Key: E minor
Intro 1
Em
G
D
G
Em
Verse 1
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each a carpenter by trade.
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C
Cutting fresh falls that turned to lumber
D
C
Em
for the furniture they made.
G
D
They took only what they needed,
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D
Em
G
an d the strong growing trees did remain
D
C
But the youngest grew tired of searching,
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C
D
Em
Idris Lansden was his name
Em
G
had been cut ting fallen lumber all his days
D
C
But his son listened to no man
Em
C
Cut one close up home
D
C
after cutting down its strongest sons
D
C
Em
A lonesome desert will have begun
Em
G
saw father face his son.
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C
He stood beside, neither lensed in,
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C
our family's schism had begun.
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D
C
Sparked by idle hands of fortune
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Em
And the lumber in one tree
Em
C
Cut one closer and save
D
C
after cutting out its stony suns
D
C
Em
A lonesome desert will have begun
Well, Edris Lansden cut 40 acres
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Em
In the first four summers after that round
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C
Leased the land to local farmers
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C
Em
And sold most of the lumber to the town
D
C
And in the long run, he turned to dairy
C
Em
all his children always would
Em
C
Cut one close to home
D
C
after cutting down its strongest suns
Em
D
C
Em
have begun
D
C
Em
G
Em
A lonesome desert will have begun
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D
C
Em
G
Em
G
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D
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You
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