Steppin Out

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                  (2nd time: yay-yeah!)

(repeat intro riff at end of each line, transposed as necessary)

        W[Ab]ell, I h[Bb]ad to leave town because of Uncle Sam's deal [Ab]     [Bb]
             (ha-ha-ha-yeah)
        W[Ab]ell, I g[Bb]uess my good lovin' done lost its appeal [Ab]     [Bb]
        Bec[C#]ause when [Eb]I come back I heard the bad, bad news [C#]     [Eb]
        They [Ab]say our [Bb]big romance has been gettin' abused [Ab]     [Bb]

        Owww, tell me t[F7]rue
        Don't lie to [Eb]me
        Have you been [C7]ste[E]p-step-step-step-s[F7]tep-step-steppin' [Ab]out on [Bb]me

w/intro riff):

        I[Bb] got ways of findin' out  (you been steppin' o[Ab]ut on m[Bb]e)
        D[Bb]o me dirt and I'll give you a piece of my mind

        I t[Eb]old you once, I told you twice
        S[Bb]top your cattin' around or else I'll put you on ice
        I'm t[Eb]ellin' you, baby, what I want you to do
        Stop your m[C]essin' 'round, I oughta s[F]tep on you
        [N.C.]Hey!  Hey!  Hey! Hey! Hey!  (w/echo)

        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]

w/intro riff):

        T[Bb]ell the truth, child (you been steppin' [Ab]out on [Bb]me)
        I gotta know in my heart (you been steppin' [Ab]out on [Bb]me)
        I'm gonna check with all your friends (you been steppin' [Ab]out on [Bb]me)
        They'll tell me the truth, honey (you been steppin' [Ab]out on [Bb]me)

        [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