One Step At A Time Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays538

One Step At A Time by Jordin Sparks is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, Bm, A, Gsus2, Gmaj7, Fmaj7, Cmaj7, Dmaj7, Asus, A/C# and Gmaj9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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  			Em       D                Bm 
  Da, da, da, dum, da, da, 
           A                Em 
Da, da, da, da, dum, da, da, 
           D            Bm 
Da, da, da, dum, da, da, 
           A 
Da, da, da, da, dum, da, da 

Em      D Bm   A 
  Hurry up and wait 
Em   D          Bm      A 
  So close, but so far away 
Em     D          Bm        A 
  Everything that you always dreamed of  
Gsus2 
Close enough that you can taste 
A 
But you just can't touch 

Em                   D 
  You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet 
Bm                A 
  Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it 
Em             D 
  You know you can if you get the chance  
Bm             A 
  In your face and the door keeps slamming 
Em                   D 
  Now you're feeling more and more frustrated 
Bm                   A                 Gmaj7 
  And you're getting all kind impatient,    waiting 
   A 
We live and we learn to take... 

    Em        D 
One step at a time 
        Bm         A 
There's no need to rush 
          Em          D 
It's like learning to fly 
   Bm         A 
Or falling in love 
Em        D 
  It's gonna happen and it's 
Bm         A 
  Supposed to happen and we 
Gmaj7               A 
Find the reasons why 

One step at a time 


Em       D                Bm 
  Da, da, da, dum, da, da, 
           A                Em 
Da, da, da, da, dum, da, da, 
           D            Bm 
Da, da, da, dum, da, da, 
           A 
Da, da, da, da, dum, da, da 


Em      D    Bm      A 
  You believe and you doubt 
Em          D                 Bm          A 
  You're confused, you got it all figured out 
Em     D          Bm         A   
  Everything that you always wished for 
Gsus2                                 A     
Could be yours, should be yours, would be yours 
If they only knew 

Em                   D 
  You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet 
Bm                A 
  Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it 
Em             D 
  You know you can if you get the chance  
Bm             A 
  In your face and the door keeps slamming 
Em                   D 
  Now you're feeling more and more frustrated 
Bm                   A                 Gmaj7 
  And you're getting all kind impatient,    waiting 
   A 
We live and we learn to take... 


    Em        D 
One step at a time 
        Bm         A 
There's no need to rush 
          Em          D 
It's like learning to fly 
   Bm         A 
Or falling in love 
Em        D 
  It's gonna happen and it's 
Bm         A 
  Supposed to happen and we 
Gmaj7               A 
Find the reasons why 

One step at a time 

Fmaj7                               Cmaj7 
When you can't wait any longer (You can't wait) 
    Fmaj7                             Dmaj7 
But there's no end in sight (When you need to find the strength) 
     Gmaj7 
It's your faith that makes you stronger 
Asus                  Bm      A/C#     D     Em D Bm A 
  The only we get there is one step at a time 

Em       D                Bm 
  Da, da, da, dum, da, da, 
           A                Em 
Da, da, da, da, dum 

         Em        D 
Take one step at a time 
        Bm         A 
There's no need to rush 
          Em          D 
It's like learning to fly 
   Bm         A 
Or falling in love 
Em 
  It's gonna happen and it's 
Bm 
  Supposed to happen that we 
Gmaj9                A 
Find the reasons why 

One step at a time 
    	

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