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Lumberjack Song by Monty Python
Lumberjack Song
[Verse]
G C
oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay
D G
I sleep all night and I work all day
G C
he's a lumberjack and he's okay
D G
he sleeps all night and he works all day
G C
I cut down trees, I eat my lunch
D G
I go to the lavatory
G C
On wednesdays I go shopping
D G
And have buttered scones for tea
G C
He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch
D G
He goes to the lavatory
G C
On wednesdays he goes shopping
D G
and has buttered scones for tea
G C
I'm a lumberjack, and I'm ok
D G
I sleep all night and I work all day
G C
I cut down trees, I skip and jump
D G
I like to press wildflowers
G C
I put on womens clothing
D G
And hang around in bars
G C
He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps
D G
He likes to press wildflowers
G C
He puts on womens clothing
D G
And hangs around in bars
G C
I'm a lumberjack, and I'm ok
D G
I sleep all night and I work all day
G C
I cut down trees i wear high-heels
D G
Suspenders and a bra
G C
I wish I'd been a girly
D G
Just like my dear papa
[Verse]
G C
He's a lumberjack, and he's ok
D G
He sleeps all night and he works all day
G C
He cut down trees he wears high-heels
D G
Suspenders and a bra???????
Hey what's all this yaddi yaddi yadda.......
G C
He's a lumberjack, and he's ok
D G
He sleeps all night and he works all day
G C
He's a lumberjack, and he's okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy
D G
He sleeps all night and he works all day!!! (Very Fast)
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
G C
oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay
D D7 G C G
I sleep all night and I work all day
G C
he's a lumberjack and he's okay
D D7 G C G
he sleeps all night and he works all day
G C
I cut down trees, I skip and jump
D D7 G C G
I like to press wildflowers
G C
I put on women's clothing
D D7 G C G
And hang around in bars
That's the whole chord progression of the song!
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version 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
E A
oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay
B E
I sleep all night and I work all day
E A
he's a lumberjack and he's okay
B E
he sleeps all night and he works all day
E A
I cut down trees, I skip and jump
B E
I like to press wildflowers
E A
I put on women's clothing
B E
And hang around in bars
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version 4
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Key: Ab
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
G = 320003 C = x32013 E7 = 022130 D = xx0232
G/B = x20003 D7 = xx0212 Am7 = x02213 A7 = x02020
[Intro]
G G/B C D7 G G/B C D7
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [Repeat over spoken intro lyrics]
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?...)
[Lumberjack sings coda on his own as the Mounties walk off in disgust]
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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