Capo: 3rd Fret
Am (x02210@1) CHe (x32010@1)was skinny as a rake, like a two by four,
G (320003@1) EmUgly (022000@1)as sin, born premature;
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GMother (320003@1)had trouble trying to take
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmTo (x02210@1)a kid that looked like a garden rake.
C (x32010@1) GAh (320003@1)sons are sons, and Dad wasn't proud,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) EmDidn't (022000@1)make him feel like one of the crowd;
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)wood-cuttin' boys from up in the sticks
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmLaughed (x02210@1)at the sight of Earle. (Wimp!)
Am (x02210@1) CHe (x32010@1)was treated like scum and he felt like dirt,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)
Couldn't lift a chainsaw,make it work;
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GFather (320003@1)often said that he didn't have a clue,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)Mother didn't feed him, and he hardly grew.(Hungry!..I'm hungry!)
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)So Earle disappeared for fifteen years,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) EmFather (022000@1)didn't miss him and his Mother didn't care;
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GAfter (320003@1)a while they forgot about Earle,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)his girlfriend said, "Who cares?"
Am (x02210@1) EmStunned, (022000@1)stunned, stunned, stunned Earle,
Am (x02210@1) EmStunned, (022000@1)stunned, stunned, stunned Earle,
Am (x02210@1) EmStunned, (022000@1)stunned, stunned, stunned Earle.
Am (x02210@1) CIn (x32010@1)this little town, life went on the same,
G (320003@1) EmTill (022000@1)one hot July,and no rain came;
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
Great big fires set the country ablaze,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)everyone cuttin' fire breaks.
C (x32010@1) GAh, (320003@1)they sawed and they sawed but they couldn't outrun,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) EmThe (022000@1)smoky fumes and the fiery tongues;
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GThey (320003@1)were losin' fast, it was lookin' bad,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmWho (x02210@1)would save their town? (Save me! Save Me!)
Am (x02210@1) CAnd (x32010@1)nobody knew, neither foe nor friend,
G (320003@1) EmThat (022000@1)Earle had grown to seven foot ten;
C (x32010@1) GArms (320003@1)like culverts, legs like trees,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)
Fists like hammers and hairy knees. (Shave me! Shave me!)
C (x32010@1) GFar (320003@1)off in the woods above the din and the roar,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) EmCame (022000@1)a sound nobody had heard before;
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GTrees (320003@1)were fallin' like a tidal wave,
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) AmTo (x02210@1)a monster Johnson, red chainsaw. NEEERRROOWWWWW
Am (x02210@1) EmChain, (022000@1)chain, chainsaw Earle,
Am (x02210@1) EmChain, (022000@1)chain, chainsaw Earle,
Am (x02210@1) EmChain, (022000@1)chain, chainsaw Earle.
Am (x02210@1) CHis (x32010@1)cutter bar was ten foot two,
G (320003@1) EmTurned (022000@1)the air all purple and blue;
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GTasmanian (320003@1)devil in twenty minutes flat
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) AmMade (x02210@1)the landscape look just like Iraq.
C (x32010@1) GWith (320003@1)the trees all limbed and the fire break made,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) EmThe (022000@1)townsfolk saved from a charcoal grave;
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GPeople (320003@1)gathered, shouted and cheered....
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Am(Hooray!) (x02210@1)For this forest disposal unit.
Am (x02210@1) CLightin' (x32010@1)up a smoke, he let the chainsaw down,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)
Said, "I'm the guy who saved your town!"
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GThen (320003@1)Earle knocked over a drum of gas,
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) AmJust (x02210@1)as he threw away his match.
C (x32010@1) GAll (320003@1)the gas exploded and the town burned flat,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) EmAnd (022000@1)Earle ran off just like a scalded cat;
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GIt's (320003@1)been fifteen years his Father said,...
"And he's still as stunned as me arse!"
Am (x02210@1) EmStunned, (022000@1)stunned, stunned as me arse,
Am (x02210@1) EmStunned, (022000@1)stunned, stunned as me arse,
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1)AStunned, (x02220@1)stunned, stunned as me arse .... was Earle.
