Corey Hart - Chippin away
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Corey Hart
Chippin' Away
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Chords by Dan Clegg, Chilliwack, BC, Nov, 2011
Capo 2
F 11230x
Gm 333553
Bb x3331x
C/G 01023x
Dm 13200x
Intro (spoken):
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Are you ready?
Thumbs are up.
One, two, three, four.
Verse 1
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FHey mister take a-load-off let-me-explain,
FI'm not hidin' from-'y-carry-the-blame,
FHave-yourself a good-look from the Sa-ska-toon plain
FNothing's that clear in life I swear by the-claim.
BbI rack my conscience for the will to achieve;
Bb [guitar pause] [F; see below]
I could lie, die, cry and to this day not receive.
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B|-0s3-------|
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D|---------3-|
Chorus 1
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F C F C F
CCause I'm nFot steaCdy like Eddy. ...I may not smile for a while.
FGot-a-little-of-the-Cdevil and a Fmean streak. C
F'cz-I-hope to Cone, day, Fbe, com-plete.
C [guitar pause] F [stop]
In-the-meantime, yes..... We're just chippin'-away.
Verse 2
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[gets fuller now] F
Eh, got-'ole Michael-Hehir playin'-on-guitar.
FSometimes we go-for-months, not talk at-all.
FNo crumblin' wall here, the journey's come-too-far.
F'O rocket spaceship, take us to-the-stars!
CThey're building castles straight up to the sky,
C [guitar pause]
But the Empire States still looks to me like it's high...
Chorus 1 (again)
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[Sing once with inserted bridge below.
Sing again with first two lines quiet
Sing again with ohno's and yea's all over]
F C F C F C
I'm not stFeady likCe Eddy. I may not smile for a while.
FGot-a-little-of-the-Cdevil and a Fmean streak. C
'cz-FI hope-to Cone, day, Fbe, com-plete, yea
[After first iteration only:
C [guitar pause] F
'n-in the meantime, yes... we're just chippin'-away.
O yea ]
Chorus 2
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F C F C F
(God)C I'm not sFteady likCe Eddy, 'o oh. I may not smile for a-while.
FGod, bless, the poor man, who knoooows what-he-seeCks.
F'cz-I hope to one day be complete.
C [guitar pause] F
In the meantime, yea, ... ... ... we're just ... chippin'-away.
FWoo-o-o-oo, FWoo-o-o-oo, FWoo-o-o-oo.