C                          F                     G                               C
Tabacca-chewingest and the funkiest and the, the best woodchopper of all of 'em.


[Verse 1]
        C                           F
Well he rode through the woods on a big blue ox
       G                C
He had fists as hard as choppin' blocks
C                       F
Five hundred pounds and nine feet tall
G        C
  That's Paul


[Verse 2]
C                        F
Talk about working, when he swings his ax
          G                  C
you could hear it ring for a mile and half
         C               F
And he'd yell timber and down she'd fall
G     C
  for Paul


[Verse 3]
C                        F
Talk about drinkin' that man's so mean
          G                       C
that he'd never drink nothin' but kerosene
  C                    F
A five gallon can is a little bit small
G     C
  for Paul


[Verse 4]
C                     F
Talk about women that man's so lusty,
        G                       C
needs a woman ever hour just to keep from gettin' rusty
C                      F
Young ones run and the old ones crawl
G    C
  to Paul


[Verse 5]
C                        F
Talk about tough well he once had a fight
       G                 C
with a thunderstorm on a cold dark night
  C                           F
I ain't sayin' who won but it don't storm at all
G            C               A7   D
  round here   thanks to Paul


[Verse 6]
       D                        G
He was ninety years old when he said with a sigh
       A                         D
said I think I'm gonna lay right down and die
      D                   G
Cause sunshine and sorrow I've seen it all
A      D
  says Paul


[Verse 7]
           D             G
Says there ain't no man alive can kill me,
A              D
ain't no woman left can thrill me
    D                     G
And I think a heaven just might be a ball
A      D
  says Paul


[Bridge]
D            G  A              D
  So he died      and we cried


[Verse 8]
        D                    G
It took eighteen men just to bust the ground,
     A                          D
took three or four more just to lower him down
        D                     G
Then we covered him up and we figured that was all
A     D
  for Paul


[Verse 9]
    D                  G
But late one night the trees started shaking
        A                            D
and the dogs started barking and the earth started quaking
    D                        G
And out of the ground with a   hi y'all
A      D
  came Paul


[Verse 10]
        D                   G
Well he shook the dirt from off his clothes,
   A                       D
he   scratched his ass and wiped his nose
    D                      G
You know being dead wasn't no fun at all
A      D
  says Paul


[Verse 11]
            D                     G
He said now up in heaven they got harps on their knees,
         A                         D
they got clouds and wings but they got no trees
D                              G
I don't think that's much of a heaven at all
A      D
  says Paul


[Verse 12]
      D                      G
So he jumps on his ox with a fare thee well,
        A                           D
he said   I'll find out if they got   trees in hell
D              G
  He rode away   that was all
A                 D
  we ever seen of Paul


[Verse 13]
        D                    G
But the next time you hear a timber yell
     A                                D
that sounds like it's comin' from the pits of hell
       D                   G
Then a boomin' laugh and a ghostly wail like
A                        D
somebody choppin' on the devil's tail
       D                   G
Then a shout and a call, a crash and a fall
     A   N.C.
That ain't no mortal man at all that's just Paul