The Ballad Of The Carpenter chords by Phil Ochs
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 4th
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: C#m
Difficulty: Intermediate
INTRO:
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VERSE 1:
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Jesus was a working man
Am G Am
And a hero you will hear
Am G Am E
Born in the town of Bethlehem
Am C G
At the turning of the year
E7 Am
At the turning of the year
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VERSE 2:
Am G Am
When Jesus was a little lad
Am G Am
Streets rang with his name
Am G Am E
For he argued with the older men
Am C G
And put them all to shame
E7 Am
He put them all to shame
VERSE 3:
Am G Am
He became a wandering journeyman
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And he traveled far and wide
Am G Am E
And he noticed how wealth and poverty
Am C G
Live always side by side
E7 Am
Live always side by side
VERSE 4:
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So he said "Come you working men
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Farmers and weavers too
Am G Am E
If you would only stand as one
Am C G
This world belongs to you
E7 Am
This world belongs to you"
VERSE 5:
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When the rich men heard what the carpenter had done
Am G Am
To the Roman troops they ran
Am G Am E
Saying put this rebel Jesus down
Am C G
He's a menace to God and man
E7 Am
He's a menace to God and man
VERSE 6:
Am G Am
The commander of the occupying troops
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Just laughed and then he said
Am G Am E
"There's a cross to spare on Calvaries Hill
Am C G
By the weekend he'll be dead
E7 Am
By the weekend he'll be dead"
VERSE 7:
Am G Am
Now Jesus walked among the poor
Am G Am
For the poor were his own kind
Am G Am E
And they'd never let them get near enough
Am C G
To take him from behind
E7 Am
To take him from behind
VERSE 8:
Am G Am
So they hired one of the traders trade
Am G Am
And an informer was he
Am G Am E
And he sold his brother to the butchers men
Am C G
For a fistful of silver money
E7 Am
For a fistful of silver money
VERSE 9:
Am G Am
And Jesus sat in the prison cell
Am G Am
And they beat him and offered him bribes
Am G Am E
To desert the cause of his fellow man
Am C G
And work for the rich men's tribe
E7 Am
To work for the rich men's tribe
VERSE 10:
Am G Am
And the sweat stood out on Jesus' brow
Am G Am
And the blood was in his eye
Am G Am E
When they nailed his body to the Roman cross
Am C G
And they laughed as they watched him die
E7 Am
They laughed as they watched him die
VERSE 11:
Am G Am
Two thousand years have passed and gone
Am G Am
Many a hero too
Am G Am E
But the dream of this poor carpenter
Am C G
Remains in the hands of you
E7 Am
Remains in the hands of you
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