Chippin' Away
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Chords by Dan Clegg, Chilliwack, BC, Nov, 2011
Capo 2
F 11230x
[Gm]Bb [333553]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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[F]Hey mister take a-load-off let-me-explain,
[F]I'm not hidin' from-'y-carry-the-blame,
[F]Have-yourself a good-look from the Sa-ska-toon plain
[F]Nothing's that clear in life I swear by the-claim.
[Bb]I 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.
e|----1------|
B|-0s3-------|
G|-----2-0---|
D|---------3-|
Chorus 1
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[F] [C] [F] [C] [F]
C[C]ause I'm n[F]ot stea[C]dy like Eddy. ...I may not smile for a while.
[F]Got-a-little-of-the-[C]devil and a [F]mean streak.[C]
[F]'cz-I-hope to [C]one, day, [F]be, 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.
[F]Sometimes we go-for-months, not talk at-all.
[F]No crumblin' wall here, the journey's come-too-far.
[F]'O rocket spaceship, take us to-the-stars!
[C]They'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 st[F]eady lik[C]e Eddy. I may not smile for a while.
[F]Got-a-little-of-the-[C]devil and a [F]mean streak.[C]
'cz-[F]I hope-to [C]one, day, [F]be, 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 s[F]teady lik[C]e Eddy, 'o oh. I may not smile for a-while.
[F]God, bless, the poor man, who knoooows what-he-see[C]ks.
[F]'cz-I hope to one day be complete.
C [guitar pause] F
In the meantime, yea, ... ... ... we're just ... chippin'-away.
[F] [F] [F]
Woo-o-o-oo, Woo-o-o-oo, Woo-o-o-oo.
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Chords by Dan Clegg, Chilliwack, BC, Nov, 2011
Capo 2
F 11230x
[Gm]Bb [333553]x3331x
C/G 01023x
Dm 13200x
Intro (spoken):
---------------
Are you ready?
Thumbs are up.
One, two, three, four.
Verse 1
-------
[F]Hey mister take a-load-off let-me-explain,
[F]I'm not hidin' from-'y-carry-the-blame,
[F]Have-yourself a good-look from the Sa-ska-toon plain
[F]Nothing's that clear in life I swear by the-claim.
[Bb]I 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.
e|----1------|
B|-0s3-------|
G|-----2-0---|
D|---------3-|
Chorus 1
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[F] [C] [F] [C] [F]
C[C]ause I'm n[F]ot stea[C]dy like Eddy. ...I may not smile for a while.
[F]Got-a-little-of-the-[C]devil and a [F]mean streak.[C]
[F]'cz-I-hope to [C]one, day, [F]be, com-plete.
C [guitar pause] F [stop]
In-the-meantime, yes..... We're just chippin'-away.
Verse 2
-------
[gets fuller now] F
Eh, got-'ole Michael-Hehir playin'-on-guitar.
[F]Sometimes we go-for-months, not talk at-all.
[F]No crumblin' wall here, the journey's come-too-far.
[F]'O rocket spaceship, take us to-the-stars!
[C]They'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 st[F]eady lik[C]e Eddy. I may not smile for a while.
[F]Got-a-little-of-the-[C]devil and a [F]mean streak.[C]
'cz-[F]I hope-to [C]one, day, [F]be, 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 s[F]teady lik[C]e Eddy, 'o oh. I may not smile for a-while.
[F]God, bless, the poor man, who knoooows what-he-see[C]ks.
[F]'cz-I hope to one day be complete.
C [guitar pause] F
In the meantime, yea, ... ... ... we're just ... chippin'-away.
[F] [F] [F]
Woo-o-o-oo, Woo-o-o-oo, Woo-o-o-oo.
