The Log Drivers Waltz


THE LOG DRIVER'S WALTZ - Wade Hemsworth INTRO: D, D, D, D D D G G If you should ask any girl from the parish a-round A A A7Sus4 D What pleases her most from her head to her toes D D G G She'll say: I'm not sure that it's business of yours A A D A But I do like to waltz with a log driver, (for he goes) CHORUS: D D G G For he goes birling down, a-down white water D D A A That's where the log driver learns to step lightly D D G G It's birling down, a down white water D D/DSUS7/D A D D/DSUS7/D A D A log drivers waltz pleases girls com-pletely D D G G When the drive's nearly over, I like to go down A A A7Sus4 D To see all the lads while they work on the river D D G G I know that come evening they'll be in the town A A D A And we all want to waltz with a log driver (for he goes) (CHORUS) D D G G To please both my parents, I've had to give way A A A7Sus4 D And dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers D D G G Their manners are fine, but their feet are of clay A A D A For there's none with the style of a log driver (for he goes) (CHORUS) D D G G I've had my chances with all sorts of men A A A7Sus4 D But none is so fine as my lad on the river D D G G So when the drive's over, if he asks me again A A D A I think I will marry my log driver (for he goes) (CHORUS) X2 A7SUS4 = X 0 2 2 3 3 A = X 0 2 2 1 0 D = X 0 0 2 3 2 DSUS7 = X 0 0 2 3 3 G = 3 2 0 0 3 3