{"id":28932,"date":"2026-01-09T21:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28932"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:16:09","slug":"she-made-toothpicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/she-made-toothpicks\/","title":{"rendered":"She Made Toothpicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Of The Timber Of My Heart<\/h1>\n<p>Homer &amp; Jethro<\/p>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">[Intro]\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F#m\">F#m<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>\r\nFor a backwoods girl was she\r\n        <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F#m\">F#m<\/span>\r\nAnd for choppin' down a tree\r\n        <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span>                             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>\r\nShe was handy with an axe and she was smart\r\n          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>\r\nOh, but I should have passed her by\r\n         <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F#m\">F#m<\/span>\r\nWhen she waved and hollered \"Hi\"\r\n         <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B7\">B7<\/span>                             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>\r\nShe made toothpicks of the timber of my heart\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>\r\nWell, when she promised to be mine\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F#m\">F#m<\/span>\r\nI cut ninety logs of pine\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span>\r\nFor a little cabin in our world apart\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>\r\nAll our dreams were heaven bound\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F#m\">F#m<\/span>\r\nTill she tore that cabin down\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B7\">B7<\/span>\r\nShe made toothpicks of the timber of my heart\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>\r\nShe made toothpicks of the timber of my heart\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F#m\">F#m<\/span>\r\nShe made toothpicks of the timber of my heart\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"B\">B<\/span>\r\nLike a buzz saw rips a pole, she made sawdust of my soul\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>\r\nShe made toothpicks of the timber of my heart\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\nA\r\nShe was tall and she was limber\r\nA\r\nAnd her timber she was fine\r\nE                                  B\r\nBut her lips were poison oak and turpentine\r\nE\r\nShe was seasoned, I was green\r\nF#m\r\nYes, my darling lumber queen\r\nB\r\nWound me round her finger like a clinging vine\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nE\r\nNow I hang around the shack\r\nF#m\r\nJust a lonesome lumberjack\r\nB\r\nMight have known her heart was wooden from the start\r\nE\r\nWhen she smashed away her charms\r\nF#m\r\nThere was splinters in my arms\r\nB7\r\nShe made toothpicks of the timber of my heart\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nE                                 F#m\r\nShe made toothpicks of the timber of my heart\r\nB                                  E\r\nShe made toothpicks of the timber of my heart\r\nE                                  F#m\r\nWhen she rolled me down that hill and she run me through the mill\r\nB7                                  E\r\nShe made toothpicks of the timber of my heart\r\n \r\nB E<\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of The Timber Of My Heart Homer &amp; Jethro [Intro] E F#m B E [Verse 1] E For a backwoods girl was she F#m And for choppin&#8217; down a tree B E She was handy with an axe and she was smart E Oh, but I should have passed her &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/she-made-toothpicks\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">She Made 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