Halfway to Heaven Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][F][Am]

[Verse 1]
There's [Am]no tick
tock on [G]your electric clock
But [F]still your life runs down.
[Am]

[Verse 2]
There's no tick tock on
[G]your electric clock
But [F]still your life runs down.

[Interlude 1]
[Am][C][Dm]
[Em][F][C][Dm][Em][Dm]

[Verse 3]
I'm [C]halfway to [Dm]heaven and
my [Em]home in Forest [F]Hills
It's [G]half past el[Am]even and
I've [Bb]got some [Am]time to [G]kill.
[C]I missed my bus connectio[Dm]n
[Em]my train got in too [F]late
And [G]I'm forced into reflec
[Am]tion by this [Bb]half hour [F]wait.

[Verse 4]
[F]
Now [C]I have been a[Dm] straight man
and I've [C]played [E]it by [F]the rules
I been [G]a good man, a good [Am]husband,
a [Bb]good old [Am]fashioned [G]fool.
I have a fine [C]wife and two [Dm]children
just like [Em]every[C] body's go[F]t
But after [G]fifteen years of mar[Am]riage
the [Bb]fires don't [Am]burn too [F]hot.

[Verse 5]
[F]
Ahh someone played a [G]trick on [C]me.
[E]They set me up so perfec[Am]tly
[F]They Gave me their morali[G]ty
And [E]then changed the
rules [Am]they set for me.
[F]Someone must be laughing[G] now[C],
[E]
Though it don't seem
[Am]funny [F]somehow,
How the world's ac[G]cepting [C]now[G]
[E]What they once would not[Am] allow
Back in my [D]younger days.
The [G]world has changed in [C]so many ways.

[Verse 6]
My [C]mother once said to [G]me [C]so
[Dm]many years ago now[Em]
Don't you touch those [F]bad girls,
[Em]so I never had g[F]irls
Un[Em]til I had my M[F]ary
when [Bb]we married.
[Em]My Mary then had [F]my two sons
My [Em]life as a lover was [F]already done
It was [Em]over be[F]fore it had [Bb]really begun.
[F]

[Verse 7]
Ahh someone played a [G]trick on [C]me.
[E]They sent this little gir[Am]l to me,
[F]She is my new sec[C]retary
An[E]d she's something to s[Am]ee.
yeah She's [D]a nice girl,
but it's a [G]young world
And she [C]lives her life so [F]free,
and she [C]sure gets through to me

[Interlude 2]
[F][C][F][Eb][G]

[Verse 8]
She brings [C]her pad into my of[Dm]fice,
she wears [Em]a sweater and [F]a skirt
[G]And somewhere deep in[Am]side of
me [Bb]something [Am]starts to [G]hurt.
She's [C]wearing nothing un[Dm]derneath,
and I [Em]can see what's there to [F]see
She [G]smiles and says,
"You [Am]wanted me?" I'd [Bb]have to [F]agree.

[Verse 9]
[F]
You know how much I [G]want her[C],
[E]And I know that I could [Am]have her.
[F]I know I could, I [E]know [Am]she would
Make [Dm]love [D]to me, so [G]wonderfully.
God [Am]damn, I'm one [Dm]crazy
mixed up [G]mixture of a man.
[Am]

[Verse 10]
In my [C]head all my [F]life I've
[C]been [F]a sinner,
And in my [C]bed with just my
[F]wife I'm [C]still a [F]beginner,
But [C]to morrow [F]night I'm [C]taking that [Dm]little girl out to
[Am]dinner!

[Interlude 3]
[Am][G][F][Am]
[G][D][G][F][G][Am]
[G][F]

[Verse 11]
[Am]There's no tick [G]tock [F]on
your [Am]electric [G]clock
But [F]still your life [Am]runs[G]

[Outro 1]
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