Chippin Away Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

spoken):

Are you ready?

Thumbs are up.

One, two, three, four.

Verse 1

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.

A♯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.

Chorus 1

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

[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)

[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

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.