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BYou held me up  Eheld me Bdown
EMade me Bcrazy then you Ebrought me Baround
EWere my Bdarkness Eand my Blight
You were my F#blindness C#7and my F#sight
Were my Bshelter Eand my Bstorm
EMade me Bcold then you Emade me Bwarm
EYou were my Bfever Eand my Bcure
EMade me Bdoubt then you F#made me Bsure
F#One step forward  and Btwo steps back
ENobody gets too Bfar like that
F#One step  forward and G#mtwo steps back
EThis kind of dance can F#never lastB  E  B  E  
EYou were my Bhope Eand my Bfear
EYou were my Blaughter Eand my Btear
EWere my Bdestiny Eand my Bfate
Kept me F#moving you made C#7me waitF#  
You were my Bweakness Eand my Bpower
EYou were the Bthorn Ein the Bflower
EYou were my Bsunshine Eand the Brain
Made me feel so good bF#rought so much Bpain
F#One step forward  and Btwo steps back
ENobody gets too Bfar like that
F#One step forward and G#mtwo steps back
EThis kind of dance can F#never lastB  E  B  E  
SOLO
And we were G#mnever really meant for each Bother
We were never really F#meant to Blast
In the G#myears that we danced Btogether
For each step forward we took F#two steps Bback
For each step forward we took F#two steps Bback
F#One step forward  and Btwo step back
ENobody gets too Bfar like that
F#One step  forward and G#mtwo steps back
EThis kind of dance can F#never last
F#One step forward  and Btwo step back
ENobody gets too Bfar like that
F#One step  forward and G#mtwo steps back
EThis kind of dance can F#never lastB  E  B  E  B  

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One Step Forward

by Desert Rose Band

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#7

G#m

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B E B

You held me up held me down

E B E B

Made me crazy then you brought me around

E B E B

Were my darkness and my light

F# C#7 F#

You were my blindness and my sight

B E B

Were my shelter and my storm

E B E B

Made me cold then you made me warm

E B E B

You were my fever and my cure

E B F# B

Made me doubt then you made me sure

F# B

One step forward and two steps back

E B

Nobody gets too far like that

F# G#m

One step forward and two steps back

E F# B E B E

This kind of dance can never last

E B E B

You were my hope and my fear

E B E B

You were my laughter and my tear

E B E B

Were my destiny and my fate

F# C#7 F#

Kept me moving you made me wait

B E B

You were my weakness and my power

E B E B

You were the thorn in the flower

E B E B

You were my sunshine and the rain

F# B

Made me feel so good brought so much pain

F# B

One step forward and two steps back

E B

Nobody gets too far like that

F# G#m

One step forward and two steps back

E F# B E B E

This kind of dance can never last

SOLO

G#m B

And we were never really meant for each other

F# B

We were never really meant to last

G#m B

In the years that we danced together

F# B

For each step forward we took two steps back

F# B

For each step forward we took two steps back

F# B

One step forward and two step back

E B

Nobody gets too far like that

F# G#m

One step forward and two steps back

E F#

This kind of dance can never last

F# B

One step forward and two step back

E B

Nobody gets too far like that

F# G#m

One step forward and two steps back

E F# B E B E B

This kind of dance can never last

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