Wood Chipper chords by John Hiatt

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

G B7 Em C G C G

🎸 Verse 1:

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

🎸 Verse 2:

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

🎸 Chorus:

G         A
What some people won't do
                    Bm
To break up a happy home
G         A
What some people won't do
                    Bm
To break up a happy home

🎸 Verse 3:

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

🎸 Verse 4:

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

🎸 Chorus:

G         A
What some people won't do
                    Bm
To break up a happy home
G         A
What some people won't do
                    Bm
To break up a happy home
G         A
What some people won't do
                    Bm
To break up a happy home
G         A
What some people won't do
                    Bm
To break up a happy home

🎸 Verse 5:

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

🎸 Chorus:

G         A
What some people won't do
                    Bm
To break up a happy home
G         A
What some people won't do
                    Bm
To break up a happy home