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The Next Step Is Love – Elvis Presley
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Elvis Presley
The Next Step Is Love (1970)
(P. Parnes/P. Evans)
From: "That’s the Way it Is"
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capo: 1st fret
play: D / key change to E
key: D# / key change to F
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A/G 3-x-2-2-2-0
Bm/A x-0-4-4-3-x
Gadd9 3-x-0-0-0-5
D/C x-3-x-2-3-2
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
G/D x-5-x-4-3-3 or x-x-0-0-0-3
Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2
E/D x-x-0-1-0-0
A/C# x-4-2-2-2-0
A/E 0-x-2-2-2-0 or 0-7-7-6-5-5
Emaj7 0-2-1-1-0-0 or 0-7-6-4-4-4
E7 0-2-2-1-3-0 or 0-2-2-4-3-4
B/A x-0-4-4-4-x
C#m/B 7-x-6-x-x-x or 7-x-6-6-5-x
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INTRO
| D F#m | Am D |
BRIDGE
G A
Yesterday, I slipped away
A/G F#m
The sun is welcoming the evening shadows
Bm
On a perfect day
CHORUS
Bm/A Gadd9
And the next step is love
A7 D
The next step is love
INTERLUDE
| D D/C | G/B A |
VERSE
D D/C
We walked barefoot through the misty meadows
G/B A | D D/C | G/B A |
Laughing at each other in the rain
D D/C G/B
Made some faces at some people in the park
A | D D/C | G/B A |
Didn't bother to explain
VERSE (+ link to chorus)
D D/C
Fun, fun, look at us run
G/B A | D D/C | G/B A |
Going nowhere special really fast
D D/C G/B
But we've yet to taste the icing on the cake
A | D G | D |
That we've been baking with the past
PRE-CHORUS
G/D
And the next step is love
Dmaj7
So what are we waiting for?
G/D
The next step is love
| Dmaj7 | D7 |
Girl, it's for sure
BRIDGE
G A
Yesterday, I slipped away
A/G F#m
The sun is welcoming the evening shadows
Bm
On a perfect day
CHORUS (+ key change)
Bm/A Gadd9
And the next step is love
A7 E
The next step is love
INTERLUDE
| E E/D | A/C# B |
VERSE
E E/D
Love will be a place to run to
A/C# B | E E/D | A/C# B |
From the world they've built to you and me
E E/D
We'll be closer than we've ever been
A/C# B | E E/D | A/C# B |
Though looking back it's so hard to believe
VERSE (+ link to coda)
E E/D
Hang it all out or bring it all in
A/C# B | E E/D | A/C# B |
The best we've picked upon the way to now
E E/D A/C#
Changes are coming but together
B | E A | E |
We can make it through somehow
PRE-CHORUS
A/E
Cause the next step is love
Emaj7
So what are we waiting for?
A/E
The next step is love
| Emaj7 | E7 |
Girl, it's for sure
BRIDGE
A B
Yesterday, I slipped away
B/A G#m
The sun is welcoming the evening shadows
C#m
On a perfect day
CHORUS
C#m/B A
And the next step is love
B7 E
The next step is love
CODA
| E E/D | A/C# B | E E/D |
Yes, it’s love
| A/C# B | | E E/D |
The next step is love
| A/C# B | | E E/D |
Yes, it’s love
| A/C# B | | E E/D |
The next step is love
| A/C# B | | E E/D |
The next step is love
(fade out)
