One Step Away

Intro 
A E/G# F#m  x4 


 
       A       E/G# 
As the minutes pass 
  F#m           A 
I look to you I know 
       E/G#  F#m 
you're not alright 
    A        E/G# 
I'm past the point 
   F#m 
of thinking straight 
      A    E/G#      F#m 
I can only watch and cry 


{Instrumental} 
A E/G# F#m  x4 
 

 
      A       E/G# 
Don't say the words 
     F#m 
that mean the end 
      A       E/G#  F#m 
Don't tell me to go on 
      A       E/G# 
Don't leave behind an 
F#m         A 
only son To wish that 
E/G#        F#m 
you weren't gone 
 

 
D      E               A 
  As a boy I held your hand 
  E/G#  F#m           D 
I never wanted you to leave 
            E          A 
I could not ever understand 
    E/G#    F#m          D 
And now I'm here in disbelief 
       E               A   E/G# F#m D E 
Do you have to say goodbye? 
 

 
A               E/G# 
  I've lived my life 
F#m          A   E/G# 
knowing now Imagining you 
F#m  A       E/G# 
here Knowing what would 
F#m 
take your life 
  A        E/G#   F#m 
Recounting all my tears 
 

 
A       E/G#     F#m 
Did you see them then? 
A       E/G#     F#m 
Did you think of how 
A         E/G#     F#m 
You would tell someone 
 A      E/G#     F#m 
"I have to leave now"? 
 

 
D      E               A 
  As a boy I held your hand 
  E/G#  F#m           D 
I never wanted you to leave 
            E          A 
I could not ever understand 
    E/G#    F#m          D 
And now I'm here in disbelief 
       E               A   E/G# F#m D E 
Do you have to say goodbye?  


{Instrumental} 
D E D C#m F#m x2 

then 
F#m E C#m A F#m 
F#m E D F#m 


 
F#m       E 
One step away 
C#m       F#m 
One step away 
F#m       E 
One step away 
A         F#m 
One step away  



{Instrumental} 
A E/G# F#m  x4 

 
D      E               A 
  As a boy I held your hand 
  E/G#  F#m           D 
I never wanted you to leave 
            E          A 
I could not ever understand 
    E/G#    F#m          D 
And now I'm here in disbelief 
       E               A   E/G# F#m D E D E D E 
Do you have to say goodbye?