Wood Chipper chords by John Hiatt

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

G+G B7B7 E minorEm C majorC G+G C majorC G+G

🎸 Verse 1:

B minorBm
I'm from the Midwest,
                   F#F#
I know enough to cut a path around a woodchipper.
B minorBm
And be careful of any conversation
        F#F#
That starts by calling you skipper.
B minorBm
Cuz there ain't no oceans round here
E minorEm                    G+G
But a lot of little lakes where you could disappear
E minorEm        F#F#            B minorBm
I wonder what the fish are biting on today, Jimmy.

🎸 Verse 2:

B minorBm
You know, she told me not to follow her here
         F#F#
Said he was crazy about her
B minorBm
I guess I didn't know what that meant
            F#F#
Just knew I couldn't do without her
B minorBm
Then I saw him through a window sash
E minorEm            G+G
He had a 44 pistol and a bag of cash
E minorEm            F#F#
And she was folding some pretty note paper
     B minorBm
Into her breast pocket

🎸 Chorus:

G+G     A augmentedA
What some people won't do
          B minorBm
To break up a happy home
G+G     A augmentedA
What some people won't do
          B minorBm
To break up a happy home

🎸 Verse 3:

B minorBm
Well I got the picture
               F#F#
A augmentedA temporary love shack in the middle of noplace.
B minorBm                        F#F#
They were planning on using that cash to get away bold face.
BM
How long did they think they could stay
E minorEm                 G+G
With the troopers and the marshalls already on their way
E minorEm           F#F#          B minorBm
I ran into the yard and banged my knee on his woodchipper

🎸 Verse 4:

B minorBm
I was squealing like a baby
                F#F#
She appeared at the window, he opened the door
B minorBm
And when I looked up, he said
                 F#F#
'Hey skipper, what are you doin' here for '
B minorBm
One bullet to the head
E minorEm        G+G
Before I hit the ground I was dead
E minorEm                 F#F#         B minorBm
I guess I'm telling you this before you go fishing now, Jimmy.

🎸 Chorus:

G+G     A augmentedA
What some people won't do
          B minorBm
To break up a happy home
G+G     A augmentedA
What some people won't do
          B minorBm
To break up a happy home
G+G     A augmentedA
What some people won't do
          B minorBm
To break up a happy home
G+G     A augmentedA
What some people won't do
          B minorBm
To break up a happy home

🎸 Verse 5:

B minorBm
They never found my body
                    F#F#
But they killed 'em in a shootout just five miles down the road
B minorBm
They found that note in her breast pocket
               F#F#
And thought it was somethin' written in code
B minorBm
But it was part of a letter set
E minorEm            G+G
I gave her for Christmas ten years ago I bet
E minorEm                  F#F#     B minorBm
She used to use that pretty paper to make up her shopping list
N.C.
And it read
G+G
Eggs
A augmentedA
Bread
B minorBm
Hamburger meat
G+G
Funyons
A augmentedA B minorBm
Orange drink
G+G
Toilet paper
A augmentedA
Tidy Bowl
B minorBm
Pickles
G+G A augmentedA
B minorBm
Little Debbie Snack Cakes

🎸 Chorus:

G+G     A augmentedA
What some people won't do
          B minorBm
To break up a happy home
G+G     A augmentedA
What some people won't do
          B minorBm
To break up a happy home