It Took A Carpenter chords by Randy Matthews

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C

Chorus:
C
It took a carpenter to tear down my walls
           G
It took a stronger hand than mine
             C
And when He looked at me you know
   E       Am         G
He made me see, I was blind
C
He put my feet on the ground,
                              D            G
I put my eyes to the sky and then I realized
          Am            G             F
It took a carpenter to tear down my walls.

F  C  F

Verse 1:
G
Well, I was living' from night to night

Getting' high just getting' by, ain't right
Bm                     Em         A              D
(oo) I was buildin' up walls and hidin' from the light
G
While I was sleepin' in the summer shade

He was watchin' every move I made
Bm                      Em
(oo) In my house on the hill
A                          Eb   Bb
You know I'd be there still

Chorus:
C
It took a carpenter to tear down my walls
           G
It took a stronger hand than mine
             C
And when He looked at me you know
   E       Am         G
He made me see, I was blind
C
He put my feet on the ground,
                              D            G
I put my eyes to the sky and then I realized
          Am            G             F
It took a carpenter to tear down my walls.

F  C  F

Verse 2:
G
I was a fortress, I was made of stone

In a house that never was my home
Bm                       Em
(oo) He kept chippin' away
        A
'Till He made me see
                    F        Bb
That the stone was clay— He made me say.

Chorus:
C
It took a carpenter to tear down my walls
           G
It took a stronger hand than mine
             C
And when He looked at me you know
   E       Am         G
He made me see, I was blind
C
He put my feet on the ground,
                              D            G
I put my eyes to the sky and then I realized
          Am            G             F
It took a carpenter to tear down my walls.

F  C  F

Key Change:
D
It took a carpenter to tear down my walls
           E                 A
It took a stronger hand than mine
             D
And when He looked at me you know
   Bm       A
He made me see, I was blind
D
He put my feet on the ground,
                              E            A
I put my eyes to the sky and then I realized
          Bm            A             G
It took a carpenter to tear down my walls.