One Step Closer To Home

												
Intro: (v = downstroke, ^ = upstroke, . = pick separate strings)
GGG G G G D A D ADADA Em     G         G
v^v v v v v v v vvvvv v....  v........ v........
        D           A
Back in seventyfive when the kid was on the line
       Em               G
and he felt no pain 'cause there was none
         D             A
He would bend in the wind, take in anything
              Em                G
like sniffin' roses, and it was all right
         Em               A
until he fell and cut his hand
        G               Bm
He just could not understand
         Em        D/F#         G        E
He ran away, blame pretence for defence
         A
or plain innocence
Said that's all right,
              G            D        A     Em
the harder it fights, I'm one step closer to home
              G            D        A     Em
The deeper it bites , I'm one step closer to home
          G                D
And you can tie my hands or whip my back
             G             D
I can't give in, till the sky turns black
           G          D        G    D A D
I may get lost - I'm one step closer to home
ADADA Em G  (As in the Intro.)
            D           A
Oh yeah, he ran, hitched rides, travelled light
         Em          G
left his bags behind, said he lost them
        D                 A
He said that's O.K. I got money and a smile
     Em              G
from place to place, and they don't mind
             Em               A
I've had the heads of businessmen
           A             Bm
and I just gave them right back again
         Em          D/F#    G          Em
I've got no need for device, disguise
         A
or plain compromise
Said that's all right,
               G          D        A     Em
the tougher it gets, I'm one step closer to home
                G           D        A     Em
the more that I sweat, I'm one step closer to home
          G                D
And you can tie my hands or whip my back
             G             D
I can't give in, till the sky turns black
           G          D        G    D A D
I may get lost - I'm one step closer to home
Bm                     D
There ain't no need for this, at all, at all

surely you can help me out, say
Em             F#m
I know a lot of people, just like you
G             Bm
plenty to live for and nothing to lose, so
D         A
tear it all down, smash it all up
D                        A
break it all down, and then just stop
            D A D A
build it up
            D  A
build it up
            D  A
build it up
          D               A
and the tougher it gets and the more that I sweat
          D               G
and the harder it fights and the deeper it bites
              D        A     Em
I'm one step closer to home
              G
the harder it fights
              D        A
I'm one step closer to home
          G                D
And you can tie my hands or whip my back
             G             D
I can't give in, till the sky turns black
           G          D        G    D A D
I may get lost - I'm one step closer to home

Chord formations:
D    [xx0232]
A    [x02220]
Em   [022000]
G    [320003]
Bm   [x24432]
D/F# [xx4232]
E    [022100]
F#m  [244222]