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Steppin' Out - Electric Light Orchestra
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Written by: Jeff Lynne
From: "Out of the Blue" (1977)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C9 x-3-2-3-3(3)
A/C# x-4-2-2-2(0)
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
D/A x-0-4-2-3-2
Gm(maj7) 3-x-0-3-3-2
Gm 3-x-0-3-3-3
Gm6 3-x-0-3-3-0
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Chromatic Link
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--------1-2-3-4-|
E|2-3-4-5---------|
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INTRO
| D | Gm | D | Gm | D | C9 |
VERSE
D
Pack up all your things
A/C#
We're gonna be leaving
Bm F#m
Sooner than I thought
G D
Take the things you bought
C9
Clouds are gathering.
VERSE
D
Say goodbye to all your friends
A/C#
We're gonna be sorry
Bm F#m
For a while, that's how it goes
G D
But then again, who knows
C9 D
About the rain [chromatic link]
CHORUS
D
I'm steppin' out
Dmaj7
I'm moving on
D7 G
I'm gonna see the world
E/G# D/A
Like a rolling stone
Bm
Stepping out
Gm Am
I'm gonna be somebody...
Bb C D
Oh, I'm steppin' out
VERSE
D
Did you hear what he said?
A/C#
He said they sold me down the river
Bm F#m
They thought I thought was a fool
G D
They said the rain would fall
C9
What did they know?
VERSE
D
Then I saw your face
A/C#
And the song that you were singing
Bm F#m
Though I thought I knew the words
G D C9
The tune was quite absurd and out of key
D
Ooo dah dah dee [chromatic link]
CHORUS
D
I'm steppin' out
Dmaj7
I'm moving on
D7 G
I'm gonna see the world
E/G# D/A
Like a rolling stone
Bm
Stepping out
Gm Am
I'm gonna be somebody...
Bb C D A
Oh, I'm steppin' out.
OUTRO
D F#m G Gm(maj7) Gm Gm(maj7) Gm6
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
D F#m G Gm(maj7) Gm Gm(maj7) Gm6
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
D F#m G Gm(maj7) Gm Gm(maj7) Gm6
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
D F#m G Gm(maj7) Gm Gm(maj7) Gm6
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out [chromatic link]
D F#m G Gm(maj7) Gm Gm(maj7) Gm6
[vocoder] I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out [chromatic link]
D F#m G Gm(maj7) Gm Gm(maj7) Gm6
[vocoder] I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out [chromatic link]
Bb C | D | Bm | F#m | G Gm |
Steppin' out, steppin' out, steppin' out.
D F#m G Gm(maj7) Gm Gm(maj7) Gm6
Don't know where I'm going Gonna see the
D F#m G Gm(maj7) Gm Gm(maj7) Gm6
world, gonna be somebody Don't know where I'm
D F#m G
going I'm just steppin' out
Gm(maj7) Gm Gm(maj7) Gm6 Bb C D
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out. [chromatic link]