One Step Ahead
A Great Big World
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Tom : Em
[Intro]
Em C G D Em C G D
[Verso 1]
Em
How many times
C G D
Did I miss the signs?
Em
My stupid heart
C G D
It left me blind
C D
Nobody else would forgive my mistakes
C D
Nobody else would've stayed
G
One step ahead of me
Bm
You saw what we could be
Em
How did you know
[Refrão]
C
Down in your bones
G D
That I'd come around?
G
One step ahead always
Bm
Guiding me through my haze
Em
Was too scared to see
C
What this could mean
[Próxima Parte]
G D
But I see it now
Em C G D
I see it now
Em
How could I
C G D
Ever be enough?
Em
Worthy of
C G D
Someone else's love?
C D
All of my hang-ups and all of my fears
C D
You made them all disappear
G
One step ahead of me
Bm
You saw what we could be
Em
How did you know
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
G D
But I see it now
Em C G D
I see it now
Em C G D
I see it now
C D
Nobody else would forgive my mistakes
C D
Nobody else would've stayed
G
One step ahead of me
Bm
You saw what we could be
Em
How did you know
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
G D
But I see it now
Em C G D
I see it now
Em C G D
I see it now
Em C G D
I see it now
Em C G D
I see it now
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