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The Lumberjack Song Chords

(ver. 1)
Monty Python
[Intro]
     G  G/B  C  D7     G  G/B  C  D7
||:  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  :|| [Repeat]

I wanted to be a Lumberjack, leaping from tree to tree,
As they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia,
The Giant Redwood, the Larch, the Fir,
The mighty Scots Pine,
The smell of fresh cut timber,
The crash of mighty trees,
With my best girlie by my side,
We'd sing, ...sing, ...sing...


[Lumberjack]
 G      G/B           C  E7  Am7
I'm a lumberjack and I'm o - kay,
    D        D7           G    C   G   D7
I sleep all night, and I work all day!


[Mounty Choir]
 G        G/B           C   E7  Am7
He's a lumberjack, and he's o - kay,
     D         D7            G    C   G
He sleeps all night and he works all day!


[Lumberjack]
   G        G/B      C       A7
I cut down trees, I eat my lunch,
   D         D7       G    D7
I go to the lavator - y,
     G      G/B      C      A7
On Wednesday I go shopping,
            D       D7        G    D7
And have buttered scones for tea!


[Mounty Choir]
     G       G/B        C        Am7
He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch,
     D           D7      G    D7
He goes to the lavator - y,
     G      G/B         C      A7
On Wednesday he goes shopping,
           D       D7        G    D7
And has buttered scones for tea,
 G        G/B           C   E7  Am7
He's a lumberjack, and he's o - kay,
     D         D7            G    C   G
He sleeps all night and he works all day!


[Lumberjack]
   G        G/B      C        A7
I cut down trees, I skip and jump,
   D       D7           G     D7
I like to press wild flowers,
   G      G/B        C      A7
I put on women's clothing,
     D        D7       G    D7
And hang a - round in bars!


[Mounty Choir]
    G         G/B       C         Am7
He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps,
     D       D7           G     D7
He likes to press wild flowers,
    G       G/B       C      A7
He puts on women's clothing,
      D        D7       G     D7
And hangs a - round in bars?
 G        G/B           C   E7  Am7
He's a lumberjack, and he's o - kay,
     D         D7            G    C   G
He sleeps all night and he works all day!


[Lumberjack]
   G       G/B       C          A7
I cut down trees, I wear high -heels,
        D     D7     G   D7
Sus - pendies and a bra,
   G       G/B      C     A7
I wish I'd been a girlie,
      D       D7       G    D7
Just like my dear Pa - pa!


[Lumberjack & Mounties]
     G         G/B        C          A7
  I cut  down trees,   I wear high -heels,
(He cuts down trees, he wears high -heels,)

        D      D7     G   D7
 Sus - pendies and a bra,
(Sus - pendies and a bra?)

    G      G/B      C     A7
I wish I'd been a girlie,
      D       D7           G
Just like my dear---- Pa - pa---------!            
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