Chords for Shoveling by Tom Chapin
Tempo:
119 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
B
A
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] [Bbm] [Em] [A] [B] [Bm] [E]
One day it [N] snowed, snowed real [Bm] hard, [Em] up against the [N] fence in my backyard.
[Bm] [Em] It didn't let up until the [B] dark of night, [D] and [Em] when my dad [N] got home, the whole world [E] was white.
[A] He grabbed a shovel, hiked to the road, [E] began to dig that driveway, clear that snow.
[A] I jumped in my snow suit, I ran out the door, I [Bm] said,
Can I help?
My dad said, Sure, [Em] grab a shovel.
Went shoveling, [Gb] [E] he took [A] his coat off.
[E]
Shoveling, just me and my dad, [Bm] we're shoveling, [C] shoveling, [Em] shoveling all night [Bb] long.
[Am] [E] [A] [B] I [E] said, Dee da da da dee, da dee [Em] oh, let's build a snowman in the snow.
He [A] said, No, [E] we're shoveling.
Now get to work.
[B]
Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night [Bb] long.
[Em] [Bb] [B] [E] I said, Hey daddy, daddy, daddy, oh, let's build an igloo in the snow.
He [A] said, No, [E] we're shoveling.
Are you helping me or what?
[A] [B]
Shoveling, [A] [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night [Bb] long.
[Em] [Bb] [B] I [E] said, Hey daddy, daddy, daddy, oh, let's make an angel in the snow.
Well, he stopped and turned to me real slow.
He said, Isn't it about your bedtime?
I said, No, [Gb] no, [G] no, no, [A] no, no, no, no.
I'm [E] shoveling, dad.
I'm helping.
I [A] am.
[Bm]
Shoveling, [A] [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night long.
[Bb] [Em] [Bb] [B] [G] [E] When we finished, it sure looked good.
We had the [N] cleanest driveway in the [Bm] neighborhood.
[E] I came [N] inside, I went straight to [Bm] sleep.
[G] Woke up next morning.
[E] The snow [Gb] was [G] four feet [Ab] deep [A] and we're shoveling.
I heard on the radio, [E] school's closed, too bad.
[Bm] Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling all night.
Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling all day.
Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling [E] all night [Bb] long.
[Em] [B]
[Em] Shovel some more.
[Dm] [G] [Bm] [A]
[Em]
[B] [F] [B] [Em]
[Bb] [Em] [Bb] [B] [Em] [N]
One day it [N] snowed, snowed real [Bm] hard, [Em] up against the [N] fence in my backyard.
[Bm] [Em] It didn't let up until the [B] dark of night, [D] and [Em] when my dad [N] got home, the whole world [E] was white.
[A] He grabbed a shovel, hiked to the road, [E] began to dig that driveway, clear that snow.
[A] I jumped in my snow suit, I ran out the door, I [Bm] said,
Can I help?
My dad said, Sure, [Em] grab a shovel.
Went shoveling, [Gb] [E] he took [A] his coat off.
[E]
Shoveling, just me and my dad, [Bm] we're shoveling, [C] shoveling, [Em] shoveling all night [Bb] long.
[Am] [E] [A] [B] I [E] said, Dee da da da dee, da dee [Em] oh, let's build a snowman in the snow.
He [A] said, No, [E] we're shoveling.
Now get to work.
[B]
Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night [Bb] long.
[Em] [Bb] [B] [E] I said, Hey daddy, daddy, daddy, oh, let's build an igloo in the snow.
He [A] said, No, [E] we're shoveling.
Are you helping me or what?
[A] [B]
Shoveling, [A] [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night [Bb] long.
[Em] [Bb] [B] I [E] said, Hey daddy, daddy, daddy, oh, let's make an angel in the snow.
Well, he stopped and turned to me real slow.
He said, Isn't it about your bedtime?
I said, No, [Gb] no, [G] no, no, [A] no, no, no, no.
I'm [E] shoveling, dad.
I'm helping.
I [A] am.
[Bm]
Shoveling, [A] [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night long.
[Bb] [Em] [Bb] [B] [G] [E] When we finished, it sure looked good.
We had the [N] cleanest driveway in the [Bm] neighborhood.
[E] I came [N] inside, I went straight to [Bm] sleep.
[G] Woke up next morning.
[E] The snow [Gb] was [G] four feet [Ab] deep [A] and we're shoveling.
I heard on the radio, [E] school's closed, too bad.
[Bm] Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling all night.
Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling all day.
Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling [E] all night [Bb] long.
[Em] [B]
[Em] Shovel some more.
[Dm] [G] [Bm] [A]
[Em]
[B] [F] [B] [Em]
[Bb] [Em] [Bb] [B] [Em] [N]
Key:
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Em
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Bm
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Em
B
[Bm] _ [Bbm] _ [Em] _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ [E]
One day it [N] snowed, snowed real [Bm] hard, [Em] up against the [N] fence in my backyard.
[Bm] _ [Em] It didn't let up until the [B] dark of night, [D] and [Em] when my dad [N] got home, the whole world [E] was white.
_ [A] He grabbed a shovel, hiked to the road, [E] began to dig that driveway, clear that snow.
[A] I jumped in my snow suit, I ran out the door, I [Bm] said,
Can I help?
My dad said, Sure, [Em] grab a shovel.
_ _ _ _ _ Went shoveling, _ _ _ [Gb] _ [E] he took [A] his coat off.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Shoveling, just me and my dad, [Bm] we're shoveling, [C] shoveling, _ [Em] shoveling all night [Bb] long.
[Am] _ [E] _ [A] _ [B] I [E] said, Dee da da da dee, da dee [Em] oh, let's build a snowman in the snow.
He [A] said, No, _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] we're shoveling.
Now get to work.
_ _ [B] _
Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night [Bb] long.
[Em] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] [E] I said, Hey daddy, daddy, _ daddy, oh, let's build an igloo in the snow.
He [A] said, No, _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] we're shoveling.
Are you helping me or what?
[A] _ [B] _
Shoveling, [A] [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night [Bb] long.
[Em] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] I [E] said, Hey daddy, daddy, daddy, oh, let's make an angel in the snow.
Well, he stopped and turned to me real slow.
He said, _ Isn't it about your bedtime? _ _
I said, No, [Gb] no, [G] no, no, [A] no, no, no, _ no.
_ I'm [E] shoveling, dad.
I'm helping.
I [A] am.
[Bm] _
Shoveling, [A] [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night long.
[Bb] _ [Em] _ [Bb] _ [B] _ _ [G] _ [E] When we finished, it sure looked good.
We had the [N] cleanest driveway in the [Bm] neighborhood.
_ [E] I came [N] inside, I went straight to [Bm] sleep.
[G] Woke up next morning.
_ _ _ [E] The snow [Gb] was [G] four feet [Ab] deep [A] and we're shoveling.
_ I heard on the radio, [E] school's closed, too _ bad.
[Bm] _ Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling all night.
_ Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling all day.
Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling [E] all night [Bb] long.
[Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] Shovel some more. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Bm] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Bb] _ [Em] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [Em] _ [N] _ _
One day it [N] snowed, snowed real [Bm] hard, [Em] up against the [N] fence in my backyard.
[Bm] _ [Em] It didn't let up until the [B] dark of night, [D] and [Em] when my dad [N] got home, the whole world [E] was white.
_ [A] He grabbed a shovel, hiked to the road, [E] began to dig that driveway, clear that snow.
[A] I jumped in my snow suit, I ran out the door, I [Bm] said,
Can I help?
My dad said, Sure, [Em] grab a shovel.
_ _ _ _ _ Went shoveling, _ _ _ [Gb] _ [E] he took [A] his coat off.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Shoveling, just me and my dad, [Bm] we're shoveling, [C] shoveling, _ [Em] shoveling all night [Bb] long.
[Am] _ [E] _ [A] _ [B] I [E] said, Dee da da da dee, da dee [Em] oh, let's build a snowman in the snow.
He [A] said, No, _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] we're shoveling.
Now get to work.
_ _ [B] _
Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night [Bb] long.
[Em] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] [E] I said, Hey daddy, daddy, _ daddy, oh, let's build an igloo in the snow.
He [A] said, No, _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] we're shoveling.
Are you helping me or what?
[A] _ [B] _
Shoveling, [A] [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night [Bb] long.
[Em] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] I [E] said, Hey daddy, daddy, daddy, oh, let's make an angel in the snow.
Well, he stopped and turned to me real slow.
He said, _ Isn't it about your bedtime? _ _
I said, No, [Gb] no, [G] no, no, [A] no, no, no, _ no.
_ I'm [E] shoveling, dad.
I'm helping.
I [A] am.
[Bm] _
Shoveling, [A] [C] shoveling, [E] shoveling all [Em] night long.
[Bb] _ [Em] _ [Bb] _ [B] _ _ [G] _ [E] When we finished, it sure looked good.
We had the [N] cleanest driveway in the [Bm] neighborhood.
_ [E] I came [N] inside, I went straight to [Bm] sleep.
[G] Woke up next morning.
_ _ _ [E] The snow [Gb] was [G] four feet [Ab] deep [A] and we're shoveling.
_ I heard on the radio, [E] school's closed, too _ bad.
[Bm] _ Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling all night.
_ Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling all day.
Shoveling, [C] shoveling, [B] shoveling [E] all night [Bb] long.
[Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] Shovel some more. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Bm] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Bb] _ [Em] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [Em] _ [N] _ _