Song: Once and Future Carpenter
Album: The Carpenter
Artist: The Avett Brothers
Tabbed By: IanSan
This has as all basic chords, fill-ins, and lyrics. Correct intro. Highlighted for your enjoyment!
Capo 4
Intro Riff
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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
And when to hold when the queens are staring back at me
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Verse 2
C F Dm F
Once I was a carpenter, and 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 C G C G
If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die
Verse 3
C F Dm F
And 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 G 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
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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
And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
Dm G C
Like the numbers and fruits before our eyes
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 C
If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die
Outro
Ends on C
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