The Carpenter chords by Guy Clark

verse 1

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


E
Oh he was tough as a crowbar quick as a chisel
B                    C#m       B
Fair as a plane and true as a level
E

He was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule
B                                         C#m         B
He was square with the world he took good care of his tools

verse 2

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


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

verse 3

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


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