Step By Step Chords by Jesse Winchester

_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
Step by step, all [G] the happy [A] saints go marching [G] in.
[B] If a saint steps out of line, you have to start [G] again.
[B] Because Jacob's golden ladder [A] gets slippery at [Em] the top.
Many a happy-go-lucky saint has [B] made that long, long path.
If I'm late, don't wait, go on without me.
I may tell you why, _ but I need you to know.
Before I go, I'll call the devil's smile. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] If I'm late, don't wait, go on without me.
I may tell you why, _ but I need you to know.
Before I go, I'll call the devil's smile. _ _ _ _ _ _
Free from care, free from [G] fear, the saints are trooping [Bm] in.
Children play all around [B] the throne, innocent of [A] sin.
[G] A trillion voices sing the name [A] the mortal [G] may not know.
And heaven's walls too high to hear the trouble [B] down below.
[Em] If I'm late, don't wait, go on without me.
I may tell you why, but I need you to know.
Before I go, I'll call the devil's smile.
_ I need you to know.
Before I go, I'll call the devil's smile.
I _ need you to know.
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