One step away from coming ho - me, coming ho - me 
E          B                G#m 
  One step from arms wide open 
         F#                E    B 
His love has never let you go - o 
             G#m  F# 
You're not alone 
                  E   B   G#m   F# 
You're one step away 
           E   B   G#m   F# 
One step away 


Bridge 

E          G#m                   F#            B/D# 
  Lay down, lay down your old chains, come now and take up your new name 
E          G#m              F#                   E 
  Your best life up ahead now, you're one step away 
           G#m                   F#            D#m 
  Lay down, lay down your old chains, come now and take up your new name 
E          G#m              F#  D#m                 E 
  Your best life up ahead now,    you're one step away 
           G#m                   F#            D#m 
  Lay down, lay down your old chains, come now and take up your new name 
E          G#m              F#                   E   B   G#m   F#sus4 
  Your best life up ahead now, you're one step away 


           E  B             G#m F# 
So come on ho - me, come on ho - me 
E          B                G#m 
  One step from arms wide open 
         F#                E    B 
His love has never let you go - o 
             G#m  F# 
You're not alone 
                  E 
You're one step away 

           B                     G#m  F# 
  Lay down, lay down your old chains 
E         B                   G#m  F# 
  Take up, take up your new name 
E          G#m                   F#  B/D# 
  Lay down, lay down your old chains 
E         G#m                 F#  B/D# 
  Take up, take up your new name 


Outro 

N.C 
Lay down, lay down your old chains 
Come now, take up your new name 
Your best life up ahead now 
One step away 
Lay down, lay down your old chains 
Come now and take up your new name 
Your best life up ahead now 
You're just one step away 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante