Tall Timber
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
G2 e--x--- D2 e--x--- A2 e--x--- E2 e--x---
b--x--- b--x--- b--x--- b--x---
g--x--- g--7--- g--x--- g--x---
d--5--- d--7--- d--7--- d--2---
a--5--- a--5--- a--7--- a--2---
e--3--- e--x--- e--5--- e--0---
] x 4
They built this house from tall timber
Cut it down in the mountain air
Building dreams in the city
Kept on going till the hills were bare
Came along with their axes
Brought their trucks and chainsaws too
And they cut down all the tall tall timber
Tall timber for me and you
She was a young girl she was a hero
Stood on the stage the people cheered
But the critics cut her down to zero
Because she sang the words that they all feared
And they came with their axes
They brought their knives and opinions too
And they cut her down like tall tall timber
Tall timber in the mountain dew
Please don't cut down the tall timber
Let it grow tall straight and true
In this world we need tall tall timber
Tall timber like me and you
He was a young man with a dream
To bring freedom to his land
Shared his voice with his brothers
In those chinese streets he made a stand
And they came with their soldiors
They brought their tanks and machine guns too
And the cut down all the tall tall timber
Tall timber like me and you
CHORUS x 2
] x 4
The Redgum and the Kauri
The Eucalypt and Pine
The poets and the painters
The thinkers of our time
Don't cut down the timber
Or we'll be forever poor
Don't kill off our heroes or
We'll never win the war
Now the sun's so strong it burns my eyes
The air's so bad that I can't breath
The winter's warmer the summer's hotter
I drive for miles I don't see trees
And they came with their axes
They brought their knives and chainsaws too
And they cut down all the tall tall timber
Tall timber in the mountain dew
CHORUS x 2
Tall timber like me and you
CHORUS x 3
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Readable chord sheet for Tall Timber by Skyhooks
G2 e--x--- D2 e--x--- A2 e--x--- E2 e--x--- b--x--- b--x--- b--x--- b--x--- g--x--- g--7--- g--x--- g--x--- d--5--- d--7--- d--7--- d--2--- a--5--- a--5--- a--7--- a--2--- e--3--- e--x--- e--5--- e--0--- [[G] [D] [A]] x 4 [D]They built this house f[G]rom tall timber [D]Cut it down in the mo[A]untain air [D]Building dreams [G]in the city [D]Kept on going till the h[A]ills were bare [D]Came along w[G]ith their axes [D]Brought their trucks and ch[G]ainsaws too [D]And they cut down all the t[A]all tall timber [G]Tall timber for [A]me and you [A2] [D]She was a young girl s[G]he was a hero [D]Stood on the stage the p[A]eople cheered [D]But the critics cut her d[G]own to zero [D]Because she sang the words t[A]hat they all feared [D]And they came wi[G]th their axes [D]They brought their knives and o[G]pinions too [D]And they cut her down like [A]tall tall timber [G]Tall timber in the m[A]ountain dew [G2]Please don't [D2]cut down [A2]the tall timber [G2]Let it g[D2]row tall s[A2]traight and true [G2]In this w[D2]orld we need [A2]tall tall timber [G2]Tall t[D2]imber like [A2]me and you [D]He was a young man w[G]ith a dream [D]To bring freedom [A]to his land [D]Shared his voice w[G]ith his brothers [D]In those chinese streets he m[A]ade a stand [D]And they came w[G]ith their soldiors [D]They brought their tanks and m[G]achine guns too [D]And the cut down all the [A]tall tall timber [G]Tall timber like [A]me and you CHORUS x 2 [[G] [D] [A]] x 4 The [G2]Redgum and the [A2]Kauri The [G2]Eucalypt and [A2]Pine The [G2]poets and the [A2]painters The [D2]thinkers of our time [E2]Don't cut down the timber [G2]Or we'll be forever poor [D2]Don't kill off our heroes or [A2]We'll never win the war [D]Now the sun's so [G]strong it burns my eyes [D]The air's so bad that[A] I can't breath [D]The winter's warmer the [G]summer's hotter [D]I drive for miles I [A]don't see trees [D]And they came [G]with their axes [D]They brought their knives and c[G]hainsaws too [D]And they cut down all the [A]tall tall timber [G]Tall timber in the [A]mountain dew CHORUS x 2 [G2]Tall [D2]timber like [A2]me and you [A2] CHORUS x 3 [fade out on the third]