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--- [ G5 D5 A5 ] x 4 D5 G5 They built this house from tall timber D5 A5 Cut it down in the mountain air D5 G5 Building dreams in the city D5 A5 Kept on going till the hills were bare D5 G5 Came along with their axes D5 G5 Brought their trucks and chainsaws too D5 A5 And they cut down all the tall tall timber G5 A5 A5 Tall timber for me and you D5 G5 She was a young girl she was a hero D5 A5 Stood on the stage the people cheered D5 G5 But the critics cut her down to zero D5 A5 Because she sang the words that they all feared D5 G5 And they came with their axes D5 G5 They brought their knives and opinions too D5 A5 And they cut her down like tall tall timber G5 A5 Tall timber in the mountain dew CHORUS G5 D5 A5 Please don't cut down the tall timber G5 D5 A5 Let it grow tall straight and true G5 D5 A5 In this world we need tall tall timber G5 D5 A5 Tall timber like me and you D5 G5 He was a young man with a dream D5 A5 To bring freedom to his land D5 G5 Shared his voice with his brothers D5 A5 In those chinese streets he made a stand D5 G5 And they came with their soldiors D5 G5 They brought their tanks and machine guns too D5 A5 And the cut down all the tall tall timber G5 A5 Tall timber like me and you CHORUS x 2 [ G5 D5 A5 ] x 4 G5 A5 The Redgum and the Kauri G5 A5 The Eucalypt and Pine G5 A5 The poets and the painters D5 The thinkers of our time E5 Don't cut down the timber G5 Or we'll be forever poor D5 Don't kill off our heroes or A5 We'll never win the war SOLO D5 G5 Now the sun's so strong it burns my eyes D5 A5 The air's so bad that I can't breath D5 G5 The winter's warmer the summer's hotter D5 A5 I drive for miles I don't see trees D5 G5 And they came with their axes D5 G5 They brought their knives and chainsaws too D5 A5 And they cut down all the tall tall timber G5 A5 Tall timber in the mountain dew CHORUS x 2 G5 D5 A5 A5 Tall timber like me and you CHORUS x 3 [fade out on the third] tabbed by Pattey.
