Standard (EADGBE)
[ ] x 4
They built this house from tall timber
Cut it down in the mountain air
Building dreams in the city
Kept on going till the hills were bare
Came along with their axes
Brought their trucks and chainsaws too
And they cut down all the tall tall timber
Tall timber for me and you
She was a young girl she was a hero
Stood on the stage the people cheered
But the critics cut her down to zero
Because she sang the words that they all feared
And they came with their axes
They brought their knives and opinions too
And they cut her down like tall tall timber
Tall timber in the mountain dew
Chorus
Please don't cut down the tall timber
Let it grow tall straight and true
In this world we need tall tall timber
Tall timber like me and you
He was a young man with a dream
To bring freedom to his land
Shared his voice with his brothers
In those chinese streets he made a stand
And they came with their soldiors
They brought their tanks and machine guns too
And the cut down all the tall tall timber
Tall timber like me and you
CHORUS x 2
[ ] x 4
The Redgum and the Kauri
The Eucalypt and Pine
The poets and the painters
The thinkers of our time
Don't cut down the timber
Or we'll be forever poor
Don't kill off our heroes or
We'll never win the war
Solo
Now the sun's so strong it burns my eyes
The air's so bad that I can't breath
The winter's warmer the summer's hotter
I drive for miles I don't see trees
And they came with their axes
They brought their knives and chainsaws too
And they cut down all the tall tall timber
Tall timber in the mountain dew
CHORUS x 2
Tall timber like me and you
CHORUS x 3 [fade out on the third]