Chords for Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (Studio version, Joe explains the song) - Live in Italy 2019
Tempo:
79.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
F#
E
C#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
Now, you know, usually I like to talk a lot and I know that here you don't understand
some of you understand me.
[F#] years, very often I've done new arrangements of old songs, [N] like really
We're going to try to recreate this song exactly as it was recorded.
This has never been done, because on the record, which was recorded in 1982, [G] [E]
[G#] on the record
except for the snare [F#] drum.
So, we're going to try to [C] do this exactly [N] like the record.
some of you understand me.
[F#] years, very often I've done new arrangements of old songs, [N] like really
We're going to try to recreate this song exactly as it was recorded.
This has never been done, because on the record, which was recorded in 1982, [G] [E]
[G#] on the record
except for the snare [F#] drum.
So, we're going to try to [C] do this exactly [N] like the record.
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D
F#
E
C#m
B
D
F#
E
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Now, you know, usually I like to talk a lot and I know that here you don't understand
me very well, but some of you understand me.
_ _ _ So, [C] you know, over the [F#] years, very often I've done new arrangements of old songs, [N] like really
different versions of old songs.
Well, now we're going to do something really different.
We're going to try to recreate this song exactly as it was recorded. _
_ _ This has never been done, because on the record, which was recorded in 1982, [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G#] on the record
I played every [D] instrument on this track myself, except for the snare [F#] drum.
Except for the snare drum.
So, we're going to try to [C] do this exactly [N] like the record.
This is the original drum machine.
That's not a snare drum! _ _
_ Actually, it was made in 1868 by a certain man.
It's really old, like us.
_ Like us.
It's straight. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You never know if it's going to work. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] And also, to try to recreate this magic moment from long ago, [F] Teddy is going to play the [N] keyboard. _ _
_ _ _ _ Graham is going to play the most important instrument, the glockenspiel.
_ _ _ I am going to play the trombone.
_ No, just kidding.
_ _ And let's see if this drum machine works.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] The case on the record is a synthesizer program.
So, here.
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ Now, _ _ _ we're going to play the piano. _ _
_ _ _ _ I _ _ _ heard it's not really moving. _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ [D] That [E] shine, it [C#m] makes me feel [D] so fine
Look in my [F#] _
_ [C#] eyes
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [D] It's like [E] all the darkness in [F#] my life
_ [D] Now [E] I wave a [C#m] signal
To [D] the [E] heavens
[C#m] It's a blue [D] car, red drive
Tony on [F#] the subway
[C#] It's [E] like a dream
_ _ [F#m] It's a [C#] sea of red
[Bm]
It's a [C#m] smile that I [F#] _ can't get [C#m] enough [B] _ of
[C#m] [B] It's a night [D]
[E] that's alive
_ [F#] _ _ Breathe [D]
down the [E] gate or [F#] I'll try
_ _ [D]
Leave the [E] city and the [C#m] right go [D] Be [E] mine
Don't [C#m] you want to know what [D] will find
I'm staring at [F#] the sky
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Dressing me [E] in blues [F#] like a child
_ _ [D] When I [E] hear the tracks she [C#m] turned me [D] and [E] smiled
When [C#m] we married in the [D]
wild
I'm [F#] on the street, _ [B] stepping _ out
[F#m] [B] Into the [D] night, I can't [C#m] feel alive
[F#] I'm staring at the sky, [B] stepping out
_ [C#] _ _ [F#m] Into [B] the night, I [D]
can't [C#m] feel alive
[A#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D#] _ _ _ [A] _ [D#m] _ _ _ [D] _
[C#m] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _
[D#] _ _ _ [A] _ [D#m] _ _ _ [D] _
[C#m] _ _ [F#] I'm staring at the sky, [E] stepping [C#] out
_ [F#m] Into [B] the [Bm] night, I can't [C#m] feel alive
[F#] I'm staring [C#] at the sky, [E] stepping _ [C#] out
[F#m] [B] Into the [D] night, I can't feel alive
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now, you know, usually I like to talk a lot and I know that here you don't understand
me very well, but some of you understand me.
_ _ _ So, [C] you know, over the [F#] years, very often I've done new arrangements of old songs, [N] like really
different versions of old songs.
Well, now we're going to do something really different.
We're going to try to recreate this song exactly as it was recorded. _
_ _ This has never been done, because on the record, which was recorded in 1982, [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G#] on the record
I played every [D] instrument on this track myself, except for the snare [F#] drum.
Except for the snare drum.
So, we're going to try to [C] do this exactly [N] like the record.
This is the original drum machine.
That's not a snare drum! _ _
_ Actually, it was made in 1868 by a certain man.
It's really old, like us.
_ Like us.
It's straight. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You never know if it's going to work. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] And also, to try to recreate this magic moment from long ago, [F] Teddy is going to play the [N] keyboard. _ _
_ _ _ _ Graham is going to play the most important instrument, the glockenspiel.
_ _ _ I am going to play the trombone.
_ No, just kidding.
_ _ And let's see if this drum machine works.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] The case on the record is a synthesizer program.
So, here.
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ Now, _ _ _ we're going to play the piano. _ _
_ _ _ _ I _ _ _ heard it's not really moving. _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ [D] That [E] shine, it [C#m] makes me feel [D] so fine
Look in my [F#] _
_ [C#] eyes
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [D] It's like [E] all the darkness in [F#] my life
_ [D] Now [E] I wave a [C#m] signal
To [D] the [E] heavens
[C#m] It's a blue [D] car, red drive
Tony on [F#] the subway
[C#] It's [E] like a dream
_ _ [F#m] It's a [C#] sea of red
[Bm]
It's a [C#m] smile that I [F#] _ can't get [C#m] enough [B] _ of
[C#m] [B] It's a night [D]
[E] that's alive
_ [F#] _ _ Breathe [D]
down the [E] gate or [F#] I'll try
_ _ [D]
Leave the [E] city and the [C#m] right go [D] Be [E] mine
Don't [C#m] you want to know what [D] will find
I'm staring at [F#] the sky
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Dressing me [E] in blues [F#] like a child
_ _ [D] When I [E] hear the tracks she [C#m] turned me [D] and [E] smiled
When [C#m] we married in the [D]
wild
I'm [F#] on the street, _ [B] stepping _ out
[F#m] [B] Into the [D] night, I can't [C#m] feel alive
[F#] I'm staring at the sky, [B] stepping out
_ [C#] _ _ [F#m] Into [B] the night, I [D]
can't [C#m] feel alive
[A#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D#] _ _ _ [A] _ [D#m] _ _ _ [D] _
[C#m] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _
[D#] _ _ _ [A] _ [D#m] _ _ _ [D] _
[C#m] _ _ [F#] I'm staring at the sky, [E] stepping [C#] out
_ [F#m] Into [B] the [Bm] night, I can't [C#m] feel alive
[F#] I'm staring [C#] at the sky, [E] stepping _ [C#] out
[F#m] [B] Into the [D] night, I can't feel alive
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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