Lumberjack chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


The verse goes with one strumm per chord.
On the last line of every verse start putting in the rhythm
and carry it through the chorus - return to single strums
on the last chorus line and transition into the next verse.

Listen to the original record and you'll
know how it's supposed to be played.


Verse 1:
 C majorC           A minorAm C majorC
I lived on a farm out in Iowa
 C majorC           C majorC      G+G
I pulled the corn and I worked in the hay
  C majorC            C majorC    A minorAm
Got trapped by a girl but I wiggled free
     C majorC       C majorC    A minorAm
Heard the Oregon timber calling me

Chorus:
     C majorC           A minorAm  C majorC
Will you tell me something, Mr. Lumberjack?
   C majorC          G+G
Is it one for forward and three for back?
   C majorC        C majorC    A minorAm
Is it two for stop or four for go?
C majorC            A minorAm   C majorC
Boy, ask a whistle punk, I don't know


Verse 2:
    C majorC            A minorAm      C majorC
Well, I learned this fact from a logger named Ray
  C majorC           C majorC   G+G
You don't cut timber on a windy day
   C majorC             C majorC     A minorAm
Stay out of the woods when the moisture's low
    C majorC          A minorAm      C majorC
Or you ain't gonna live to collect your dough


Chorus:
     C majorC           A minorAm  C majorC
Will you tell me something, Mr. Lumberjack?
   C majorC          G+G
Is it one for forward and three for back?
   C majorC        C majorC    A minorAm
Is it two for stop or four for go?
C majorC            A minorAm   C majorC
Boy, ask a whistle punk, I don't know


Verse 3:
     C majorC           A minorAm     C majorC
Well you work in the woods from morning to night
  C majorC           C majorC    G+G
You laugh and sing and you cuss and fight
  C majorC         C majorC   A minorAm
On Saturday night you go to Eugene
     C majorC          A minorAm     C majorC
And on a Sunday morning, your pockets are clean


Chorus:
     C majorC           A minorAm  C majorC
Will you tell me something, Mr. Lumberjack?
   C majorC          G+G
Is it one for forward and three for back?
   C majorC        C majorC    A minorAm
Is it two for stop or four for go?
C majorC            A minorAm   C majorC
Boy, ask a whistle punk, I don't know