E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||
                The Next Step Is Love – Elvis Presley
E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||

Written by: P. Parnes/P. Evans
From: "That’s the Way it Is" (1970)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||

capo: 1st fret
play: D / key change to E
key: D# / key change to F

E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||

CHORDS
       E-A-D-G-B-e
A/G    3-x-2-2-2-0
Bm/A   x-0-4-4-3-x
Gadd9  3-x-0-0-0-5
D/C    x-3-x-2-3-2
G/B    x-2-0-0-0-3
G/D    x-5-x-4-3-3   or  x-x-0-0-0-3
Dmaj7  x-x-0-2-2-2

E/D    x-x-0-1-0-0
A/C#   x-4-2-2-2-0
A/E    0-x-2-2-2-0   or  0-7-7-6-5-5
Emaj7  0-2-1-1-0-0   or  0-7-6-4-4-4
E7     0-2-2-1-3-0   or  0-2-2-4-3-4
B/A    x-0-4-4-4-x
C#m/B  7-x-6-x-x-x   or  7-x-6-6-5-x

E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||

[Intro]
| D F#m | Am D |


[Bridge]
      G               A
Yesterday, I slipped away
                         A/G     F#m
The sun is welcoming the evening shadows
             Bm
On a perfect day


[Chorus]
        Bm/A         Gadd9
And the next step is love
A7                 D
  The next step is love


[Interlude]
| D D/C | G/B A |


[Verse]
          D                    D/C
We walked barefoot through the misty meadows
G/B              A           | D D/C | G/B A |
Laughing at each other in the rain
          D             D/C           G/B
Made some faces at some people in the park
       A         | D D/C | G/B A |
Didn't bother to explain


[Verse] (+ link to chorus)
D         D/C 
Fun, fun, look at us run
G/B           A             | D D/C | G/B A |
Going nowhere special really fast
          D                D/C          G/B
But we've yet to taste the icing on the cake
                A              | D G | D |
That we've been baking with the past


Pre-[Chorus]
                     G/D
And the next step is love
               Dmaj7
So what are we waiting for?
                 G/D
The next step is love
              | Dmaj7 | D7 |
Girl, it's for sure


[Bridge]
      G               A
Yesterday, I slipped away
                         A/G     F#m
The sun is welcoming the evening shadows
             Bm
On a perfect day


[Chorus] (+ key change)
        Bm/A         Gadd9
And the next step is love
A7                 E
  The next step is love


[Interlude]
| E E/D | A/C# B |


[Verse]
E               E/D
Love will be a place to run to
A/C#                   B              | E E/D | A/C# B |
From the world they've built to you and me
         E                 E/D
We'll be closer than we've ever been
       A/C#              B           | E E/D | A/C# B |
Though looking back it's so hard to believe


[Verse] (+ link to coda)
E                  E/D
Hang it all out or bring it all in
    A/C#               B            | E E/D | A/C# B |
The best we've picked upon the way to now
E           E/D          A/C#
Changes are coming but together
       B                 | E A | E |
We can make it through somehow


Pre-[Chorus]
                       A/E
Cause the next step is love
               Emaj7
So what are we waiting for?
                 A/E
The next step is love
              | Emaj7 | E7 |
Girl, it's for sure


[Bridge]
      A               B
Yesterday, I slipped away
                         B/A     G#m
The sun is welcoming the evening shadows
             C#m
On a perfect day


[Chorus] 
        C#m/B        A
And the next step is love
B7                 E
  The next step is love


[Outro]
| E E/D | A/C# B       | E E/D |
               Yes, it’s love
| A/C# B |        | E E/D | 
   The next step is love 
| A/C# B |        | E E/D | 
       Yes, it’s love
| A/C# B |        | E E/D | 
   The next step is love 
| A/C# B |        | E E/D | 
   The next step is love