Good With His Hands chords by Reg Meuross

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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My
Father was a carpenter
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He made things out of wood
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and he made them strong
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and he made them good.
He took me out on Sundays
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to gather fallen trees.
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We'd find treasures in the bushes
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and pennies in the leaves.
He said they came from fighter planes
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many years before.
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He said you needed empty pockets,
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setting out to war
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I thought they came from heaven,
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I prayed it could be true
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As he slipped another coin
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beneath his shoe
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And I looked up and I saw his eyes
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He was good with his hands,
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but hopeless with life
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I saw him in the garden
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on the day she went away
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He was watering the roses
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and he hadn't much to say
I asked where she was going
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and he took me to the wood
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He said, time it's serious,
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I think she's gone for good
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I thought she'd gone to heaven,
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I prayed it wasn't true
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I had to fall in love before I knew,
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and I saw tears behind his glove.
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He was good with his hands,
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Em 
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but hopeless in love.
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She took away the life he knew,
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so he made one for himself
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And he framed it
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and he kept it on the shelf
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And she looked down,
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his perfect bride
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He was good with his hands,
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Em 
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but dying inside
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We are you