G, A and D are all the normal chords 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 G They built this house from tall timber D A Cut it down in the mountain air D G Building dreams in the city D A Kept on going till the hills were bare D G Came along with their axes D G Brought their trucks and chainsaws too D A And they cut down all the tall tall timber G A A2 Tall timber for me and you D G She was a young girl she was a hero D A Stood on the stage the people cheered D G But the critics cut her down to zero D A Because she sang the words that they all feared D G And they came with their axes D G They brought their knives and opinions too D A And they cut her down like tall tall timber G A Tall timber in the mountain dew CHORUS G2 D2 A2 Please don't cut down the tall timber G2 D2 A2 Let it grow tall straight and true G2 D2 A2 In this world we need tall tall timber G2 D2 A2 Tall timber like me and you D G He was a young man with a dream D A To bring freedom to his land D G Shared his voice with his brothers D A In those chinese streets he made a stand D G And they came with their soldiors D G They brought their tanks and machine guns too D A And the cut down all the tall tall timber G A Tall timber like me and you CHORUS x 2 [ G D A ] x 4 G2 A2 The Redgum and the Kauri G2 A2 The Eucalypt and Pine G2 A2 The poets and the painters D2 The 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 SOLO D G Now the sun's so strong it burns my eyes D A The air's so bad that I can't breath D G The winter's warmer the summer's hotter D A I drive for miles I don't see trees D G And they came with their axes D G They brought their knives and chainsaws too D A And they cut down all the tall tall timber G A Tall timber in the mountain dew CHORUS x 2 G2 D2 A2 A2 Tall timber like me and you CHORUS x 3 [fade out on the third] tabbed by Pattey.
