Tom: G
Introdução:
G
Oh the snow falls soft round the old cabin door,
C G
The baby lies sleeping so still
C G Em
And she imagines she hears the faint ring of an axe
A D
?Way back in the Pontiac hills.
G
Well, the days grind by just like a log in a jam,
C G
In the window the candle burns low
C G Em
It?s been weeks since he left to head north to the camps-
G D G
There?ll be months before spring brings him home.
Chorus
C G
And in the shanty they?re dancin? on a hard-packed dirt floor
C D
While the fiddler scrapes out them old tunes one time more
C G Em
And he?s wond-rin? why he?s there far from fam?ly and friends
G D C
In a logging camp Christmas again.
G D
And wasn?t it this time last year that he swore
C G D
That he wouldn?t spend Christmas in the log camps no more?
G C G
But there?s too little choice when the livin?s this poor
D G
It?s the only way a man can survive.
verse 2
G
Well, the wood?s gettin? low by the fire tonight
C G
And she?ll up before dawn to cut more
C G Em
But it seems only right to let it burn bright
A D
?cause it?s Christmas and her heart?s feelin? sore.
G
Well, it isn?t the work that she minds when he?s gone
C G
And the neighbours help out when they can,
C G Em
It?s the time slipping by from life that?s too young
G D G
To be living this far from her man.
Chorus
C G
In the shanty they?re dancin? on a hard-packed dirt floor
C D
While the fiddler scrapes out them old tunes one time more
C G Em
And he?s wond-rin? why he?s there far from fam?ly and friends
G D C
In a logging camp Christmas again.
G D
And wasn?t it this time last year that he swore
C G D
That he wouldn?t spend Christmas in the log camps no more?
G C G
But there?s too little choice when the livin?s this poor
D G
It?s the only way a man can survive.
Instrument Break
C G C D C GEm D C
Chorus
C G
In the shanty they?re dancin? on a hard-packed dirt floor
C D
While the fiddler scrapes out them old tunes one time more
C G Em
And he?s wond-rin? why he?s there far from fam?ly and friends
G D C
In a logging camp Christmas again.
G D
And wasn?t it this time last year that he swore
C G D
That he wouldn?t spend Christmas in the log camps no more?
G C G
But there?s too little choice when the livin?s this poor
D G
It?s the only way a man can survive.
Outro
G
Oh the snow falls soft round the old cabin door,
C G
The baby lies sleeping so still
C G Em
And she imagines she hears the faint ring of an axe
A D
?Way back in the Pontiac hills.