Step By Step

[Verso 1]
 
Em 
Step by step 
              A7                  Em 
All the happy Saints go marching in 

And if a Saint step out of line 
       A7            Em 
He'll have to start again 

'Cause Jacob's golden ladder 
      A7              Em 
Gets slippery at the top 
And many a happy-go-lucky Saint 
     A7                   Em 
Has made that long, long drop 
 


[Refrão]
 
        E 
If I'm late, don't wait 
A             E 
Go on without me 
A                 E 
I may tarry awhile 
                      A         E 
'Cause I mean to know before I go 
     A               E 
How come the Devil smiles 

If I'm late, don't wait 
A             E 
Go on without me 
A                 E 
I may tarry awhile 
                      A         E 
'Cause I mean to know before I go 
     A               E 
How come the Devil smiles 
 


[Verso 2]
 
Em 
Free from care, free from fear 
    A7                   Em 
The Saints are trooping in 

Children play all around the throne 
A7           Em 
Innocent of sin 
A trillion voices sing the name 
     A7              Em 
The mortals may not know 

And Heaven's wall's too high to hear 
      A7           Em 
The trouble down below 
 


[Refrão]
 
        E 
If I'm late, don't wait 
A             E 
Go on without me 
A                 E 
I may tarry awhile 
                      A         E 
'Cause I mean to know before I go 
     A               E 
How come the Devil smiles 

               A         E 
I mean to know before I go 
     A               E 
How come the Devil smiles 
                      A         E 
'Cause I mean to know before I go 
     A               E 
How come the Devil smiles 

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