Harry Chapin – Halfway To Heaven (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
C#m - B - Amaj7 - C#m
C#m B There's no tick tock on your electric clock Amaj7 C#m But still your life runs down B There's no tick tock on your electric clock Amaj7 C#m But still your life runs down
E - F#m - G#m - A x2
[Verse 1]
E F#m G#m A I'm halfway to heaven and my home in Forest Hills B C#m D C#m B It's half past eleven, I've got some time to kill E F#m G#m A I missed bus connection, my train got in too late B C#m D C#m A And I'm forced into reflection by this half-hour wait
[Verse 2]
E F#m G#m A Now I have been a straight man and I played it by the rules B C#m D C#m B I've been a good man, a good husband, a good old fashioned fool E F#m G#m A I have a fine wife and two children just like everybody's got B C#m D C#m A But after fifteen years of marriage, the fires don't burn too hot
[Chorus]
A E/B Ah, someone played a trick on me G#7/B# C#m They set me up so perfectly A E/B The gave me their morality G#7/B# C#m And then changed the rules they set for me A E/B Someone must be laughing now G#7/B# C#m Although it don't seem funny somehow A E/B How the world's accepting now G#7/B# C#m F#7 What they once would not allow back in my younger days. B7 E The world has changed, in so many ways.
[Verse 3]
E F#m7 My mother once said to me, so many years ago now G#m7 Amaj7 "Don't you touch those bad girls." G#m7 Amaj7 So I never had girls G#m7 Amaj7 D Until I had my Mary when we married G#m7 Amaj7 My Mary then had my two sons G#m7 Amaj7 My life as a lover was already done G#m7 Amaj7 D A It was over before it had really begun
[Chorus]
A E/B Ah, someone played a trick on me G#7/B# C#m Just sent this little girl to me A E/B She is my new secretary G#7/B# C#m And she's something to see F#7 Yes, she's a nice girl B7 But it's a young world
[Bridge 1]
E Amaj7 And she lives her life so free E Amaj7 And she sure gets through to me
E - Amaj7 - G - B
[Verse 4]
E F#m7 She brings her pad into my office G#m7 Amaj7 She wears a sweater and a skirt B C#m Somewhere deep inside of me D C#m B Something starts to hurt E F#m7 She's wearing nothing underneath G#m7 Amaj7 I can see what there's to see B C#m She smiles and says, "You wanted me?" D C#m A I'd have to agree A E/B You know how much I want her G#7/B# C#m And I know that I could have her A E G#7 C#m I know I could, I know she would F#7 B7 Make love to me, so wonderfully C#m God damn! F#7 B C#m I'm one crazy mixed up mixture of a man
[Verse 5]
E Amaj7 In my head all my life E Amaj7 I've been a sinner E Amaj7 And in my bed with just my wife E Amaj7 I'm still a beginner E Amaj7 But tomorrow night E F#m7 I'm taking that little girl C#m B - A - C#m Out to dinner!
[Outro]
C#m B There's no tick tock on your electric clock Amaj7 C#m But still your life runs down B There's no tick tock on your electric clock Amaj7 C#m But still your life runs down