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The Next Step Is Love
(Paul Evans / Paul Parnes)

Copyright Gladys Music Inc.

RCA studio session - June 4-8, 1970 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville
June 7, 6-9 pm, 10 pm-1 am, 1:30-4:30 am

ZPA4 1619-11

Overdub sessions for RCA - June 9, 1970 - RCA's Studio A - Nashville
ZPA4 1619-11

Overdub sessions for RCA - June 22, 1970 - RCA's Studio A - Nashville
ZPA4 1619-11

Overdub sessions for RCA - July 18, 1970 - RCA's Studio A - Nashville
ZPA4 1619-11

May 1970 Single B side RCA 47-9873 I've Lost You / The Next Step Is Love

December 1970 LP RCA LSP 4445 Elvis, That's The Way It Is
Undubbed Rough Mixes:

November 3, 2008 CD FTD 88697 40723 2 Elvis Country
Outtakes:

Rehearsal 2 (fs), 3 (fs), takes 7 (fs), 8 (fs), 9 (fs) and 10: May 5, 2008 CD FTD 88697 29696-2 That's The Way It Is

Take 6: June 25, 2002 CD RCA BMG 07863-65115-2 Elvis Today, Tomorrow & Forever

Take 10: July 23, 2002 CD FTD 74321 95046-2 The Nashville Marathon

* Yesterday had slipped away and the sun is welcome
In the evening shadows of a perfect day
And the next step is love, the next step is love

We've walked barefoot through the misty meadows
Laughing at each other in the rain
Made some faces at some people
In the park and didn't bother to explain

Fun, fun, look at us run
Goin' nowhere special really fast
But we've yet to taste the icing on the cake
That we've been baking with the past

And the next step is love, so what are we waiting for
The next step is love, girl it's for sure

* Repeat

Love will be a place to run to from the world
they've willed to you and me
We'll be closer than we've ever been
Though looking back it's so hard to believe
Hang it all out, we're bringin' on in
The best we've picked up on the way to now
Changes are a comin' but together we can make it through somehow

Cos' the next step is love so what are we waiting for
The next step is love, girl it's for sure

* Repeat

Yes, it's love, next step is love
Yes, it's love, next step is love
Yes girl it's love

Intro: Eb Gm Bb Eb

Ab Bb Yesterday, I slipped away Gm The sun is welcoming the evening shadows Cm Eb Fm Bb On a perfect day and the next step is love Eb5 Db5 C5 Bb5 The next step is love

Eb5 Db5 We walked barefoot through the misty meadows C5 Bb5 Eb5 Db5 C5 Bb5 Laughing at each other in the rain Eb5 Db5 C5 Made some faces at some people in the park Bb5 Eb5 Db5 C5 Bb5 Didn't bother to explain Eb5 Db5 Fun, fun, look at us run C5 Bb5 Eb5 Db5 C5 Bb5 Going nowhere special really fast Eb5 Db5 C5 But we've yet to taste the icing on the cake Bb5 Eb5 Ab Eb That we've been baking with the past

Fm And the next step is love So what are we waiting for? The next step is love Girl, it's for sure Ab Bb Yesterday, I slipped away Gm The sun is welcoming the evening shadows Cm Eb Fm Bb On a perfect day and the next step is love F5 Eb5 D5 C5 The next step is love

F5 Eb5 Love will be a place to run to D5 C5 F5 Eb5 D5 C5 From the world they've built to you and me F5 Eb5 We'll be closer than we've ever been D5 C5 F5 Eb5 D5 C5 Though looking back it's so hard to believe F5 Eb5 Hang it all out or bring it all in D5 C5 F5 Eb5 D5 C5 The best we've picked upon the way tonight F5 Eb5 D5 Changes are coming but together C5 F5 Bb F We can make it through somehow

Gm Cause the next step is love So what are we waiting for? The next step is love Girl, it's for sure Bb C Yesterday, I slipped away Am The sun is welcoming the evening shadows Dm F Gm C On a perfect day and the next step is love F5 Eb5 D5 C5 The next step is love F5 Eb5 D5 C5 Yes it's love F5 Eb5 D5 C5 The next step is love F5 Eb5 D5 C5 Yes it's love F5 Eb5 D5 C5 The next step is love

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