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An Opposable Thumb (Demo)
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How much wood would a woodchuck chuck IF it had an opposable thumb?
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Vermont singer/songwriter; transplanted from the plains of Colorado over forty-five years ago.
Singer/songwriter living in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom with strong connections to the plains of Colorado, my childhood home.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #22
Peak in subgenre #4
Author
Dwight Lakey
Uploaded
February 02, 2018
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MP3 2.1 MB • 128 kbps • 2:15
Story behind the song
This little ditty--a tongue-twister in the Key of G--answers the age-old question: "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" At the same time it poses another, related, question: "How humane could humankind be if humankind could be kind?" The Bridge consists of a verse from the children's Sunday School song Be Careful Little Eyes What You See, twisted into a minor key to fit the theme. Enjoy!
Lyrics
An Opposable Thumb or How Much Wood? (A Tongue-Twister in G) By Dwight Lakey G Verse 1How much wood would a woodchuck chuck C D7 G If a woodchuck could chuck wood? (G) An opposable thumb would let it A7 D7 Heft an axe and “swing it good” G The loggers AND the woodchucks would drop C D7 G Every tree that stood [PAUSE] (G) A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as it could C D7 G If a woodchuck could chuck wood? G Verse 2How many fish would a fisher-cat catch C D7 G If a fisher-cat could catch fish? (G) An opposable thumb would let it A7 D7 Lift a pole and make it swish G Every fish that swam in the river C D7 G Would become a tasty dish [PAUSE] (G) A fisher would catch all the fish that it wished C D7 G If a fisher-cat could catch fish Banjo SoloEight bars off of Verse G Verse 3How humane could humankind be C D7 G If humankind would be kind? (G) An opposable thumb has let us A7 D7 Build the dark tools of our mind G From the Cat ‘O Nine Tails to the hydrogen bomb C D7 G Evil weapons we’ve refined [PAUSE] (G) Humans could build the bright tools of our mind C D7 G If humankind would be kind Em B7 BreakOh be careful little hands, what you do (B7) Em A Popular children’s Oh be careful little hands, what you do Am Em Verse (in minor)For the Father up above is looking down in love B7 Em So be careful little hands, what you do. G Verse 4How much wood would a woodchuck chuck C D7 G If a woodchuck could chuck wood? (G) It lacks an opposable thumb A7 D7 And so it does the tasks it should G But still we ask this question ‘cause C D7 G It makes our tongue feel good [PAUSE] G Very FastHow much wood would a woodchuck chuck C D7 G If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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