The Canadian Lumberjack Chords
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.
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