Chords for Michael McDonald / The Doobie Brothers - One Step Closer - 1987 Reunion Tour (Rare)
Tempo:
131.45 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [E]
[A] [F#m]
[A] [F#] [D]
[A] [Dm] [C#m]
[A] [Cm] [E]
[A]
the chance you ought to take, [D] the chance [A] of one mistake you can't [F#] make.
Maybe [C#m] I'll mistake
one [C#m] too, but I think I [C] can't be.
[Bm] [D] I need you [A] like a shadow that leaves the light.
I need
you like the [E] morning that [A] follows night.
[C#m]
Nothing left ahead of you, I'll be [Am] right [Bm] behind [Cm] you.
[D]
[G] Shadows [E] disappear [A] and then [F#] we [G] both know it's a shame [B] if you should lose [C#] one.
Why [G] is it
[E] so hard [A] to find?
Tell [E] me that you're right, it [A] is you, baby.
[F#m]
[D] One step closer, [Cm] [B]
[C#m] [F#m]
[F#m] baby.
[Cm] [E]
[A]
One
step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
I can't keep, I'm double comforted.
I [D]
don't [F#m] believe you got the strength [C#m] to fight this
kind [C] of love.
[Bm] [D]
I [A] know it's risky and powerless, [F#]
[D] but we're [A] not what it's ever [F#m] with.
Who can
say we're [C#m] wrong?
Tell us it [C] can't [Bm] be.
[D]
[Em] Come on, baby, [E] please [A] don't go.
[Em] I'm no [G] heart of
stone [F#] and you know.
Why [G] is it so hard [A] to [C#] do?
Tell [E] me that you're right, [C#m] it is you, baby.
[Bm] [Cm] [B]
[F#]
[Cm] [E]
[A] [C#m] [F#m]
[Bm] [Am] [B]
[Am] [E]
[A]
Baby, can't you see they're running late?
[D]
[A] Can't you see we ain't got time to wait?
[F#]
Might [A] be that you're
scared of [C#m] me, or something you [C] might feel.
[Bm] [D] Hold on to [A] me, baby, hold on tight.
[F#]
[A] I'll take you through the night, alright.
[F#]
[F#m] Baby, I will [C#m] stay here with you, take my chance with [Bm] you.
[D]
Come [G] on, baby, please [A] don't [B] go.
I'm [G] no heart of stone
[F#] and you know.
Why is [E] it so hard [A] to do?
[B] Tell [D] me that [B] you're right, it is you, [C#m] baby.
[F#m]
[Bm] One step, baby.
[Cm] [E]
One [B] step closer.
[C#m] [D] [B]
[G#m] [G#] [Dm]
[F#] [C#m] [D#m]
[E] [Dm]
[F#] [B]
[G#m] [D]
[C#] [G#m] [B]
[G#m] [N] [C#]
[E] [B] [A#]
[A] [F#m]
[A] [F#] [D]
[A] [Dm] [C#m]
[A] [Cm] [E]
[A]
the chance you ought to take, [D] the chance [A] of one mistake you can't [F#] make.
Maybe [C#m] I'll mistake
one [C#m] too, but I think I [C] can't be.
[Bm] [D] I need you [A] like a shadow that leaves the light.
I need
you like the [E] morning that [A] follows night.
[C#m]
Nothing left ahead of you, I'll be [Am] right [Bm] behind [Cm] you.
[D]
[G] Shadows [E] disappear [A] and then [F#] we [G] both know it's a shame [B] if you should lose [C#] one.
Why [G] is it
[E] so hard [A] to find?
Tell [E] me that you're right, it [A] is you, baby.
[F#m]
[D] One step closer, [Cm] [B]
[C#m] [F#m]
[F#m] baby.
[Cm] [E]
[A]
One
step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
I can't keep, I'm double comforted.
I [D]
don't [F#m] believe you got the strength [C#m] to fight this
kind [C] of love.
[Bm] [D]
I [A] know it's risky and powerless, [F#]
[D] but we're [A] not what it's ever [F#m] with.
Who can
say we're [C#m] wrong?
Tell us it [C] can't [Bm] be.
[D]
[Em] Come on, baby, [E] please [A] don't go.
[Em] I'm no [G] heart of
stone [F#] and you know.
Why [G] is it so hard [A] to [C#] do?
Tell [E] me that you're right, [C#m] it is you, baby.
[Bm] [Cm] [B]
[F#]
[Cm] [E]
[A] [C#m] [F#m]
[Bm] [Am] [B]
[Am] [E]
[A]
Baby, can't you see they're running late?
[D]
[A] Can't you see we ain't got time to wait?
[F#]
Might [A] be that you're
scared of [C#m] me, or something you [C] might feel.
[Bm] [D] Hold on to [A] me, baby, hold on tight.
[F#]
[A] I'll take you through the night, alright.
[F#]
[F#m] Baby, I will [C#m] stay here with you, take my chance with [Bm] you.
[D]
Come [G] on, baby, please [A] don't [B] go.
I'm [G] no heart of stone
[F#] and you know.
Why is [E] it so hard [A] to do?
[B] Tell [D] me that [B] you're right, it is you, [C#m] baby.
[F#m]
[Bm] One step, baby.
[Cm] [E]
One [B] step closer.
[C#m] [D] [B]
[G#m] [G#] [Dm]
[F#] [C#m] [D#m]
[E] [Dm]
[F#] [B]
[G#m] [D]
[C#] [G#m] [B]
[G#m] [N] [C#]
[E] [B] [A#]
Key:
A
D
E
C#m
F#
A
D
E
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the chance you ought to take, [D] the chance [A] of one mistake you can't [F#] make.
Maybe [C#m] I'll mistake
one [C#m] too, but I think I [C] can't be.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] I need you [A] like a shadow that leaves the light.
I need
you like the [E] morning that [A] follows night.
[C#m]
Nothing left ahead of you, I'll be [Am] right [Bm] behind [Cm] you.
_ [D] _
_ _ [G] Shadows _ [E] disappear [A] and then [F#] we [G] both know it's a shame [B] if you should lose [C#] one.
Why [G] is it
[E] so hard [A] to find?
Tell [E] me that you're right, it [A] is you, _ baby.
_ [F#m] _
[D] One step _ closer, [Cm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [F#m] _ _ baby.
[Cm] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ One
step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
I can't keep, I'm double comforted.
_ I [D]
don't [F#m] believe you got the strength [C#m] to fight this
kind [C] of love.
[Bm] _ _ _ [D]
I [A] know it's risky and powerless, [F#] _
[D] but we're [A] not what it's ever [F#m] with.
Who can
say we're [C#m] wrong?
Tell us it [C] can't _ [Bm] be.
_ [D] _
_ _ [Em] Come on, baby, [E] please [A] don't go.
[Em] I'm no [G] heart of
stone [F#] and you know.
Why [G] is it so hard [A] to [C#] do?
Tell [E] me that you're _ right, [C#m] it is you, baby. _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
Baby, can't you see they're running late?
[D] _
[A] Can't you see we ain't got time to wait?
[F#]
Might [A] be that you're
scared of [C#m] me, or something you [C] might feel.
[Bm] _ _ [D] Hold on to [A] me, baby, hold on tight.
[F#] _
[A] I'll take you through the night, alright.
[F#] _
[F#m] Baby, I will [C#m] stay here with you, take my chance with [Bm] you.
_ _ [D] _
_ Come [G] on, baby, please [A] don't [B] go.
I'm [G] no heart of stone
[F#] and you know.
_ Why is [E] it so hard [A] to do?
[B] Tell [D] me that [B] you're _ right, it is you, [C#m] baby.
_ [F#m] _
[Bm] One step, baby.
[Cm] _ _ [E] _
One [B] step closer.
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the chance you ought to take, [D] the chance [A] of one mistake you can't [F#] make.
Maybe [C#m] I'll mistake
one [C#m] too, but I think I [C] can't be.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] I need you [A] like a shadow that leaves the light.
I need
you like the [E] morning that [A] follows night.
[C#m]
Nothing left ahead of you, I'll be [Am] right [Bm] behind [Cm] you.
_ [D] _
_ _ [G] Shadows _ [E] disappear [A] and then [F#] we [G] both know it's a shame [B] if you should lose [C#] one.
Why [G] is it
[E] so hard [A] to find?
Tell [E] me that you're right, it [A] is you, _ baby.
_ [F#m] _
[D] One step _ closer, [Cm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [F#m] _ _ baby.
[Cm] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ One
step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
One step closer, baby.
I can't keep, I'm double comforted.
_ I [D]
don't [F#m] believe you got the strength [C#m] to fight this
kind [C] of love.
[Bm] _ _ _ [D]
I [A] know it's risky and powerless, [F#] _
[D] but we're [A] not what it's ever [F#m] with.
Who can
say we're [C#m] wrong?
Tell us it [C] can't _ [Bm] be.
_ [D] _
_ _ [Em] Come on, baby, [E] please [A] don't go.
[Em] I'm no [G] heart of
stone [F#] and you know.
Why [G] is it so hard [A] to [C#] do?
Tell [E] me that you're _ right, [C#m] it is you, baby. _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
Baby, can't you see they're running late?
[D] _
[A] Can't you see we ain't got time to wait?
[F#]
Might [A] be that you're
scared of [C#m] me, or something you [C] might feel.
[Bm] _ _ [D] Hold on to [A] me, baby, hold on tight.
[F#] _
[A] I'll take you through the night, alright.
[F#] _
[F#m] Baby, I will [C#m] stay here with you, take my chance with [Bm] you.
_ _ [D] _
_ Come [G] on, baby, please [A] don't [B] go.
I'm [G] no heart of stone
[F#] and you know.
_ Why is [E] it so hard [A] to do?
[B] Tell [D] me that [B] you're _ right, it is you, [C#m] baby.
_ [F#m] _
[Bm] One step, baby.
[Cm] _ _ [E] _
One [B] step closer.
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _