Written by Marijohn Wilkin in 1973 with some
assistance by her former protégé Kris Kristofferson.
| Intro | C | G7 | C |
| C | G7 |
| I'm only human, I'm just a | man |
| C | |
| And all that I | am |
| C7 | F | |
| Show me the stairway | I have to | climb |
| C | G7 | |
| Lord for my | sake teach me to | take |
| C | |
| One day at a | time |
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| Instrumental | Verse |
| C | G7 | |
| Do you re | member when you walked among | men |
| C | |
| It's worse now than | then |
| C7 | F | |
| Pushin' and shovin', | crowding my m | ind |
| C | G7 | |
| So for my | sake, teach me to | take |
| C | |
| One day at a | time |
|
| G7 | |
| So for my sake | teach me to take |
| C | |
| One day at a | time |