The Once And Future Carpenter Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | 4th fret |
Author I_am_Billiam [a] 155. 2 contributors total, last edit on Aug 20, 2021
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[Intro] Opening riff that I am yet to derive. Then:
C G C G
[Verse 1]
C F Dm F
I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
Dm G C - G
and I know the lonesome sound is following
C F Dm F
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
Dm G C - G
and when to hold, when queens are staring back at me
[Interlude]
e|--------0--------0----|
B|--------1--------0----|
G|--------2--------0----|
D|--------2--------2----|
A|-3-2-0--0--------2----|
E|-----------3-2-0-0----| x3
C - F - G
[Verse 2]
C F Dm F
Once I was a carpenter, man my hands were calloused
Dm G C - G
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
C F Dm F
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
Dm G C - G
And I left the timbers rotting where they lay
[Chorus]
F Fm
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
C Am G
and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
F
and when the black cloak drags upon the ground
Fm C
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Am G
well we're all in this together
F Fm
If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die
[Verse 3]
C F Dm F
I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
Dm G C - G
And I followed till I finally lost my way
C F Dm F
And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose
Dm F C - G
And if I ever pass back through her town I'll stay
[Chorus]
F Fm
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
C Am G
and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
F
and when the black cloak drags upon the ground
Fm C
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Am G
well we're all in this together
F Fm
If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die
[Interlude]
e|--------0--------0----|
B|--------1--------0----|
G|--------2--------0----|
D|--------2--------2----|
A|-3-2-0--0--------2----|
E|-----------3-2-0-0----| x3
C - F - G
[Verse 4]
C F Dm F
And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
Dm G C - G
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
C F Dm F
Hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
Dm G C - G
Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes
[Bridge]
C F G C
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
C F G C
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
[Chorus]
F Fm
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
C Am G
and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
F
and when the black cloak drags upon the ground
Fm C
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Am G
well we're all in this together
F Fm
If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die
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Here is the intro/between verses thing (capo IV). Everything else about this tab seems right. Nice job.
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-1-3-1-0-1p0---0-|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-------------2---|-2-0-2-0---0-----|---------0---------|
D|-----------------|---------2---2-0-|---0-1-2---2-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------0-2-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
+8

It's most likely Fm, which contains an Ab. F = F,A,C Fm = F,Ab,C
+2

left the timbers rotting where they lay
+1
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