Standard (EADGBE)

(2nd time: yay-yeah!)

Verse 1

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

  Well, I had to leave town because of Uncle Sam's deal

(ha-ha-ha-yeah)

  Well, I guess my good lovin' done lost its appeal

  Because when I come back I heard the bad, bad news

  They say our big romance has been gettin' abused

Chorus

  Owww, tell me true

  Don't lie to me

  Have you been step-step-step-step-step-step-steppin' out on me

Link 1

w/intro riff):

  I got ways of findin' out (you been steppin' out on me)

  Do me dirt and I'll give you a piece of my mind

Bridge

  I told you once, I told you twice

  Stop your cattin' around or else I'll put you on ice

  I'm tellin' you, baby, what I want you to do

  Stop your messin' 'round, I oughta step on you

  Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! (w/echo)

Verse 2

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]

Link 2

w/intro riff):

  Tell the truth, child (you been steppin' out on me)

  I gotta know in my heart (you been steppin' out on me)

  I'm gonna check with all your friends (you been steppin' out on me)

  They'll tell me the truth, honey (you been steppin' out on me)

Coda

[double-time feel]

sustained organ chords; repeat to end

/ / / / / / / /

(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