----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIMBER - Phish ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:Patrick Brown Email: dcdeadhead420@yahoo.com Tuning: Standard - E A D G B E I haven't seen this posted anywhere accurately. So I learned it by ear. This should be correct. It is transcribed in A. It might sometimes be played in B flat. Here it is. mezzo forte Intro Am6 Am7 Am6 Am7 e|-----5--X---5----5----------------5--X---5----5---------------| B|-----7--X---8----8----------------7--X---8----8---------------| G|-----5--X---5--X-5----------------5--X---5--X-5---------------| D|-----7--X---7--X-7----------------7--X---7--X-7---------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 1:

^Am6I'm gonna pull this ^Am7timber 'fore the ^Am6sun go d^Am7own ^CGet it 'cross the river 'fore the ^Am6bars come ^Am7down

^Am6Drag it on ^Am7down that ^Am6dusty ^Am7road ^DCome on Jerry, let's ^Cdump this ^Aload

Chorus: (A) C D C I said "Timber, ho!", timber, woah this timber's gotta roll

I said &^Aquot;Timber, ho!"^C, timber, woah this timbe^Dr's^C gotta roll

Verse 2: (alt. chords)

^Am6My old ^Am7Jerry was an ^Am6Arkansas ^Am7mule ^DBeen everywhere and he ^Cain't no ^Afool

^Am6Weighed nine ^Am7hundred and ^Am6twenty-^Am7two ^DDone everything a poor ^Cmule can ^Ado

(chorus) Jerry's shoulders stood six foot tall Pulled more timber than a freight could haul Workin' heavy old Jerry got sore Pulled so much he couldn't pull no more (chorus) The boss said "Jerry" and it made him jump Jerry ran and kicked the boss's rump My old Jerry was a cool mule It been me I would kill that fool Boss tried to shoot old Jerry's head Jerry took the bullet and stomped him dead Stomped the boss til he heard him scream Sure don't care he was so damn mean (chorus 2x) | / slide up | \ slide down | H hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note =============================================================================

Phish - Timber