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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: May 13, 2003
Album:
Written by:
HEAVY LIFTIN' Blake Shelton
Intro beginning bass vamp (S)=slide
D G D play 4x
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-5(S)7--5(s)7-7-7-5--
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Chord riff for verses Concentrate your strum on the bass strings
C C+b D
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-1-----1-----3---
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-2-----2--0------
-3-----2---------
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"Yeah" (Play the verse chords like a vamp)
C C+b D C C+b D
I hit the ground running with the morning sun
C C+b D C C+b D
When the job needs doing I get it done
C C+b D C C+b D
I show up early and I go home late
C C+b D C tension
Everybody knows I pull my weight cause I
CHORUS: (Chords are played like a vamp)
D G D G
Don't mind doing a little heavy liftin'
D G D G
I'm always givin' my every-thing
(G) D G D G
And even when I'm hurtin' I keep on workin'
A
And as long as I'm still alive and kickin'
C D 1.) D G D D D G 2.) to lead
I'll be stickin' to the heavy liftin'
C C+b D C C+b D
So Baby I heard he done you wrong
C C+b D C C+b D
The going got tough and he got gone
C C+b D C C+b D
Well he ain't here and I ain't him
C C+b D C tension
And even if the walls come falling in You know I
to chorus, "yeah" , to lead
A A C
Baby when your heart is achin' Lean on me my back ain't breakin' All I'm saying is I
to chorus, to ending
ENDING: (chords are played like a vamp)
G D G D D G D G DG
Honey I ain't quittin' I'm always givin' my every-thing "yeah"
A
As long as I'm still alive and kickin'
C D D
I'll be stickin' to the hea-ea-vy liftin' "yeah"
