The Canadian Lumberjack Chords

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The Canadian Lumberjack by Stompin' Tom Connors is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E                                       B7 
If I sang about a saddle, a lassoo, & a gun 
                      E       A         B7     E          
You'd think about a cowboy beneath the prarie sun 
                                                  B7 
But I sing about a pine tree  with a bucksaw & an axe 
                E              A      B7    E 
I sing about a big man, the Canadian Lumberjack 

   A                        E 
Oh hey to the happy workin' bushman 
     B7               E 
Of Canada He's a lumberjack 
     A                         E  
Oh hey, to the master of the bushland 
               B7                   E 
He's born to live by the big broad axe 
               B7                   E 
He's born to live by the big broad axe 
 
E                                                         B7 
He'll go up for a giant breackfast, of pancakes, beans & mush 
                            E          A       B7         E  
And then you'll hear him whistle all morning through the bush 
                                                       B7 
And when it comes to hardwork there's just no turning back 
                        E       A     B7     E    
That son of a gun of an iron Canadian Lumberjack 
Chorus 
 
 
                                               B7 
And when his day is over he'll talk with many chums 
                        E             A        B7         E  
He'll sing about his sweetheart he'll wed when springtime comes 
Chorus 
    	

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