Chords for Crosscut Saw by Van Wagner

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_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ Well the war it was over and Mr.
Lincoln had won.
[Bb] I drew my Navy wages [Cm] and returned to my home.
Sullivan County where my grandfather came.
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Soil rocky and [Bb] skies always rain.
[C] I remember [Cm] grandpa's stories of when he was a kid.
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Bison in the [Cm] lowlands and elk on the ridge.
Well now they're all gone and a new hunt has begun.
[Eb] To find the tie of [Bb] Dotton Head and make the sawmills [Eb] home. _
_ [Cm] All I need is my cross cut saw.
[Bb] My double bit axe and [Cm] eighty trees to fall.
[Eb] The spring it's coming [Cm] I can smell it all around.
[Eb] And my soul's being tempted [Bb] by that [Cm] high water sound. _ _ _ _ _ _
Up on the Loyal Sock well it's straight and it's tall.
[Bb] There's pine up there [Cm] like you ain't never saw.
Only brave loggers bear the winter's cold.
[Eb] Snow falls heavy [Bb] on the Appalachian Fold.
[Cm] Oh up in the morning at five a.m.
[Bb] Throw down some biscuits [Cm] some coffee and ham.
A twelve hour shift on the Teamster [Eb] crew.
Skidding logs through the river [Bb] through the ice and snow.
_ _ _ [Cm] All I need is my cross cut saw.
[Bb] My double bit axe [Cm] and eighty trees to fall.
[Eb] The spring it's coming [Cm] I can smell it all around.
[Eb] My soul's being tempted [Bb] by that high [Cm] water sound. _ _ _ _
_ We lash our logs together with hickory and oak.
[Bb] No rope no iron [Cm] just pins and bows.
A sweep at the front and back and a shack for the crew.
[Eb] Twenty thousand board feet [Bb] ready to tie loose.
[Cm] When the ice finally breaks and the water's good and high.
[Bb] We'll head down the Loyal Sock [Cm] our crew of five.
One day on the raft down to _ [Eb] Montoursville.
We hit the Susquehanna [Bb] where the water's smooth and still.
_ _ _ [Cm] All I need is my cross cut saw.
[Bb] My double bit axe and [Cm] eighty trees to fall.
[Eb] The spring it's coming [Cm] I can smell it all around.
[Eb] And my soul's being tempted by [Bb] that high [Cm] water sound. _ _
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[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ Once we get to Marietta we sell off our [Bb] logs.
One hundred dollars [Cm] split by five river hauls.
We head back north walking all the way.
[Eb] One hand on your knife [Bb] and the other on your pay.
[Cm] Well if it's a good season we'll have two or three more [Bb] runs.
Then this year's over [Cm] and the summer begun.
I'll watch as the rust it builds on my toes.
[Eb] And long for the day I'm [Bb] back with my logging [Eb] crew. _ _
[Bb] _ [Cm] All I need is my cross cut saw.
[Bb] My double bit axe and [Cm] eighty trees to [Eb] fall.
The spring it's coming I [Cm] can smell it all around.
[Eb] My soul's being tempted [Bb] by that [C] high water sound.
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