22 Steps

Intro 
G D C/G 


 
N.C. 
You were there when my daddy died 
N.C. 
I didnt want to believe but I tried 
G                                  N.C. 
Tough prayers in the dead of night 
G                                  N.C. 
I said I wanted to live but I lied 
G 
Fourteen standing at his grave 
G                                      D Em 
I didnt know what it meant to be safe 
G                               D/F# Em 
Fell apart when I heard You say 
C                                           D/F# Em D 
I love you son, let Me take all your pain 
 

 
       D 
Inside, outside 
Em 
Waking up just to never die 
G 
Took a minute but I realized 
Bm 
Youd given me a better life 
 

 
C       Em 
22 steps, out of debt 
D              G     D/F# 
22 steps (Ill never forget) 
C       Em 
22 steps, straight ahead 
D               Bm 
22 steps (still catching my breath) 
C Em D G D/F# 
C Em D Bm 
 

 
N.C.                           D/F# Em 
22 steps from the grave to God 
C                                  D Am 
I got in and we drove to his moms 
Em                              D/F# G 
Late tears running down my arms 
C                                     D/F# Em D 
Ready to live and believe he was gone 
 

 
       D 
Inside, outside 
Em 
Waking up just to never die 
G 
Took a minute but I realized 
Bm 
Youd given me a better life 
 

 
C       Em 
22 steps, out of debt 
D              G     D/F# 
22 steps (Ill never forget) 
C       Em 
22 steps, straight ahead 
D               Bm                 C 
22 steps (still catching my breath) 
Em D G D 
C Em D Bm Em 
 

 
N.C. 
 

 
C       Em 
22 steps, out of debt 
D              G     D/F# 
22 steps (Ill never forget) 
C       Em 
22 steps, straight ahead 
D/F# D          Bm        D        C 
22 steps (still catching my breath) 

Em D G D 
C Em D Bm 

C        Em D 
22 steps 
     G     D/F#  C Em D 
Ill never forget 
Bm   Em 
22 steps 
Em D G 
C Em D Bm