If I Were A Carpenter Chords

by Johnny Cash
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author HEMA90 [a] 184.
2 contributors total, last edit on May 20, 2023

Chords

E
A
G
D

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                     If I Were A Carpenter - Johnny Cash & June Carter
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Tabbed by: HEMA90
E-mail: hema90@gmail.com
 
Tuning: standard (eBGDAE)
 
[Intro]
 
capo: 5th fret
play: E
key: A
 
  E
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------0-0-----|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
B|----3-----------|3h5---------3---|3h5---------3---|3h5-------------|
G|4-----4---------|2---------------|2---------------|2---------------|
D|2-----------2---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
 
 
[Intro]
A
 
 
[Verse]
                     G         D               A
(Johnny) If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady,
A                   G      D                  A
 Would you marry me anyway, would you have my baby?
      A              G         D             A
(June) If you were a carpenter, and I were a lady,
A              G      D                  A
 I'd marry you anyway, I would have your baby.
 
        A            G            D              A
(Johnny) If a tinker was my trade, would I still find you?
      A                    G             D            A
(June) I'd be carrying the pots you made, following behind you.
 
 
[Chorus]
      G                       A          D                       A
(both) Save your love through loneliness, save your love through sorrow.
        A              G                D              A
(Johhny) I gave you my only-ness, (both) give me your tomorrow
 
 
[Instrumental]
G D A (x4)
 
 
[Verse]
        A            G      D                 A
(Johnny) If I were a miller, and a mill wheel grinding
A                    G               D                   A
 Would you miss your coloured blouse, and your soft shoe shining?
      A              G      D                 A
(June) If you were a miller, and a mill wheel grinding
A                G               D                 A
 I'd not miss my coloured blouse, and my soft shoe shining.
 
 
[Chorus]
      G                       A          D                       A
(both) Save your love through loneliness, save your love through sorrow.
        A              G         D              A
(Johhny) I gave you my only-ness, give me your tomorrow
 
 
[Verse]
        A               G             D                A
(Johnny) If I worked my hands in wood, would you still love me? 
      A                G                     D                      A
(June) I'd answer you 'yes I would'. (Johnny) And would you not be above me?
        A            G         D               A
(Johnny) If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady,
      A              G      D                  A
(June) I'd marry you anyway, I would have your baby.
 
 
[Chorus]
      G                       A          D                       A
(both) Save your love through loneliness, save your love through sorrow.
        A              G                D              A
(Johhny) I gave you my only-ness, (both) give me your tomorrow
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