One Step Closer To Home
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One Step Closer To Home
The Alarm
#From: euaphe@eua.ericsson.se (Peter Henriksson)
Intro: (v = downstroke, ^ = upstroke, . = pick separate strings)
GGG G G G D A D ADADA Em G G
v^v v v v v v v vvvvv v.... v........ v........
Back in
D
seventyfive when the
A
kid was on the line
and he
Em
felt no pain 'cause there
G
was none
He would
D
bend in the wind, take
A
in anything
like sniffin'
Em
roses, and it was
G
all right
until he
Em
fell and cut his
A
hand
He just
G
could not unders
Bm
tand
He ran aw
Em
ay, blame
D/F#
pretence for
G
defence
E
or plain
A
innocence
Said that's all right,
the harder it
G
fights, I'm one step c
D
loser to
A
home
Em
The deeper it
G
bites , I'm one step c
D
loser to
A
home
Em
And you can tie my
G
hands or whip my
D
back
I can't give
G
in, till the sky turns
D
black
I may get l
G
ost - I'm one step c
D
loser to
G
home
D
A
D
ADADA Em G (As in the Intro.)
Oh yeah, he
D
ran, hitched rides, t
A
ravelled light
left his
Em
bags behind, said he
G
lost them
He said
D
that's O.K. I got
A
money and a smile
from
Em
place to place, and they
G
don't mind
I've had the
Em
heads of business
A
men
and I just
A
gave them right back ag
Bm
ain
I've got
Em
no need for
D/F#
device,
G
disguise
Em
or plain
A
compromise
Said that's all right,
the tougher it
G
gets, I'm one step c
D
loser to
A
home
Em
the more that I
G
sweat, I'm one step c
D
loser to
A
home
Em
And you can tie my
G
hands or whip my
D
back
I can't give
G
in, till the sky turns
D
black
I may get l
G
ost - I'm one step c
D
loser to
G
home
D
A
D
Bm
There ain't no need for this, at all, at
D
all
surely you can help me out, say
Em
I know a lot of people,
F#m
just like you
G
plenty to live for and
Bm
nothing to lose, so
D
tear it all down, s
A
mash it all up
D
break it all down, and then just s
A
top
build it up
D
A
D
A
build it up
D
A
build it up
D
A
and the tougher it
D
gets and the more that I
A
sweat
and the harder it f
D
ights and the deeper it b
G
ites
I'm one step c
D
loser to
A
home
Em
the harder it
G
fights
I'm one step c
D
loser to
A
home
And you can tie my
G
hands or whip my
D
back
I can't give
G
in, till the sky turns
D
black
I may get l
G
ost - I'm one step c
D
loser to
G
home
D
A
D
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