One Step Up Chords
One Step Up by Kenny Chesney is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em7, A7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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*ring open 1st string throughout
verse
G D Em7 D
----0------|----0------|----0------|----0------|
--3----3-3-|--3----3-3-|--3----3-3-|--3----3-3-|
---0----0--|---2----2--|---0----0--|---2----2--|
-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
-3---------|-2---------|-0---------|-2---------|
2x 2x 2x 2x
chorus
G D Em7 D
----0------|----0------|----0------|----0------
--3----3-3-|--3----3-3-|--3----3-3-|--3----3-3-
---0----0--|---2----2--|---0----0--|---2----2--
-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------
-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------
-3---------|-2---------|-0---------|-2---------
2x 2x once once
chorus cont'd
G A7
----0------|----0-------
--3----3-3-|--3----3-3--
---0----0--|---2----2---
-----------|------------
-----------|-0----------
-3---------|------------
3x once
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lyrics (fairly close)
verse
G
woke up this morning the ...
D
check the furnace, ..
Em7
went out, hopped in my ...
D
but the engine she ...
chorus
G
giving each other some hard ...
D
we ain't learnin.......
Em7 D G
same sad story, ...
G A G
one step up, and 2 ...