Johnny Cash - The Timber Man: chords

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Many many years ago when this land was young,
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A lot of our country was covered by big, tall, beautiful trees.
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And men had to have the trees to make wood to build houses,
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Make furniture with, to make boats, even to make paper with.
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So as more and more people came, more wood was needed,
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So more and more trees were cut down.
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And the man that lived in the forest and cut down the trees
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Was called the timber man.

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Well, my world is green and dark and dumb,
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My home is in the loggin' camp,
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All week I cut down the mighty trees,
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Saturday I get to do as I please.

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I give the man more than his hire
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And he'll never know it if I tire
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Show me the toughest tree around
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The Timber man will bring it down

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Swing it hard, cut it clean
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No halfway or in-between
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Move when the axe is in my hand
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Make way for the Timber man

Yeah, he was a mighty big tough man usually
That Timber man that lived in that forest
And cut down those big trees
Well, they say there's sawdust in my brain
And don't get caught out in the rain
I got stump water in my blood
The sweat from my brow turns the ground to mud
When the men don't know how to fell a tree
The one they'll come and ask is me
I'll mark my spot and I'll take my stand
The tree's going to fall for the Timber man

Swing it hard, cut it clean
No halfway or in-between
Move when the axe is in my hand
Make way for the Timber man

And when they're cutting on a tree
And it's just about ready to fall
The man yells out timber, timber