One Less Set of Footsteps Chords Jim Croce Life and Times ABC Records [C] [F] [G] We're been runnin' away from, [C] [F] [G] Somethin' we both know, [C] [E7] [F] [C] We've long run out of things to say, [F] [C] [Bb] [G] And I think I'd better go. [C] [F] [G] So don't be gettin' excited, [C] [Em] [Am] [D7] When you hear that slammin' door, [C] [G] 'Cause there'll be one less set of footsteps [F] [C] On your floor in the mornin'. [C] [F] [G] And we've been hidin' from somethin', [C] [F] [G] That should have never gone this far, [C] [E7] [F] [C] But after all it's what we've done, [F] [C] [Bb] [G] That makes us what we are. [C] [F] [G] And you've been talkin' in silence, [C] [Em] [Am] [D7] Well if it's silence you adore, [C] [G] Oh, there'll be one Less set of footsteps [F] [C] On your floor in the mornin'. Chorus: [F] [C] Well there'll be one Less set of footsteps on your floor, [F] [Am] [C] One Less man to walk in, [F] [G] One Less pair of jeans upon your door, [Am] [D] [G7] One less voice a-talkin'. [C] [F] [G] But tomorrow's a dream away, [C] [F] [G] And today has turned to dust, [C] [E7] [F] [C] Your silver tongue has turned to clay, [F] [C] [Bb] [G] And your golden rule to rust. [C] [F] [G] If that's the way that you want it, [C] [Em] [Am] [D7] Well that's the way I want it more, [C] [G] 'Cause there'll be one less set of footsteps [F] [C] On your floor in the mornin'. [F] [C] Well there'll be one Less set of footsteps on your floor, [F] [Am] [C] One Less man to walk in, [F] [G] One Less pair of jeans upon your door, [Am] [D] [G7] One less voice a-talkin'. [C] [F] [G] But tomorrow's a dream away, [C] [F] [G] And today has turned to dust, [C] [E7] [F] [C] Your silver tongue has turned to clay, [F] [C] [Bb] [G] And your golden rule to rust. [C] [F] [G] If that's the way that you want it, [C] [Em] [Am] [D7] Well that's the way I want it more, [C] [G] 'Cause there'll be one less set of footsteps [F] [C] On your floor in the mornin'.