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Jack Johnson - One Step Ahead Chords

[intro]
G#m  B  F#  C#

[verse 1]
  G#m                          B
How can you be so certain that you're
                    F#     C#
the one flirting with fire
  G#m
If each choir needs preaching
    B                  F#          C#
and everyone's reaching into their pockets
                     G#m
 to see what they got
       B
If not a lot has changed
F#                    C#   G#m
 but if everything's changing
      B          F#
Blame to see you sin,
                    C#          G#m
but no one sees face-to-face or eye-to-eye
        B                 F#    C#
This is not how it has to end

[pre-chorus]
                G#m
Who wants to be one step ahead
        F#                  C#
And the first to the punchline?
     G#m
Just one step ahead
F#                 C#    G#m
First to the punchline

[chorus]
        B               A#m         G#m
When it feels like it's all closing in, mmm
        B               A#m             G#m
All the linеs we won't cross, we bend instеad
    B              A#m
Never mind all the noise
                   G#m
going through your head, oh
       F#            E
'Cause every time we talk,
           G#m
we say the same things that we say
           F#
'Cause you never mind all
    E
the noise going through your head

[instrumental]
G#m  B  F#  C#

[verse 2]
          G#m
How can I be so certain
   B                        F#     C#
in my first impressions are mine?
        G#m
If each morning I wake up
     B                      F#
with circles around me that say
       C#
"I got mine, I give in,
       B            B
I give up, it's too much"
 F#                       C#
"Come one, let's give 'em hell!"
             G#m
"No, why not love?" you say
        B
"Be too hard and that's
         F#                C#
not enough in this house of cards"

[pre-chorus]
                G#m
Who wants to be one step ahead
        F#                C#
And the first to the punchline?
     G#m
Just one step ahead
    F#                C#   G#m
The first to the punchline

[chorus]
        B               A#m         G#m
When it feels like it's all closing in, mmm
        B              A#m              G#m
All the lines we won't cross, we bend instead
    B                  A#m
Never mind all the noise
                   G#m
going through your head, oh
        F#           E
'Cause every time we talk,
           G#m
we say the same things that we say
    F#            E
And every line we cross,
           G#m
we say the same things that we say
F#             E
Every time we try, we play the same old games,
     G#m
it's all been said
     F#
Now, never mind all
    E                        G#m
the noise going through your head

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