One Step Chords by Jj Cale

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_ One step forward and two step back, man, you carry them bricks [Bb] upon [C] my back.
[Gm] The boss man told me you ain't getting paid, but the house is built on the [C] bricks of laid.
It's made out of wood, [Gm] made out of stone, [C] and the building [Gm] is built upon that.
That's the way it is, love, it ain't changed.
So one step forward and two steps back. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Working man, he got a rule of code.
He's out in the morning and down the road.
Canyon bricks and canyon stone, making that man his best [C] man.
Rich [Gm] man, he don't work no more.
[C] He talks on the phone [Gm] through his stock broker.
That's the way it is, love, it ain't changed.
So one step forward and two steps back. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Well, I'm not a faithful man, you see, and I'm not looking for something to eat.
One of these days, I'm getting my fill, and he's down the road in the open field.
[C] I'm going to carry [Gm] them bricks with you, [C] and I'm [Gm] going to do it for you anyway.
My brain is on my back, I'm a peaceful man. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ That's the way it is, love, it ain't changed.
So one step forward and two steps back. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] That's the way it is, love, it ain't changed.
So one step forward and two steps back.
That's the way it is, love, it ain't changed.
So one step forward and two steps back.
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_ _ _ _ _ That's the way it is, love, it ain't changed.
So one step forward _ and two steps back. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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