Chippin Away Chords - Corey Hart

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.

{tab: e|----1------|}

{tab: B|-0s3-------|}

{tab: G|-----2-0---|}

{tab: D|---------3-|}

Chorus 1

-------- F C F C F C F C Cause I'm not steady like Eddy. ...I may not smile for a while. F C F C Got-a-little-of-the-devil and a mean streak. F C F '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. 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) ---------------- [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 F C I'm not steady like Eddy. I may not smile for a while. F C F C Got-a-little-of-the-devil and a mean streak. F C F 'cz-I hope-to one, day, 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

-------- F C F C F C F C (God) I'm not steady like Eddy, 'o oh. I may not smile for a-while. F C God, bless, the poor man, who knoooows what-he-seeks. 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.