Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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He never left her side.
Verse 2
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Though the boy was not His baby,
Verse 3
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Verse 4
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his son and his trust,
Verse 5
Verse 6
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in the hands of a carpenter.
Verse 7
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When that boy became a young man,
Verse 8
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he picked up his father's trade,
Verse 9
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working right beside him,
Verse 10
Verse 11
Verse 12
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the workshop walls,
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when you put the timber, hammer,
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and the saw in the hands of a carpenter,
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in the hands of a carpenter.
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But all the power that they held
Em
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When you put a piece of wood an d nails
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In the hands of a carpenter.
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Verse 13
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Well, he left the family business
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at 30 years of age,
Verse 14
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of a righteous renegade.
Verse 15
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and the sinner called him friend,
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Verse 17
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in the hands of a carpenter.
Verse 18
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Weathered and worn, calloused and sore,
Verse 19
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but all the healing that they held.
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When
Verse 20
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the very touch of God was felt
Verse 21
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in the hands of a carpenter,
Verse 22
Verse 23
Verse 24
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and the thorns deep in his brow,
Verse 25
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they led him to a hillside
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But he
Verse 26
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not one ounce of spite,
Verse 27
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save drove the spikes
Verse 28
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in the hands of a carpenter.
Verse 29
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Bloody and bruised and
Verse 30
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but all the grace and mercy
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that they held.
Verse 31
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and rusting nails.
Verse 32
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In the hands of a carpenter,
Verse 33
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in the hands of a carpenter,
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salva
Verse 34
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tion flowed and love prevailed.
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Verse 35
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The day the fate of this whole world fell,
Verse 36
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in the hands of a carpenter,
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in the hands of a carpenter.
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