J.J. Cale - I Step ( One Step ) Chords

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One step forward and two step back, there's a chain and bricks upon my [C] back.
[Gm] Walls bend from where the wind get made, my house is built and the [C] bricks are made.
It's made out of [Gm] wood, made out of [C] stone, my village [Gm] is built on stone.
That's the way it is, let me tell you daddy, it's one step forward and two step back. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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A working man he got to rule the cold, he's up in the morning and down the road.
Canyon bricks and canyon stones, making that man a handsome [C] man.
A rich man [Gm] he don't want no [C] more, he talks on the [Gm] phone to his stockbroker.
That's the way it is, let me tell you daddy, it's one step forward and two step back.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Well I'm not a faking man you see, and I'm not looking for sympathy.
One of these days I'm getting a fill, he's down the road and over the hill.
[C] I won't carry [Gm] this, [C] and I [Gm] won't do it for anybody.
It gives my brain a kick in the back, I'm just a sniffle and one step back. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ That's the way it is, let me tell you daddy, it's one step forward and two step back. _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] That's the way it is, let me tell you daddy, it's one step forward and two step back.
That's the way it is, let me tell you daddy, it's one step forward.
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_ _ _ _ _ That's the way it is, let me tell you daddy, it's one step forward and two step back.
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