Choppin Wood chords by The Show Ponies

Chords with lyrics

Capo on 4th fret.

G+G
I ain't too good at choppin? wood, But my daddy said I should.
Emin                  G+G
I need a woman with a nice strong back, Child-bearin? hips and a one room shack.
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I'm a hard, hard worker every day; Dirty hands and a little pay. I get up early and I get back late.

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I ain't too good at matching clothes, wearing heels and panty hose.
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I need a man that's sensitive; Stoic and contemplative.
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A augmentedA scholar and a gentleman. A augmentedA caller with strong arms to hold me in.

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So what if we're not everything
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our mothers and our fathers expect us to be.
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Could I be the one who's in your dreams,
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Could I be the one who you redeem?

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I've gotten good at acting sweet, but it's hard to admit defeat.
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I'm prim and proper and put together. I'm sick and sore, under the weather.
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Got friends in places high and low, learned things I didn't want to know, been lifted up just to be let go.

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I'm getting good at actin? tough, but I haven't gotten good enough.
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I want to be on the silver screen, I'm a kind-hearted man that's often mean.
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I'm a lover and a fighter; I'm a worker and a writer; I am a dreamer woken up by fits of rage.

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Been trying hard to understand what it means to be a man,
Emin              G+G
And every time I fall in love, I hug and kiss then push and shove.
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