Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

(v = downstroke, ^ = upstroke, . = pick separate strings)

v^v v v v v v v vvvvv v.... v........ v........

 Back in seventyfive when the kid was on the line

 and he felt no pain 'cause there was none

 He would bend in the wind, take in anything

 like sniffin' roses, and it was all right

 until he fell and cut his hand

 He just could not understand

 He ran away, blame pretence for defence

 or plain innocence

Said that's all right,

 the harder it fights, I'm one step closer to home

 The deeper it bites , I'm one step closer to home

 And you can tie my hands or whip my back

 I can't give in, till the sky turns black

 I may get lost - I'm one step closer to home

ADADA Em G (As in the Intro.)

 Oh yeah, he ran, hitched rides, travelled light

 left his bags behind, said he lost them

 He said that's O.K. I got money and a smile

 from place to place, and they don't mind

 I've had the heads of businessmen

 and I just gave them right back again

 I've got no need for device, disguise

 or plain compromise

Said that's all right,

 the tougher it gets, I'm one step closer to home

 the more that I sweat, I'm one step closer to home

 And you can tie my hands or whip my back

 I can't give in, till the sky turns black

 I may get lost - I'm one step closer to home

There ain't no need for this, at all, at all

surely you can help me out, say

I know a lot of people, just like you

plenty to live for and nothing to lose, so

tear it all down, smash it all up

break it all down, and then just stop

 build it up

 build it up

 build it up

 and the tougher it gets and the more that I sweat

 and the harder it fights and the deeper it bites

 I'm one step closer to home

 the harder it fights

 I'm one step closer to home

 And you can tie my hands or whip my back

 I can't give in, till the sky turns black

 I may get lost - I'm one step closer to home

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