Lumberjack
- Leon Payne
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Intro
N.C C F C
{4 Axe chopping sounds}
Verse 1
C F C
I was born on a farm out in Io-wa,
Em Am Cm
I pull the tall corn and I worked in the hay,
F C Am
Got trapped by a girly but I'll pull free,
C
I heard the timber out in Oregon calling me.
Chorus
F C
Won't you tell me somethin' Mr Lumber-jack?
Is it one for forward and three for back?
Am
Is it two for stop and four for go?
F C
"Boy, ask the whistle punk, I don't know."
Verse 2
C
I learned this fact from a logger named Ray,
Em
You don't cut timber on a windy day,
F C Am
Stay out of the woods when the moisture's low,
C
Or you ain't gonna live to collect your dough.
Chorus
C
Won't you tell me somethin' Mr Lumberjack?
Is it one for forward and three for back?
Am
Is it two for stop and four for go?
C F C
"Boy, ask the whistle punk, I don't know."
Verse 3
F C
When you work in the woods from morning to night,
Em
You laugh and you sing and cuss and fight,
F C Am
On Saturday nig-ht you go to Eu-gene,
C
And on Sunday morning your pockets are clean.
Chorus
F
Won't you tell me somethin' Mr Lumberjack?
C
Is it one for forward and three for back?
Am
Is it two for stop and four for go?
C F C
"Boy, ask the whistle punk, I don't know."
Verse 4
F C
In the Winter you work in the rain and sleet,
Em
In the Summer you darn near die from the heat,
F C Am
You're so doggone tired you sleep in your socks,
C
And you dream of Paul Bunyan and his big blue Ox.
Chorus
F C
Won't you tell me somethin' Mr Lumber-jack?
Is it one for forward and three for back?
Am
Is it two for stop and four for go?
F C
"Boy, ask the whistle punk, I don't know."
Ending
N.C C Am
{4 Axe chopping sounds}
Is it two for stop and four for go?
C
"Boy, ask the whistle punk, I don't know."











