«Steppin’ Out»
(Mark Lindsay — Paul Revere)
Intro [2X]:
fuzz guitar:
(Ab) Bb Ab
v v v v v v v v v
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——|——————|8b10—8b10r8-6—
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(2nd time: yay-yeah!)
Verse 1: (repeat intro riff at end of each line, transposed as necessary)
Ab Bb Ab Bb
Well, I had to leave town because of Uncle Sam’s deal
(ha-ha-ha-yeah)
Ab Bb Ab Bb
Well, I guess my good lovin’ done lost its appeal
Db Eb Db Eb
Because when I come back I heard the bad, bad news
Ab Bb Ab Bb
They say our big romance has been gettin’ abused
Chorus:
F7
Owww, tell me true
Eb
Don’t lie to me
C7/E F7 Ab Bb
Have you been step-step-step-step-step-step-steppin’ out on me
Link 1 (w/intro riff):
(Bb) Ab Bb
I got ways of findin’ out (you been steppin’ out on me)
(Bb)
Do me dirt and I’ll give you a piece of my mind
Bridge:
Eb
I told you once, I told you twice
Bb
Stop your cattin’ around or else I’ll put you on ice
Eb
I’m tellin’ you, baby, what I want you to do
C F
Stop your messin’ ’round, I oughta step on you
[N.C.]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! (w/echo)
Verse 2:
If I can’t be your one and only man
Well, I’m goin’ to your daddy ‘n’ give him back your hand
Then I’ll call the preacher, tell the choir stay home
I guess you’re just the kind of woman that’s just bound to roam
[repeat chorus]
Link 2 (w/intro riff):
(Bb) Ab Bb
Tell the truth, child (you been steppin’ out on me)
Ab Bb
I gotta know in my heart (you been steppin’ out on me)
Ab Bb
I’m gonna check with all your friends (you been steppin’ out on me)
Ab Bb
They’ll tell me the truth, honey (you been steppin’ out on me)
Coda:
[double-time feel]
sustained organ chords; repeat to end
Bb Ab
/ / / / / / / /
(ranted): Yeah, I’m gonna check — then I’m gonna start steppin’
out on YOU! You been out runnin’ around in that little red
wagon of yours, and seein’ all them cats — the preacher’s son,
the iceman… you been steppin’ out with the COBBLER! Yeah, I
know you been — you been doin’ all the nightclubs in town… I
ain’t seen a woman in SIXTY-NIIIINE years and I’m gettin’ tired
of it! Yeah, I gotta finish steppin’ around… I’m gonna send
you into the wings! And I gotta get some good, good lovin…
and I been away too long! I’ll start steppin’ out, goin’ up one
side of this town and down the other… I’ll do every nightspot
in town, play that music, get that good good lovin, do all them
things — that’s what I’m gonna do! [fade]
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
