The Ballad Of The Carpenter chords by Phil Ochs

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C# minorC#m

Difficulty: Intermediate

INTRO:
A minorAm


VERSE 1:
A minorAm     G+G    A minorAm
Jesus was a working man
A minorAm     G+G    A minorAm
And a hero you will hear
A minorAm     G+G    A minorAm  E MajorE
Born in the town of Bethlehem
    A minorAm   C majorC   G+G
At the turning of the year
    E7E7       A minorAm
At the turning of the year

VERSE 2:
A minorAm        G+G   A minorAm
When Jesus was a little lad
A minorAm      G+G    A minorAm
Streets rang with his name
A minorAm      G+G    A minorAm  E MajorE
For he argued with the older men
A minorAm      C majorC   G+G
And put them all to shame
  E7E7       A minorAm
He put them all to shame


VERSE 3:
A minorAm          G+G   A minorAm
He became a wandering journeyman
A minorAm       G+G    A minorAm
And he traveled far and wide
A minorAm         G+G     A minorAm  E MajorE
And he noticed how wealth and poverty
   A minorAm   C majorC    G+G
Live always side by side
   E7E7       A minorAm
Live always side by side


VERSE 4:
A minorAm          G+G    A minorAm
So he said "Come you working men
A minorAm     G+G    A minorAm
Farmers and weavers too
A minorAm      G+G  A minorAm    E MajorE
If you would only stand as one
   A minorAm  C majorC    G+G
This world belongs to you
E7E7         A minorAm
This world belongs to you"

VERSE 5:
A minorAm                G+G       A minorAm
When the rich men heard what the carpenter had done
A minorAm      G+G      A minorAm
To the Roman troops they ran
A minorAm       G+G   A minorAm  E MajorE
Saying put this rebel Jesus down
A minorAm        C majorC    G+G
He's a menace to God and man
    E7E7        A minorAm
He's a menace to God and man


VERSE 6:
A minorAm          G+G     A minorAm
The commander of the occupying troops
A minorAm  G+G          A minorAm
Just laughed and then he said
A minorAm     G+G        A minorAm     E MajorE
"There's a cross to spare on Calvaries Hill
    A minorAm   C majorC   G+G
By the weekend he'll be dead
    E7E7        A minorAm
By the weekend he'll be dead"


VERSE 7:
A minorAm        G+G    A minorAm
Now Jesus walked among the poor
A minorAm        G+G    A minorAm
For the poor were his own kind
A minorAm          G+G    A minorAm   E MajorE
And they'd never let them get near enough
  A minorAm    C majorC   G+G
To take him from behind
  E7E7       A minorAm
To take him from behind


VERSE 8:
A minorAm            G+G    A minorAm
So they hired one of the traders trade
A minorAm   G+G      A minorAm
And an informer was he
A minorAm       G+G       A minorAm    E MajorE
And he sold his brother to the butchers men
    A minorAm    C majorC   G+G
For a fistful of silver money
    E7E7        A minorAm
For a fistful of silver money


VERSE 9:
A minorAm          G+G   A minorAm
And Jesus sat in the prison cell
A minorAm          G+G      A minorAm
And they beat him and offered him bribes
A minorAm      G+G      A minorAm   E MajorE
To desert the cause of his fellow man
  A minorAm      C majorC     G+G
And work for the rich men's tribe
  E7E7           A minorAm
To work for the rich men's tribe


VERSE 10:
A minorAm             G+G   A minorAm
And the sweat stood out on Jesus' brow
A minorAm        G+G   A minorAm
And the blood was in his eye
A minorAm          G+G      A minorAm  E MajorE
When they nailed his body to the Roman cross
     A minorAm       C majorC      G+G
And they laughed as they watched him die
   E7E7             A minorAm
They laughed as they watched him die


VERSE 11:
A minorAm           G+G     A minorAm
Two thousand years have passed and gone
A minorAm   G+G  A minorAm
Many a hero too
A minorAm        G+G     A minorAm  E MajorE
But the dream of this poor carpenter
 A minorAm      C majorC    G+G
Remains in the hands of you
  E7E7          A minorAm
Remains in the hands of you


OUTRO:
A minorAm