Of The Timber Of My Heart

Homer & Jethro

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
E
For a backwoods girl was she
        F#m
And for choppin' down a tree
        B                             E
She was handy with an axe and she was smart
          E
Oh, but I should have passed her by
         F#m
When she waved and hollered "Hi"
         B7                             E
She made toothpicks of the timber of my heart
 
 
[Verse 2]
E
Well, when she promised to be mine
F#m
I cut ninety logs of pine
B
For a little cabin in our world apart
E
All our dreams were heaven bound
F#m
Till she tore that cabin down
B7
She made toothpicks of the timber of my heart
 
 
{ CHORUS }
E
She made toothpicks of the timber of my heart
F#m
She made toothpicks of the timber of my heart
B
Like a buzz saw rips a pole, she made sawdust of my soul
E
She made toothpicks of the timber of my heart
 
 
[Bridge]
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She was tall and she was limber
A
And her timber she was fine
E                                  B
But her lips were poison oak and turpentine
E
She was seasoned, I was green
F#m
Yes, my darling lumber queen
B
Wound me round her finger like a clinging vine
 
 
[Verse 3]
E
Now I hang around the shack
F#m
Just a lonesome lumberjack
B
Might have known her heart was wooden from the start
E
When she smashed away her charms
F#m
There was splinters in my arms
B7
She made toothpicks of the timber of my heart
 
 
{ CHORUS }
E                                 F#m
She made toothpicks of the timber of my heart
B                                  E
She made toothpicks of the timber of my heart
E                                  F#m
When she rolled me down that hill and she run me through the mill
B7                                  E
She made toothpicks of the timber of my heart
 
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