1 Step Forward 3 Steps Back Chords

***Please Note: I have included the C/G chord for the verse parts to make the song more accurate to
the studio recording. If you are a beginner and are finding the shape too difficult, feel free to omit
this chord and just play C and Fmaj7. The G bass note makes very little difference and it will sound great
regardless.***
 
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Chord Voicings To Use:
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C     - X32010
C/G   - 332010
Fmaj7 - XX3210
Em    - 022000
 
 
[Intro - Main Rhythm Pattern]
     C           C/G         Fmaj7          C           C/G         Fmaj7
e|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-------1---1--------1---1----1--------|-------1---1--------1---1----1-----|
G|-------0---0--------0---0----2---0----|-------0---0--------0---0----2-----|
D|-------2---2--------2---2----3--------|-------2---2--------2---2----3-----|
A|---3----------------------------------|---3-------------------------------|
E|----------------3---------------------|----------------3------------------|
 
[Verse 1]
                    C          C/G  Fmaj7
Called you on the phone today
                 C           C/G  Fmaj7
Just to ask you how you were
                     C       C/G  Fmaj7
All I did was speak normally
                           C   C/G  Fmaj7
Somehow I still struck a nerve
                             C        C/G  Fmaj7
You got me fucked up in the head, boy
                 C      C/G    Fmaj7
Never doubted myself so much
                           C    C/G  Fmaj7
Like am I pretty, am I fun, boy
                        C         C/G          Fmaj7
I hate that I give you power over that kind of stuff
 
[Chorus]
                 C         Em        Fmaj7        C
Cuz it's always one step forward and three steps back
         C            Em          Fmaj7     C
I'm the love of your life until I make you mad
             C         Em        Fmaj7        C
It's always one step forward and three steps back
        C                 Em             Fmaj7        C
Do you love me, want me, hate me, boy, I don't understand
      Fmaj7       C
No, I don't understand
 
[Verse 2]
 C    C/G         Fmaj7
Maybe in some masochistic way
C         C/G    Fmaj7
I kind of find it all exciting
 C           C/G        Fmaj7
Likе, which lover will I get today
          C             C/G         Fmaj7
Will you walk me to thе door or send me home crying
 
[Chorus]
      C         Em        Fmaj7        C
It's one step forward and three steps back
         C            Em          Fmaj7    C
I'm the love of your life until I make you mad
             C         Em        Fmaj7        C
It's always one step forward and three steps back
        C                 Em             Fmaj7       C
Do you love me, want me, hate me, boy, I don't understand
 
[Bridge]
          C        Em        Fmaj7           C
No, it's back and forth did I say something wrong
      C         Em        Fmaj7       C
It's back and forth going over everything I said
      C        Em        Fmaj7           C
It's back and forth did I do something wrong
      C         Em        Fmaj7        C
It's back and forth maybe this is all your fault instead
 
[Outro]
      C          Em       Fmaj7        C
It's one step forward and three steps back
         C                    Em           Fmaj7         C
And I'd leave you, but the rollercoaster's all I've ever had
            C         Em        Fmaj7        C
Yeah, it's one step forward and three steps back
        C                 Em             Fmaj7       C
Do you love me, want me, hate me, boy, I don't understand
      Fmaj7       C
No, I don't understand
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