Chords for Sonny James.. Don't Cut Timber on a Windy Day.wmv
Tempo:
107.55 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
D
G
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [Ab] [Bm]
I once [B] had a friend named [E] Joe, the biggest lumberjack in all of [Bm] Idaho.
He worked like a dog from day to day.
[Em] He drew ten cents an hour for his pay.
[Bm]
Come Saturday evening, it had [Em] him a ball, it arrived him a log over Idaho [Bm] Falls.
But now old Joe, he's laid [Em] to rest, he forgot the slogan [Bm] that he'd earned best.
[A]
[D] Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to [D] what I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
[Bm] [D]
Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to what I [D] say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
[Bm]
Now Joe had a girl and a name with [Em] Anne, had arms like a bull and muscles like [B] a man.
[Bm] Then she heard old Joe was dead, [Em] she picked up her axe [Bm] and away she fled.
Up in the mountains where the trees grow [E] tall, it was in her mind [Bm] to cut them all.
Folks around here say it's too [Em] dismayed, the ants still up there [Bm] chopping away.
[A] [D] Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen [D] to what I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
[Bm] [D]
Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to what [D] I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
[Bm] Don't you cut timber on a windy day, don't you cut timber on a windy, windy day.
I once [B] had a friend named [E] Joe, the biggest lumberjack in all of [Bm] Idaho.
He worked like a dog from day to day.
[Em] He drew ten cents an hour for his pay.
[Bm]
Come Saturday evening, it had [Em] him a ball, it arrived him a log over Idaho [Bm] Falls.
But now old Joe, he's laid [Em] to rest, he forgot the slogan [Bm] that he'd earned best.
[A]
[D] Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to [D] what I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
[Bm] [D]
Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to what I [D] say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
[Bm]
Now Joe had a girl and a name with [Em] Anne, had arms like a bull and muscles like [B] a man.
[Bm] Then she heard old Joe was dead, [Em] she picked up her axe [Bm] and away she fled.
Up in the mountains where the trees grow [E] tall, it was in her mind [Bm] to cut them all.
Folks around here say it's too [Em] dismayed, the ants still up there [Bm] chopping away.
[A] [D] Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen [D] to what I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
[Bm] [D]
Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to what [D] I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
[Bm] Don't you cut timber on a windy day, don't you cut timber on a windy, windy day.
Key:
Bm
D
G
Em
B
Bm
D
G
[N] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I once [B] had a friend named [E] Joe, the biggest lumberjack in all of [Bm] Idaho.
_ _ He worked like a dog from day to day.
[Em] He drew ten cents an hour for his pay.
[Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ Come Saturday evening, it had [Em] him a ball, it arrived him a log over Idaho [Bm] Falls.
_ But now old Joe, he's laid [Em] to rest, he forgot the slogan [Bm] that he'd earned _ best.
[A] _ _ _ _
[D] Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to [D] what I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D]
Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to what I [D] say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] _ day.
[Bm] _ _ _ _
Now Joe had a girl and a name with [Em] Anne, had arms like a bull and muscles like [B] a man.
_ [Bm] Then she heard old Joe was dead, [Em] she picked up her axe [Bm] and away she fled. _ _ _
_ _ _ Up in the mountains where the trees grow [E] tall, it was in her mind [Bm] to cut them all.
_ Folks around here say it's too [Em] dismayed, the ants still up there [Bm] chopping away.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen [D] to what I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D]
Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to what [D] I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
_ [Bm] Don't you cut timber on a windy day, don't you cut timber on a windy, windy day. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I once [B] had a friend named [E] Joe, the biggest lumberjack in all of [Bm] Idaho.
_ _ He worked like a dog from day to day.
[Em] He drew ten cents an hour for his pay.
[Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ Come Saturday evening, it had [Em] him a ball, it arrived him a log over Idaho [Bm] Falls.
_ But now old Joe, he's laid [Em] to rest, he forgot the slogan [Bm] that he'd earned _ best.
[A] _ _ _ _
[D] Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to [D] what I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D]
Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to what I [D] say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] _ day.
[Bm] _ _ _ _
Now Joe had a girl and a name with [Em] Anne, had arms like a bull and muscles like [B] a man.
_ [Bm] Then she heard old Joe was dead, [Em] she picked up her axe [Bm] and away she fled. _ _ _
_ _ _ Up in the mountains where the trees grow [E] tall, it was in her mind [Bm] to cut them all.
_ Folks around here say it's too [Em] dismayed, the ants still up there [Bm] chopping away.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen [D] to what I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D]
Don't you cut timber on a windy [G] day, stay out and work your bed, listen to what [D] I say.
Limbs in the top, libel bow, either [G] way, don't you cut timber on a windy [D] day.
_ [Bm] Don't you cut timber on a windy day, don't you cut timber on a windy, windy day. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _