Corey Hart
Chippin' Away
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Chords by Dan Clegg, Chilliwack, BC, Nov, 2011

Capo 2
F (133211@1)11230x
Gm (355333@1)333553
Bb (x1333x@1)x3331x
C/G01023x (3x555x@1)Dm13200x (xx0231@1)
Intro (spoken):
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Are you ready?

Thumbs are up.

One, two, three, four.

Verse 1
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FHey (133211@1)mister take a-load-off let-me-explain,
FI'm (133211@1)not hidin' from-'y-carry-the-blame,
FHave-yourself (133211@1)a good-look from the Sa-ska-toon plain
FNothing's (133211@1)that clear in life I swear by the-claim.
BbI (x1333x@1)rack my conscience for the will to achieve;
Bb (x1333x@1)    [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 (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)      
 C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)    CCause (x32010@1)I'm not steady like Eddy. ...I may not smile for a while.
F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)          CGot-a-little-of-the-devil (x32010@1)and a mean streak.
F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)       F'cz-I-hope (133211@1)to one, day, be, com-plete.
                C (x32010@1)[guitar pause]    F (133211@1)           [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 (133211@1)we go-for-months, not talk at-all.
FNo (133211@1)crumblin' wall here, the journey's come-too-far.
F'O (133211@1)rocket spaceship, take us to-the-stars!
CThey're (x32010@1)building castles straight up to the sky,
        C (x32010@1)[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 (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)        CF         C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)     CI'm (x32010@1)not steady like Eddy.   I may not smile for a while.
F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)           CGot-a-little-of-the-devil (x32010@1)and a mean streak.
    F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)       F'cz-I (133211@1)hope-to one, day, be, com-plete, yea

[After first iteration only:
                   C (x32010@1)[guitar pause]  F'n-in (133211@1)the meantime, yes... we're just chippin'-away.

O yea ]

Chorus 2
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F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)  
     C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)      C(God) (x32010@1)I'm not steady like Eddy, 'o oh. I may not smile for a-while.
F (133211@1)                                               CGod, (x32010@1)bless, the poor man, who knoooows what-he-seeks.
F'cz-I (133211@1)hope to one day be complete.
               C (x32010@1)[guitar pause]                 FIn (133211@1)the meantime, yea, ... ... ... we're just ... chippin'-away.

F (133211@1)         F (133211@1)         FWoo-o-o-oo, (133211@1)Woo-o-o-oo, Woo-o-o-oo.