Am

[Verse 1]

It's not so much that you left
                          C      Am
It's that you didn't come back
        
It's not the pain that you felt
                C       F
But the obvious lack


[Chorus]
      G               C       F
I was always a step behind
      G               C       Am
I was always a step behind


[Verse 2]

It wasn't watching you go
                     C      Am
But the way that you went

With a kiss on the cheek
                     C       F
And a cheque for the rent


[Chorus]
      G               C       F
I was always a step behind
      G               C       Am
I was always a step behind


[Instrumental]
Am   C   Am   C   Am


[Verse 3]

It wasn't really your fault
                         C     Am
Because you made it mine too

While you were looking around
                 C      F
I was looking at you


[Chorus]
      G               C       F
I was always a step behind
      G               C        G
I was always a step behind


[Bridge]

And I hope you remember
               C        G
When it comes around

The gentle release
              C       Dm
Of letting me down
                    G     Dm 
And the way that it felt
                  G     Dm
To be high on yourself
                         G7    G
Blindly running into the new____


[Instrumental]
Am   C   Am   C   Am


[Verse 4]

Haven't we learned to walk?
                   C      Am
It's hard to learn that

And it wasn't the fall
                       C       F
It was the push in the back


[Chorus]
      G               C       F
I was always a step behind
      G               C
I was always a step behind
  F                  G                C       F
Ohh, I didn't see it coming up from behind
      G               C
I was always a step behind