The Carpenter chords by Guy Clark

Chords with lyrics

verse 1

    C# minorC#m               BB
Let us now praise a carpenter and the things that he made
    A augmentedA            BB
And the way that he lived by the tools of his trade
    C# minorC#m             BB
I can still hear his hammer singing ten penny time
A augmentedA               BB
Working by the hour till the day he died


E MajorE
Oh he was tough as a crowbar quick as a chisel
BB          C# minorC#m    BB
Fair as a plane and true as a level
E MajorE
He was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule
BB                     C# minorC#m     BB
He was square with the world he took good care of his tools

verse 2

     C# minorC#m               BB
He said anything that's worth cuttin' down a tree for
   A augmentedA             BB
Is worth doin' right don't the Lord love a two by four
     C# minorC#m              BB
Well they asked him how to do something he'd say just like Noah built the ark
      A augmentedA              BB
You got to hold your mouth right son and never miss your mark

E MajorE
Oh he was tough as a crowbar quick as a chisel
BB          C# minorC#m    BB
Fair as a plane and true as a level
E MajorE
He was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule
BB                     C# minorC#m     BB
He was square with the world he took good care of his tools

verse 3

   C# minorC#m                BB
Oh he worked his hands in wood from the crib to the coffin
    A augmentedA              BB
With a care and a love you don't see too often
     C# minorC#m             BB
He built boats out of wood big boats working in a shipyard
 A augmentedA             BB
Mansions on the hill and a birdhouse in the backyard


E MajorE
Oh he was tough as a crowbar quick as a chisel
BB          C# minorC#m    BB
Fair as a plane and true as a level
E MajorE
He was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule
BB                     C# minorC#m     BB
He was square with the world he took good care of his tools