The Log Drivers Waltz Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

1, 1, 1, 1

1 * 4 *

If you should ask any girl from the parish a-round

57 * * 1

What pleases her most from her head to her toes

* * 4 *

She'll say: I'm not sure that it's business of yours

57 * 1 *

But I do like to waltz with a log driver, (for he goes)

Chorus

1 * 4 *

For he goes birling down, a-down white water

1 * 57 *

That's where the log driver learns to step lightly

1 * 4 *

It's birling down, a down white water

1 * 57 (*) 1

A log drivers waltz pleases girls com-pletely

1 * 4 *

When the drive's nearly over, I like to go down

57 * * 1

To see all the lads while they work on the river

* * 4 *

I know that come evening they'll be in the town

57 * 1 *

And we all want to waltz with a log driver

To please both my parents, I've had to give way

And dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers

Their manners are fine, but their feet are of clay

For there's none with the style of a log driver

I've had my chances with all sorts of men

But none is so fine as my lad on the river

So when the drive's over, if he asks me again

I think I will marry my log driver

ENDING: CHORUS TWICE (add extra bar on "com-")

SYMBOLS:

- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord

- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure

- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Nashville Number System):

- This system permits you to play a song in any key

- It uses the numeric relationships between chords in a given key

- The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)

Common Keys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Key of

C

  C Key Dof E F G A B

  D Key oDf E F♯ G A B C♯

  E Key oEf F♯ G♯ A B C♯ D♯

  F Key oFf G A A♯ C D E

  G Key oGf A B C D E F♯

  A Key oAf B C♯ D E F♯ G♯

A♯ A♯ C D D♯ F G A

EDITING (to a chosen key):

- Use the "replace" feature of any text editor

- Most songs use four chords or less ( 1 > 5 > 4 > 6 )

- Beware: the number 7 could be the seventh scale note or a 7th chord