Step It Up And Go

The Everly Brothers

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
Nickel is a nickel dime is dime
                   C7
Get you a girl you can have a good time

Verse 2

          F                           C
You gotta step it up and go you gotta step it up and go
         G7                         F              C
Well you can't stand back you gotta step it up and go

Verse 3

C
Two old maids sittin' in the sand
                      C7
Each one wishin' that the other was a man

Verse 2

          F                           C
You gotta step it up and go you gotta step it up and go
         G7                         F              C
Well you can't stand back you gotta step it up and go

Verse 4

C
Shootin' dice got your money on the floor
                   C7
Up comes a law and knocks on the door

Verse 2

          F                           C
You gotta step it up and go you gotta step it up and go
         G7                         F              C
Well you can't stand back you gotta step it up and go

Verse 5

C
She may be old and ninety years
                          C7
But she ain't too old for to shift her gears

Verse 2

          F                           C
You gotta step it up and go you gotta step it up and go
         G7                         F              C
Well you can't stand back you gotta step it up and go

Verse 6

C
Jumped in the river started to drown
                           C7
Thought about my woman and I turned around

Verse 2

          F                           C
You gotta step it up and go you gotta step it up and go
         G7                         F              C
Well you can't stand back you gotta step it up and go

Verse 7

C
I knocked on the door about half past ten
                          C7
She said listen here baby you can't come in

Verse 2

          F                           C
You gotta step it up and go you gotta step it up and go
         G7                         F              C
Well you can't stand back you gotta step it up and go

Verse 8

F      C  F      C   F      C  F      C
Woh-oo-oh woh-oo-oh  woh-oo-oh woh-oo-oh
F      C  F      C   F      C  F      C
Woh-oo-oh woh-oo-oh  woh-oo-oh woh-oo-oh