{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":186014,"song":"Tall Timber","artist":"Skyhooks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11217728-tall-timber-chords-by-skyhooks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/186014?type=chord","rating":0.00185,"votes":0,"content":"G, A and D are all the normal chords\r\n[tab]G2 e--x--- D2 e--x--- A2 e--x--- E2 e--x---\r\n   b--x---    b--x---    b--x---    b--x---\r\n   g--x---    g--7---    g--x---    g--x---\r\n   d--5---    d--7---    d--7---    d--2---\r\n   a--5---    a--5---    a--7---    a--2---\r\n   e--3---    e--x---    e--5---    e--0---[/tab]\r\n[[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]] x 4\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey built this house from tall timber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCut it down in the mountain air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBuilding dreams in the city[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKept on going till the hills were bare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nCame along with their axes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBrought their trucks and chainsaws too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they cut down all the tall tall timber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]A2[/ch]\r\nTall timber for me and you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nShe was a young girl she was a hero[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStood on the stage the people cheered[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]            \r\nBut the critics cut her down to zero[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBecause she sang the words that they all feared[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd they came with their axes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey brought their knives and opinions too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they cut her down like tall tall timber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTall timber in the mountain dew[/tab]\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab][ch]G2[/ch]           [ch]D2[/ch]       [ch]A2[/ch]  \r\nPlease don't cut down the tall timber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G2[/ch]      [ch]D2[/ch]        [ch]A2[/ch]\r\nLet it grow tall straight and true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G2[/ch]       [ch]D2[/ch]           [ch]A2[/ch] \r\nIn this world we need tall tall timber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G2[/ch]    [ch]D2[/ch]         [ch]A2[/ch]  \r\nTall timber like me and you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was a young man with a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch] \r\nTo bring freedom to his land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShared his voice with his brothers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn those chinese streets he made a stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they came with their soldiors[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey brought their tanks and machine guns too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the cut down all the tall tall timber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTall timber like me and you[/tab]\r\nCHORUS x 2\r\n[[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]] x 4\r\n[tab]    [ch]G2[/ch]             [ch]A2[/ch]       \r\nThe Redgum and the Kauri[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G2[/ch]           [ch]A2[/ch]\r\nThe Eucalypt and Pine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G2[/ch]            [ch]A2[/ch]\r\nThe poets and the painters[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D2[/ch]\r\nThe thinkers of our time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E2[/ch]\r\nDon't cut down the timber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G2[/ch]\r\nOr we'll be forever poor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D2[/ch]\r\nDon't kill off our heroes or[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A2[/ch]\r\nWe'll never win the war[/tab]\r\nSOLO\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the sun's so strong it burns my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe air's so bad that I can't breath[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe winter's warmer the summer's hotter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI drive for miles I don't see trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they came with their axes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey brought their knives and chainsaws too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they cut down all the tall tall timber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTall timber in the mountain dew[/tab]\r\nCHORUS x 2\r\n[tab][ch]G2[/ch]   [ch]D2[/ch]          [ch]A2[/ch]         [ch]A2[/ch]  \r\nTall timber like me and you[/tab]\r\nCHORUS x 3 [fade out on the third]\r","plain_text":"G, A and D are all the normal chords\n\n[G D A] x 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS x 2\n[G D A] x 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSOLO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS x 2\n\nCHORUS x 3 [fade out on the third]","chords":["G","A","D","A2","G2","D2","E2"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}