Breaking New Ground Acoustic chords by Steve Moakler

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
            D                  D
Shovel on my hands, sweat on my shirt
                    D                   G       A
Been workin' for a while boys, on this pile of dirt
                        D            A        G
Tryin' to dig a little deeper, in a hard rock town
            D      A           D
No it ain't easy, breakin' new ground
               D                       D
Burnin' in the hot sun, soakin' in the rain
               D                 G          A
Gettin' pretty good at, smilin' through the pain
             D                 A     G
About to the point where, most turn around
            D     A            D
No it ain't easy, breakin' new ground

Chorus:
        G                      D
It's a long hard day, but you sleep at night
        A                    D
It's an inch by inch push on down the line
     G                         D
Only one way through, just get up and do
     A          A          A         A          A
It again, and again, and again, and again, and again

Verse:
                D                        D
It's gonna take time and its gonna take heart
           D                          G    A
Yeah that bedrock baby it don't just fall apart
                           D                  A             G
If you're lookin' for the good stuff, it's a little further down
               D     A           D
It sure ain't easy, breakin' new ground

Chorus:
        G                      D
It's a long hard day, but you sleep at night
        A                    D
It's an inch by inch push on down the line
     G                         D
Only one way through, just get up and do
     A          A          A         A          A
It again, and again, and again, and again, and again

solo:

  D  G  D
                     D             A         G
If you want it bad enough, no you won't back down
             D     A             D
But it ain't easy, breakin' new ground
          D     A            D
It ain't easy, breakin' new ground

D  D  D
             D       G           D
Shovel on my hands, sweat on my shirt
         D          Fade out:
It ain't easy