Tonalité : E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It wasn't for the
weak of arm,
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this job of felling trees
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Let it break a city man in half,
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at bring him to his knees
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Here stood the mighty forests,
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their mountains and their streams
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We lived here and we worked here,
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and here stood our hopes
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and dreams
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My father swung his axe out here,
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his father did the same
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Through the dust and steam and fires,
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through the heat and cold and rain
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Those days are nearly over,
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that life is almost gone
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But of all the men who laboured here,
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their ghosts will linger on
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Ah, the lager's life, it was the only life
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The sound of fallen timber,
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and a campfire on the trees
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Ah, the lager's life, if it was the only life
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A steam train on the mountain
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and a mill to work the trees
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Those city folk think timber
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comes from yards where it's sold
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Not from the sweat and muscle
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of the men who labored bold
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Those giants of the forest
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came crashing all around
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Those days are gone forever
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and those fam ilies and those towns
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All the la ger's life, it was the only life
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The sound of falling timber
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and a campfire on the trees
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Harder like his life, it was the only life
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A steam train on the mountain,
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and a mill to work the trees
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One day they'll tell stories
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of those people who have gone
Of their courage and their daring,
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and the yawns will linger on
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But never will they see it,
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or know the joy and fear
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Of a life lived in the forests
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and the men who labor here
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Ah, the lager's life, it was the only life
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The sound of falling timber
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and a campfire on the breeze
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Ah, the lager's life, it was the only life
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A steam train on the mountain
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and a mill to work the trees
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Ah, the lager's life, it was the only life
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A sound of thorn and timber
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and a campfire on the breeze
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Ah, the lager's life, it was the only life
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A steam train on the mountain
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and a mill to work the trees
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A steam train on the mountain
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and a mill to work the trees
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Ah, the locker's life,
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it was the only life
Outro 1
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