Chords by Dan Clegg, Chilliwack, BC, Nov, 2011 Capo 2 Intro (spoken): --------------- Are you ready? Thumbs are up. One, two, three, four. Verse 1 ------- F5 Hey mister take a-load-off let-me-explain, F5 I'm not hidin' from-'y-carry-the-blame, F5 Have-yourself a good-look from the Sa-ska-toon plain F5 Nothing's that clear in life I swear by the-claim. Bb5 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 -------- F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 Cause I'm not steady like Eddy. ...I may not smile for a while. F5 C5 F5 C5 Got-a-little-of-the-devil and a mean streak. F5 C5 F5 'cz-I-hope to one, day, 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. F5 Sometimes we go-for-months, not talk at-all. F5 No crumblin' wall here, the journey's come-too-far. F5 'O rocket spaceship, take us to-the-stars! C5 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) ---------------- [Sing once with inserted bridge below. Sing again with first two lines quiet Sing again with ohno's and yea's all over] F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 I'm not steady like Eddy. I may not smile for a while. F5 C5 F5 C5 Got-a-little-of-the-devil and a mean streak. F5 C5 F5 'cz-I hope-to one, day, be, com-plete, yea [After first iteration only: C5 [guitar pause] F5 'n-in the meantime, yes... we're just chippin'-away. O yea ] Chorus 2 -------- F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 (God) I'm not steady like Eddy, 'o oh. I may not smile for a-while. F5 C5 God, bless, the poor man, who knoooows what-he-seeks. F5 'cz-I hope to one day be complete. C5 [guitar pause] F5 In the meantime, yea, ... ... ... we're just ... chippin'-away. F5 F5 F5 Woo-o-o-oo, Woo-o-o-oo, Woo-o-o-oo.
