INTRO: Bb Ab (x2)
#1.
Bb Ab Bb Ab Bb
Well, I had to leave town because of Uncle Sam's deal.
Bb Ab Bb Ab Bb
Well, I guess my good lovin' done lost it’s appeal.
Eb C# Eb C# Eb
Because when I come back, I heard the bad, bad news.
Bb Ab Bb Ab
They say our big romance has been gettin' abused.
CHORUS:
F Eb
Owww, tell me true, don't lie to me..
C F
have you been step, step, step, step..step, step, steppin'
Bb Ab Bb
out on me?
Ab Bb
I got ways of findin' out..you been steppin' out on me.
Ab
Do me dirt and I'll give you a piece of my mind!
Eb Bb
I told you once, I told you twice..stop your cattin' around
or else I'll put you on ice.
Eb C
I'm tellin' you, baby, what I want you to do..stop your messin'
F
'round..I oughta step on you. (Hey!Hey!Hey!Hey!Hey!)
#2.
Bb Ab Bb Ab
If I can't be your one and only man..
Bb Ab Bb Ab
well, I'm goin' to your daddy and give him back your hand.
Eb C# Eb C#
Then I'll call the preacher, tell the choir stay home..
Bb Ab Bb Ab
I guess you're the kind of woman that's just bound to roam.
CHORUS:
F Eb
Owww, tell me true, don't lie to me..have you been
C F Bb Ab Bb
step, step, step, step..step, step, steppin' out on me?
Ab Bb Ab Bb
Tell the truth, child...you been steppin' out on me?
Ab Bb Ab Bb
I gotta know in my heart, you been steppin' out on me.
Ab
I'm gonna check with all your friends, you been steppin'
Bb Ab Bb
out on me.
Ab
They'll tell me the truth, honey, you been steppin' out
Bb Ab Bb
on me.
OUTRO:(Spoken:Ad Lib:) A# G#
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 69 years and I'm gettin' tired
of it! (Fade.)
