C G  Am  F
C  G  Am

 
[verse]
 
C                G
Said a friend to a friend one day,
Am                  F
Was a man who passed away
C                G                  F
St. Peter met him at the gate
                    C             G
Pete said "Walk with me if you will
        Am          F
I'll take you to the house you built"
C              G           F
Man said  "I can't wait!"
C               G
Passed a mansion made of stone
Am                F
But with each new house he's shown
C            G              F
They get smaller by degrees
C              G
Stopped in front of a two room shack
Am                 F
Pete said hope you're happy with that
C                 G           C
Man said:  "How can this be?"
 
Pete said:
 
[Chorus]
F                   G         Am             Em
That's all the lumber--that's all the lumber
F              G                  C
that's all the lumber you sent
F                 G             Am                  Em
Looks like the builder--man he's got your number
F              G                C G Am F C G Am C G Am F Am G F
That's all the lumber you sent
 
[verse]
 
C                G
Man didn't know what to say
Am                F
poor guy was blown away
C                        G                   F
Said:  "you mean this is what I deserve?"
    C              G
Pete said:  "I'm afraid it's so
Am                 F
It's too late but now you know
C             G             F
Shoulda done better work"
  C              G
You mean not lie and cheat
        Am                  F
and helpin' old ladies across the street?
 C       G                        F
Pete says Well, that's a start
    C                G
Remember that man back in that great big house?
Am                       F
He found out early what it's all about
C                  G        C
Built that place with his heart--as for you
 
[Chorus]
F                   G         Am             Em
That's all the lumber--that's all the lumber
F              G                  C
that's all the lumber you sent
F                 G             Am                  Em
Looks like the builder--man he's got your number
F              G                 C  G Am
That's all the lumber you sent
 
 
[Bridge]
A#                    A
What if that man was me
A#                A
And I failed that miserably
       Dm               Am          F
You're showin' me things I don't wanna see

C G Am F C G Am
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[verse]
C            G
St. Peter if you can
Am                    F
Send me back to earth again
C            G               F
Is that somethin' you can do?
   C         G
Pete said well it ain't up to me
Am                    F
If it was I'd like to see
C             G           F
How you plan to improve
   C                  G
Said I'd love God and fellow man
Am                    F
Take a wife and make a stand
C                 G            F
Be the givinest guy I can be
   C                     G
And when I get back to this neighborhood
           Am
There'd be a gigantic pile of wood
C                   G          C
And I'd say:  What's this I see?--You'd tell me
 
 
[Chorus] 
F                   G         Am             Em
That's all the lumber--all that's your lumber
F              G                  C
that's all the lumber you sent
F                 G             Am           Em
Big Boss will help you hammer it all together 
F              G          C    G Am 
That's all the lumber you sent   Oh 

F                   G         Am             Em
That's all the lumber--all that's your lumber
         G              E    
That's all the lumber you sent
F             G         Am              Em
Big Boss will help you hammer it all together 
F              G          A# 
That's all the lumber you sent