Halfway to Heaven

Halfway to Heaven easy guitar chords by Harry Chapin

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

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Capo
  • Am

  • G

  • F

  • C

  • Dm

  • Em

  • Bb

  • E

  • D

  • Eb

    6
  • Am

  • G

  • F

  • C

  • Dm

  • Em

  • Bb

  • E

  • D

  • Eb

    6
  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    There's 
    no 
    tick 

    tock 
    on 
    your 
    electric 
    clock 

    But 
    still 
    your 
    life 
    runs 
    down. 

    Verse 2

    There's 
    no 
    tick 
    tock 
    on 

    your 
    electric 
    clock 

    But 
    still 
    your 
    life 
    runs 
    down. 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 3
    I'm 
    halfway 
    to 
    heaven 
    and 

    my 
    home 
    in 
    Forest 
    Hills 

    It's 
    half 
    past 
    el
    even 
    and 

    I've 
    got 
    some 
    time 
    to 
    kill. 

    I missed 
    my bus 
    connec
    tion 

    my train 
    got 
    in 
    too 
    late 

    And 
    I'm forced 
    into 
    reflec

    tion 
    by 
    this 
    half 
    hour 
    wait. 

    Verse 4

    Now 
    have 
    been 
    a straight 
    man 

    and 
    I've 
    played 
    it 
    by 
    the rules 

    been 
    a good 
    man, 
    good 
    husband, 

    good 
    old 
    fashioned 
    fool. 

    have 
    a fine 
    wife 
    and 
    two 
    children 

    just 
    like 
    every
    body's 
    got 

    But 
    after 
    fifteen 
    years 
    of 
    mar
    riage 

    the 
    fires 
    don't 
    burn 
    too 
    hot. 

    Verse 5

    Ahh 
    someone 
    played 
    trick 
    on 
    me. 

    They set 
    me 
    up 
    so 
    per
    fectly 

    They Gave 
    me their 
    mor
    ality 

    And 
    then 
    changed 
    the 

    rules 
    they set 
    for 
    me. 

    Someone 
    must 
    be 
    laugh
    ing 
    now, 


    Though 
    it don't 
    seem 

    funny 
    somehow, 

    How 
    the world's 
    ac
    cepting 
    now 

    What 
    they once 
    would 
    not 
    allow 

    Back 
    in 
    my 
    younger 
    days. 

    The 
    world 
    has 
    changed 
    in 
    so many 
    ways. 

    Verse 6
    My 
    mother 
    once 
    said 
    to 
    me 
    so 

    many 
    years 
    ago 
    now 

    Don't 
    you 
    touch 
    those 
    bad 
    girls, 

    so 
    I never 
    had 
    girls 

    Un
    til 
    had 
    my 
    Mary 

    when 
    we mar
    ried. 

    My Mary 
    then 
    had 
    my 
    two 
    sons 

    My 
    life 
    as 
    lover 
    was 
    already 
    done 

    It 
    was 
    over 
    be
    fore 
    it 
    had 
    really 
    be
    gun. 

    Verse 7

    Ahh 
    someone 
    played 
    trick 
    on 
    me. 

    They sent 
    this 
    little 
    girl 
    to me, 

    She 
    is my 
    new 
    sec
    retary 

    An
    she's 
    something 
    to 
    see. 

    yeah 
    She's 
    a nice 
    girl, 

    but 
    it's 
    young 
    world 

    And 
    she 
    lives 
    her 
    life 
    so 
    free, 

    and 
    she 
    sure 
    gets 
    through 
    to 
    me 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 8
    She 
    brings 
    her pad 
    into 
    my 
    of
    fice, 

    she 
    wears 
    a sweater 
    and 
    a skirt 

    And somewhere 
    deep 
    in
    side 
    of 

    me 
    something 
    starts 
    to 
    hurt. 

    She's 
    wearing 
    nothing 
    un
    derneath, 

    and 
    can see 
    what's 
    there 
    to 
    see 

    She 
    smiles 
    and says, 

    "You 
    wanted 
    me?" 
    I'd 
    have 
    to 
    agree. 

    Verse 9

    You 
    know 
    how 
    much 
    want 
    her

    And 
    know 
    that 
    could 
    have 
    her. 

    I know 
    I could, 
    know 
    she 
    would 

    Make 
    love 
    to me, 
    so 
    wonderfully. 

    God 
    damn, 
    I'm 
    one 
    crazy 

    mixed 
    up 
    mixture 
    of a man. 

    Verse 10

    In 
    my 
    head 
    all 
    my 
    life 
    I've 

    been 
    a sinner, 

    And 
    in my 
    bed 
    with 
    just 
    my 

    wife 
    I'm 
    still 
    beginner, 

    But 
    to
    morrow 
    night 
    I'm 
    taking 
    that 
    little 
    girl 
    out 
    to 

    dinner! 

    Interlude 3



    Verse 11
    There's 
    no 
    tick 
    tock 
    on 

    your 
    electric 
    clock 

    But 
    still 
    your 
    life 
    runs 

    Outro 1
    down. 




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