{"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":2129373,"song":"Timber Man","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2129373-timber-man-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2129373?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"TIMBER MAN    \r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMany many years ago when this land was young,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nA lot of our country was covered by big, tall, beautiful trees.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd men had to have the trees to make wood to build houses,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMake furniture with, to make boats, even to make paper with.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo as more and more people came, more wood was needed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSo more and more trees were cut down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nAnd the man that lived in the forest and cut down the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas called the timber man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nWell, my world is green and dark and dumb, My home is in the loggin' camp,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nAll week I cut down the mighty trees, Saturday I get to do as I please.  [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B7[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI give the man more than his hire, and he'll never know it, if I tire,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]         \r\nShow me the toughest tree around, the timber man will bring it down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSwing it hard, cut it clean, no halfway or in-between,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMove when the axe is in my hand make way for the timber man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSpoken: Yeah, he was a mighty big tough man usually,[/tab]\r\n\r\nThat timber man that lived in that forest and cut down those big trees.\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                 \r\nWell, they say there's sawdust in my brain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd don't get caught out in the rain. I got stump water in my blood,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nThe sweat from my brow turns the ground to mud.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]                                                        \r\nWhen the men don't know how to fell a tree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe one they'll come and ask is me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]                                                       \r\nI'll mark my spot and I'll take my stand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe tree?s gonna fall for the timber Man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSwing it hard cut it clean, no halfway or in-between,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMove when the axe is in my hand, make way for the timber man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd when they're cuttin' on a tree and it's just about ready to fall,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                                  \r\nThe man yells out[/tab]","plain_text":"TIMBER MAN    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat timber man that lived in that forest and cut down those big trees.","chords":["E","A","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}