The Lumber Song by Eli
Key: CC | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro
C    C    C    C
C  G  Am  F  C  G  Am  Em
C  G  Am  F  C  G  F
Verse 1
C                  G
Said a friend to a friend one day,
C
There was a man who passed away
          G              C
St. Peter met him at the gate.
C                        G
Pete said: "Walk with me if you will;
C
I'll take you to the house you built"
           G       F
Man said: "I can't wait!"
C                         G
They passed a mansion made of stone,
F
But with each new house he's shown
C        G            Am
They get smaller by degrees
C                     G
Stopped in front of a two room shack,
F
Pete said, “Hope you're happy with that.”
C          G            C
Man said: "How can this be?"  Pete said:
Chorus 1
F              G      Am              Em
That's all the lumber, that's all the lumber,
F                G          C
  That's all the lumber you sent
F              G        Am                 Em
Looks like the builder; man, he's got your number;
F              G          C  G  Am  F  C  G  Am
That's all the lumber you sent
C  G  Am  F  Am  G  F
Verse 2
C               G
Man didn't know what to say,
F
Poor guy was blown away.
C                       G        Am
Said: "You mean this is what I deserve?"
            C          G
Pete said: "I'm afraid it's so.
C                  F
It's too late, but now you know.
Am                   G        F
  You should’ve done better work"
      C             G
Said: You mean, not lie and cheat
Am                     F
And helpin' old ladies across the street?
C           G             Am
Pete said, “That's a start.
F               C                G
  Remember that man back in that great big house?
F
Found out early what it's all about,
C            G              C
  Built that place with his heart--as for you
Chorus 2
C              G      Am              Em
That's all the lumber, that's all the lumber,
F                G          C
  That's all the lumber you sent
C              G        Am                 Em
Looks like the builder; man, he's got your number;
F              G          C  G  Am
That's all the lumber you sent
Bridge
Bb
What if that man were me,
                  Am
And I failed that miserably
                         F
You're showin' me things I don't wanna see,
F
Ye-ah, yeah, yeah
[Turnaround]
C  G  Am  F  C  G  Am
C  G  Am  F  C  G  F
Verse 3
C          G           F               C
St. Peter, if you can, Send me back to earth again.
Em      Am
Is that somethin' you can do?
           C        G           C
Pete said: It ain't up to me.
C                                       G         F
  And if it was I'd like to see how you plan to improve.
         C         G
He said: Love God, fellow man,
Am              F
Take a wife and make a stand
C               G         Am
Be the givinest guy I can be.
         C                  G
And when I get back to this neighborhood
        F
There'd be a gigantic pile of wood.
C             G             C
And I'd say: “What's this I see?”--And You'd tell me
Chorus 3
F              G      Am               Em
That's all the lumber, all that's your lumber,
C               G          C
 That's all the lumber you sent
C                      G         Am            Em
Well the Big Boss will help you, hammer it all together
F              G          C  Am  Em
That's all the lumber you sent
F              G      Am               Em
That's all the lumber, all that's your lumber,
C               G          C
 That's all the lumber you sent
C                      G         Am            Em
Well the Big Boss will help you, hammer it all together
F              G          C  Am  Em  F
That's all the lumber you sent