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The Log Drivers Waltz

Wade Hemsworth
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 1, 1, 1, 1
  1 * 4 *
 If you should ask any girl from the parish a-round
  57 * * 1
 What pleases her most from her head to her toes
  * * 4 *
 She'll say: I'm not sure that it's business of yours
  57 * 1 *
 But I do like to waltz with a log driver, (for he goes)
  1 * 4 *
 For he goes birling down, a-down white water
 1 * 57 *
 That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
  1 * 4 *
 It's birling down, a down white water
  1 * 57 (*) 1
 A log drivers waltz pleases girls com-pletely
  1 * 4 *
 When the drive's nearly over, I like to go down
  57 * * 1
 To see all the lads while they work on the river
  * * 4 *
 I know that come evening they'll be in the town
  57 * 1 *
 And we all want to waltz with a log driver
 To please both my parents, I've had to give way
 And dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers
 Their manners are fine, but their feet are of clay
 For there's none with the style of a log driver
 I've had my chances with all sorts of men
 But none is so fine as my lad on the river
 So when the drive's over, if he asks me again
 I think I will marry my log driver
 ENDING: CHORUS TWICE (add extra bar on "com-")
 SYMBOLS:
 - Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
 - Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
 - Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
 CHORDS (Nashville Number System):
 - This system permits you to play a song in any key
 - It uses the numeric relationships between chords in a given key
 - The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)
  Common Keys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
  Key of
 
   Key of
   Key of
   Key of
   Key of
   Key of
   Key of
 
 EDITING (to a chosen key):
 - Use the "replace" feature of any text editor
 - Most songs use four chords or less ( 1 > 5 > 4 > 6 )
 - Beware: the number 7 could be the seventh scale note or a 7th chord

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Readable chord sheet for The Log Drivers Waltz by Wade Hemsworth

1,   1,   1,   1

              1       *             4        *
If you should ask any girl from the parish a-round
     57          *             *           1
What pleases her most from her head to her toes
       *        *                  4           *
She'll say: I'm not sure that it's business of yours
      57         *            1            *
But I do like to waltz with a log driver, (for he goes)

            1       *       4          *
For he goes birling down, a-down white water
1                *          57             *
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
     1       *       4          *
It's birling down, a down white water
  1           *             57   (*)  1
A log drivers waltz pleases girls com-pletely

         1              *       4          *
When the drive's nearly over, I like to go down
   57          *               *           1
To see all the lads while they work on the river
  *              *               4         *
I know that come evening they'll be in the town
       57          *            1            *
And we all want to waltz with a log driver

To please both my parents, I've had to give way
And dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers
Their manners are fine, but their feet are of clay
For there's none with the style of a log driver

I've had my chances with all sorts of men
But none is so fine as my lad on the river
So when the drive's over, if he asks me again
I think I will marry my log driver

ENDING: CHORUS TWICE (add extra bar on "com-")

SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) =  new measure, play same chord
- Period (.)   =  1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) =  sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Nashville Number System):
- This system permits you to play a song in any key
- It uses the numeric relationships between chords in a given key
- The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)

     Common Keys  1    2    3    4    5    6    7
     Key of
  [C]
  [C]   Key [D]of     [E]            [F]                   [G]                          [A]                                 [B]
  [D]   Key o[D]f      [E]             [F#]                    [G]                           [A]                                  [B]                                         [C#]
  [E]   Key o[E]f      [F#]             [Ab]                    [A]                           [B]                                  [C#]                                         [Eb]
  [F]   Key o[F]f      [G]             [A]                    [Bb]                           [C]                                  [D]                                         [E]
  [G]   Key o[G]f      [A]             [B]                    [C]                           [D]                                  [E]                                         [F#]
  [A]   Key o[A]f      [B]             [C#]                    [D]                           [E]                                  [F#]                                         [Ab]
  [Bb]      [Bb]     [C]      [D]      [Eb]     [F]      [G]      [A]

EDITING (to a chosen key):
- Use the "replace" feature of any text editor
- Most songs use four chords or less ( 1 > 5 > 4 > 6 )
- Beware: the number 7 could be the seventh scale note or a 7th chord

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