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One Step Ahead

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Cheers, JK
One Step Ahead  - Split Enz
From 'Waiata' and 'Enz of an Era'.
[Intro]
(bass line only: no chords)
G   F#   D   C#   C   G   C   C#
[Verse 1]
Em/GOne step aEm/F#head of youG/D  Em6/C#  
Stay in CmotGion, keep an Copen C#dimmind
Em/GLove is a Em/F#race run by tG/DwoEm6/C#  
Your eCmotGion, my CsoliC#dimtude
If I Astop I could Dm/Alose my Ahead
So I'm Glosing you D/F#insteadA  
Either Dm/Away I'm conDmfused
You slow me Bbdown - what can I A7sus4do?
There's Dmone particular Bbway I have to C7chooseA7sus4  
[Verse 2]
One step ahead of you
Always someone makes it hard to move
She says: "Boy, I want you to stay"
But I save it all for another day
If I stop I could lose my head
But I'm ready for romance
Either way I'm confused
I don't know what I'm s'posed to do
I can only stay one step ahead of you
[Verse 3]
La da-de-da-dah (etc)
Stop! I confess sometimes
I don't know where I'm going
Part of me stays with you
I'm slowing down, what can I do?
It's hard to stay one step ahead of you
[Verse 4]
One step ahead of you
Time is running out, catching up with you
One step ahead of you
When I hold you close can I really lose?
One step ahead, only one step ahead
She's one step ahead of you...

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One Step Ahead

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Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em/G

Em/F#

G/D

Em6/C#

C#dim

Dm/A

D/F#

A7sus4

Cheers, JK

One Step Ahead - Split Enz

From 'Waiata' and 'Enz of an Era'.

[Intro]

(bass line only: no chords)

G F# D C# C G C C#

[Verse 1]

Em/G Em/F# G/D Em6/C#

One step ahead of you

C G C C#dim

Stay in motion, keep an open mind

Em/G Em/F# G/D Em6/C#

Love is a race run by two

C G C C#dim

Your emotion, my solitude

A Dm/A A

If I stop I could lose my head

G D/F# A

So I'm losing you instead

Dm/A Dm

Either way I'm confused

Bb A7sus4

You slow me down - what can I do?

Dm Bb C7 A7sus4

There's one particular way I have to choose

[Verse 2]

One step ahead of you

Always someone makes it hard to move

She says: "Boy, I want you to stay"

But I save it all for another day

If I stop I could lose my head

But I'm ready for romance

Either way I'm confused

I don't know what I'm s'posed to do

I can only stay one step ahead of you

[Verse 3]

La da-de-da-dah (etc)

Stop! I confess sometimes

I don't know where I'm going

Part of me stays with you

I'm slowing down, what can I do?

It's hard to stay one step ahead of you

[Verse 4]

One step ahead of you

Time is running out, catching up with you

One step ahead of you

When I hold you close can I really lose?

One step ahead, only one step ahead

She's one step ahead of you...

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