The Lumberjack Song chords by Monty Python

Chords with lyrics

Song: Lumberjack song
Artist: Monty Pythons Flying Circus
Composers: Fred Tomlinson, Michael Palin & Terry Jones
Tabbed by DJ
10th Sept 2015

Film version: Capo at 1st fret (Sounds in the key of AbAb)

Original TV version: Key of G,
and with slight lyric difference -
'...Just like my dear Mama!'
replaces '...Just like my dear Papa!'

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
G+G  = 320003  E7E7 = 022130
G/BG/B = x20003  Am7Am7 = x02213
C majorC  = x32013  D MajorD  = xx0232
D7D7 = xx0212  A7A7 = x02020

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[Intro]
   G+G G/BG/B C majorC D7D7   G+G G/BG/B C majorC D7D7
||: /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / :|| [Repeat]

I wanted to be a Lumberjack, leaping from tree to tree,
As they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia,
The Giant Redwood, the Larch, the Fir,
The mighty Scots Pine,
The smell of fresh cut timber,
The crash of mighty trees,
With my best girlie by my side,
We'd sing, ...sing, ...sing...


[Lumberjack]
 G+G   G/BG/B      C majorC E7E7 Am7Am7
I'm a lumberjack and I'm o - kay,
  D MajorD    D7D7      G+G  C majorC  G+G  D7D7
I sleep all night, and I work all day!


[Mounty Choir]
 G+G    G/BG/B      C majorC  E7E7 Am7Am7
He's a lumberjack, and he's o - kay,
   D MajorD     D7D7      G+G  C majorC  G+G
He sleeps all night and he works all day!


[Lumberjack]
  G+G    G/BG/B   C majorC    A7A7
I cut down trees, I eat my lunch,
  D MajorD     D7D7    G+G  D7D7
I go to the lavator - y,
   G+G   G/BG/B   C majorC   A7A7
On Wednesday I go shopping,
      D MajorD    D7D7    G+G  D7D7
And have buttered scones for tea!

[Mounty Choir]
   G+G    G/BG/B    C majorC    Am7Am7
He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch,
   D MajorD      D7D7   G+G  D7D7
He goes to the lavator - y,
   G+G   G/BG/B     C majorC   A7A7
On Wednesday he goes shopping,
      D MajorD    D7D7    G+G  D7D7
And has buttered scones for tea,
 G+G    G/BG/B      C majorC  E7E7 Am7Am7
He's a lumberjack, and he's o - kay,
   D MajorD     D7D7      G+G  C majorC  G+G
He sleeps all night and he works all day!


[Lumberjack]
  G+G    G/BG/B   C majorC    A7A7
I cut down trees, I skip and jump,
  D MajorD    D7D7      G+G   D7D7
I like to press wild flowers,
  G+G   G/BG/B    C majorC   A7A7
I put on women's clothing,
   D MajorD    D7D7    G+G  D7D7
And hang a - round in bars!


[Mounty Choir]
  G+G     G/BG/B    C majorC     Am7Am7
He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps,
   D MajorD    D7D7      G+G   D7D7
He likes to press wild flowers,
  G+G    G/BG/B    C majorC   A7A7
He puts on women's clothing,
   D MajorD    D7D7    G+G   D7D7
And hangs a - round in bars?
 G+G    G/BG/B      C majorC  E7E7 Am7Am7
He's a lumberjack, and he's o - kay,
   D MajorD     D7D7      G+G  C majorC  G+G
He sleeps all night and he works all day!


[Lumberjack]
  G+G    G/BG/B    C majorC     A7A7
I cut down trees, I wear high -heels,
    D MajorD   D7D7   G+G  D7D7
Sus - pendies and a bra,
  G+G    G/BG/B   C majorC   A7A7
I wish I'd been a girlie,
   D MajorD    D7D7    G+G  D7D7
Just like my dear Pa - pa!


[Lumberjack & Mounties]
   G+G     G/BG/B    C majorC     A7A7
 I cut down trees,  I wear high -heels,
(He cuts down trees, he wears high -heels,)

    D MajorD   D7D7   G+G  D7D7
 Sus - pendies and a bra,
(Sus - pendies and a bra?)

  G+G   G/BG/B   C majorC   A7A7
I wish I'd been a girlie,
   D MajorD    D7D7      G+G
Just like my dear---- Pa - pa---------!