Steppin Chords
Steppin by Melanie Safka is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G
C G
You said you were leaving, and I said go on
C G
I don't know exactly what it is, but something went wrong
D C
It wasn't for nothing, it made a sad rhyme
G Em C G
I'm sorry I saw you, I meant to stay blind
Chorus 1:
A7 C
And I'm gonna go out steppin'
G A7
With my new man tonight
C
Gonna go out steppin'
G
With my new man tonight
C G
If my mother should ask me where you've gone
C G
Gonna tell her that you joined the Marines, and she'll say, "C'mon"
D C
And then she'll start laughing and so will I
G Em C G
I'm glad that I'm laughing, it's a good way to die
Chorus 1:
A7 C
And I'm gonna go out steppin'
G A7
With my new man tonight
C
Gonna go out steppin'
G
With my new man tonight
C G
When I finish my laundry and air out my head
C G
Gonna look for another longhaired man to help me make my bed
D C
You know that I'll miss you, but strangely I'm glad
G Em C G A7
Gonna make it without you, and that's what's so sad
Chorus 2:
C G A7
Gonna make it alone and that's what's sad
C G
Gonna make it alone and that's what's sad
OUTRO:
D C
'Cause you know that I'll miss you, but strangely I'm glad
G Em C G
Gonna make it alone, and that's what's so sad