Chords for The Logging Song
Tempo:
128.7 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Bb
Ab
Eb
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It's early in the morning [Bb] when the birds sing in the pines,
Sun [Ab] peeks through the forest [Bb] where the cold river [Cm]
climbs.
Men are up at five [Bb] o'clock and do the trees at six,
[Cm] Hard [Ab] days work, a good [Gm] night's sleep is all they [Cm] ever make.
Wait, [Ab] hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
[Gm] On the wild and [Ab] windy [Bb] shores of old [Cm] Superior.
From North Bay to Fort [Bb] William on the rocky northern shore,
[Cm] The mills are [Ab] filled with cedar [Bb] pulp and the boats are [Cm] filled with ore.
I worked in a logging [Bb] camp my daddy did before,
[Cm] Where calloused [Ab] hands and weathered [Bb] skin and iron [Cm] to the core.
Wait, [Ab] hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
[Gm] On the wild and [Ab] windy [Bb] shores of old Superior.
[Cm]
Now the flies are thick and the men get [Bb] sick, it's cold as it can be,
[Cm] Nothing's [Ab] unexpected [Bb] in the North [Cm] Country.
When the summer ends and the winter [Bb] comes, 42 below,
[G] We'll settle [Ab] down in plywood [Bb] shacks and cover up [Cm] with snow.
[F] Wait, hey, [Eb] another brand [Fm] new day,
[Cm] On the wild and [Ab] windy shores [Bb] of old Superior.
[Cm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Fm] [Cm] [Ab]
[Bb] [Cm]
Now when I die I will have [Bb] seen the wonders of the sea,
[Cm] I will have [Ab] climbed the mountains [Bb] in the Western [Cm] Country.
Most of all I won't [Bb] forget the wild and wondrous thing,
[Cm] The falling [Ab] of the timber [Bb] when it's early [Cm] in the spring.
[F] Wait, hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
[Cm] On the wild [Ab] and windy [Bb] shores of old [Cm] Superior.
Wait, [F] hey, [Eb] another brand [Fm] new day,
On [Cm] the wild and [Ab] windy shores [Bb] of old Superior.
[Cm]
Sun [Ab] peeks through the forest [Bb] where the cold river [Cm]
climbs.
Men are up at five [Bb] o'clock and do the trees at six,
[Cm] Hard [Ab] days work, a good [Gm] night's sleep is all they [Cm] ever make.
Wait, [Ab] hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
[Gm] On the wild and [Ab] windy [Bb] shores of old [Cm] Superior.
From North Bay to Fort [Bb] William on the rocky northern shore,
[Cm] The mills are [Ab] filled with cedar [Bb] pulp and the boats are [Cm] filled with ore.
I worked in a logging [Bb] camp my daddy did before,
[Cm] Where calloused [Ab] hands and weathered [Bb] skin and iron [Cm] to the core.
Wait, [Ab] hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
[Gm] On the wild and [Ab] windy [Bb] shores of old Superior.
[Cm]
Now the flies are thick and the men get [Bb] sick, it's cold as it can be,
[Cm] Nothing's [Ab] unexpected [Bb] in the North [Cm] Country.
When the summer ends and the winter [Bb] comes, 42 below,
[G] We'll settle [Ab] down in plywood [Bb] shacks and cover up [Cm] with snow.
[F] Wait, hey, [Eb] another brand [Fm] new day,
[Cm] On the wild and [Ab] windy shores [Bb] of old Superior.
[Cm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Fm] [Cm] [Ab]
[Bb] [Cm]
Now when I die I will have [Bb] seen the wonders of the sea,
[Cm] I will have [Ab] climbed the mountains [Bb] in the Western [Cm] Country.
Most of all I won't [Bb] forget the wild and wondrous thing,
[Cm] The falling [Ab] of the timber [Bb] when it's early [Cm] in the spring.
[F] Wait, hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
[Cm] On the wild [Ab] and windy [Bb] shores of old [Cm] Superior.
Wait, [F] hey, [Eb] another brand [Fm] new day,
On [Cm] the wild and [Ab] windy shores [Bb] of old Superior.
[Cm]
Key:
Cm
Bb
Ab
Eb
Fm
Cm
Bb
Ab
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It's early in the morning [Bb] when the birds sing in the pines,
Sun [Ab] peeks through the forest [Bb] where the cold river [Cm]
climbs.
Men are up at five [Bb] o'clock and do the trees at six,
[Cm] Hard [Ab] days work, a good [Gm] night's sleep is all they [Cm] ever make.
Wait, [Ab] hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
[Gm] On the wild and [Ab] windy [Bb] shores of old [Cm] Superior. _ _ _ _ _ _
From North Bay to Fort [Bb] William on the rocky northern shore,
[Cm] The mills are [Ab] filled with cedar [Bb] pulp and the boats are [Cm] filled with ore.
I worked in a logging [Bb] camp my daddy did before,
[Cm] Where calloused [Ab] hands and weathered [Bb] skin and iron [Cm] to the core.
Wait, [Ab] hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
[Gm] On the wild and [Ab] windy [Bb] shores of old Superior.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now the flies are thick and the men get [Bb] sick, it's cold as it can be,
[Cm] Nothing's [Ab] unexpected [Bb] in the North [Cm] Country.
When the summer ends and the winter [Bb] comes, 42 below,
[G] We'll settle [Ab] down in plywood [Bb] shacks and cover up [Cm] with snow.
[F] Wait, hey, [Eb] another brand [Fm] new day,
_ [Cm] On the wild and [Ab] windy shores [Bb] of old Superior.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now when I die I will have [Bb] seen the wonders of the sea,
[Cm] I will have [Ab] climbed the mountains [Bb] in the Western [Cm] Country.
_ Most of all I won't [Bb] forget the wild and wondrous thing,
[Cm] The falling [Ab] of the timber [Bb] when it's early [Cm] in the spring.
_ [F] Wait, hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
_ [Cm] On the wild [Ab] and windy [Bb] shores of old [Cm] Superior.
_ Wait, [F] hey, [Eb] another brand [Fm] new day,
On [Cm] the wild and [Ab] windy shores [Bb] of old Superior.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's early in the morning [Bb] when the birds sing in the pines,
Sun [Ab] peeks through the forest [Bb] where the cold river [Cm]
climbs.
Men are up at five [Bb] o'clock and do the trees at six,
[Cm] Hard [Ab] days work, a good [Gm] night's sleep is all they [Cm] ever make.
Wait, [Ab] hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
[Gm] On the wild and [Ab] windy [Bb] shores of old [Cm] Superior. _ _ _ _ _ _
From North Bay to Fort [Bb] William on the rocky northern shore,
[Cm] The mills are [Ab] filled with cedar [Bb] pulp and the boats are [Cm] filled with ore.
I worked in a logging [Bb] camp my daddy did before,
[Cm] Where calloused [Ab] hands and weathered [Bb] skin and iron [Cm] to the core.
Wait, [Ab] hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
[Gm] On the wild and [Ab] windy [Bb] shores of old Superior.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now the flies are thick and the men get [Bb] sick, it's cold as it can be,
[Cm] Nothing's [Ab] unexpected [Bb] in the North [Cm] Country.
When the summer ends and the winter [Bb] comes, 42 below,
[G] We'll settle [Ab] down in plywood [Bb] shacks and cover up [Cm] with snow.
[F] Wait, hey, [Eb] another brand [Fm] new day,
_ [Cm] On the wild and [Ab] windy shores [Bb] of old Superior.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now when I die I will have [Bb] seen the wonders of the sea,
[Cm] I will have [Ab] climbed the mountains [Bb] in the Western [Cm] Country.
_ Most of all I won't [Bb] forget the wild and wondrous thing,
[Cm] The falling [Ab] of the timber [Bb] when it's early [Cm] in the spring.
_ [F] Wait, hey, [Eb] another [Fm] brand new day,
_ [Cm] On the wild [Ab] and windy [Bb] shores of old [Cm] Superior.
_ Wait, [F] hey, [Eb] another brand [Fm] new day,
On [Cm] the wild and [Ab] windy shores [Bb] of old Superior.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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