Lumberjack Song Cifras

Song: Lumberjack Song
Artist: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Composers: Fred Tomlinson,
           Michael Palin and Terry Jones
 
Tabbed by DJ  10th Sept 2015
 
MOVIE VERSION:
CAPO: 1st fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of Ab)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLqHkAorjMk
 
TV SHOW VERSION:
Key of G (No Capo) and with a slight lyric difference
'...Just like my dear Mama!'
instead of '...Just like my dear Papa!'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRdur8GLBM
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
option for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
G   = 320003   D7  = xx0212    D  = xx0232
G/B = x20003   E7  = 022130    A7 = x02020
C   = x32013   Am7 = x02213
 
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[Intro]  (Repeat throughout spoken Intro lyrics)
     G  G/B  C  D7     G  G/B  C  D7
||:  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  :|| 
 
I wanted to be a Lumberjack, leaping from tree
to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of
British Columbia; The Giant Redwood, the Larch,
the Fir, the mighty Scots Pine!
The smell of fresh cut timber,
the crash of mighty trees,
With my best girlie by my side,
We'd sing,  ...sing,  ...sing...
 
[Lumberjack]
G     G/B            C   E7  Am7
I'm a lumberjack and I'm o - kay,
  D         D7          G    C   G     D7
I sleep all night and I work all day
 
[Mounty Choir]
G      G/B            C    E7  Am7
He's a lumberjack and he's o - kay,
   D          D7           G     C   G
He sleeps all night and he works all day
 
[Lumberjack]
  G        G/B      C      A7
I cut down trees, I eat my lunch,
  D         D7        G    D7
I go to the lavator - y,
   G         G/B   C         A7
On Wednesday I  go shopping,
         D        D7         G     D7
And have buttered scones for tea
 
[Mounty Choir]
   G         G/B       C        A7
He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch,
   D           D7        G    D7
He goes to the lavator - y,
   G         G/B     C        A7
On Wednesday he goes shopping,
        D        D7         G     D7
And has buttered scones for tea,
G      G/B             C    E7  Am7
He's a lumberjack, and he's o - kay,
   D          D7           G     C   G
He sleeps all night and he works all day
 
[Lumberjack]
  G        G/B       C       A7
I cut down trees, I skip and jump,
  D       D7         G        D7
I like to press wild flowers,
  G      G/B     C          A7
I put on women's clothing,
    D        D7       G     D7
And hang a - round in bars
 
[Mounty Choir]
   G         G/B       C         A7
He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps,
   D        D7         G        D7
He likes to press wild flowers,
           G/B     C          A7
He puts on women's clothing,
    D         D7       G        D7
And hangs a - round in bars...?
 
G      G/B            C    E7  Am7
He's a lumberjack and he's o - kay,
   D          D7           G     C   G
He sleeps all night and he works all day
 
[Lumberjack]
  G       G/B       C           A7
I cut down trees, I wear high - heels,
      D       D7    G     D7
Sus - pendies and a bra,
  G        G/B    C       A7
I wish I'd been a girlie,
     D       D7        G     D7
Just like my dear Pa - pa!
 
[Lumberjack & Mounties]
    G         G/B       C            A7
  I cut  down trees,  I wear  high - heels,
(He cuts down trees, he wears high - heels,)
       D       D7    G     D7
 Sus - pendies and a bra...
(Sus - pendies and a bra?...)
 
(The Lumberjack sings the Coda on his own
  as the Mounties walk off in disgust)
[Coda]
  G        G/B    C       A7
I wish I'd been a girlie,
     D       D7            G
Just like my dear---- Pa - pa!
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