Song For A Carpenter chords by Dan Fogelberg

SimplifiedD · A · G · Bm

GuitarPianoUkulele

Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Oh he makes
A 
his life as a carpenter
G 
A 
He works his hands in wood
D 
A 
And he lives the way his granddad
G 
A 
Might have liked and understood
D 
A 
He goes to work each morning
G 
A 
And he comes home every night
D 
A 
Bm 
A 
And the time that passes in  between
D 
He knows has been spent right
A 
G 
A 

New- Play with audio & scroll

Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.

Get now

Verse 2

A child in South Ohio

A man in Northern Maine

He took his dream

To the end of the world

And he brought it home again

Verse 3

Here he met his sweet Rebeckah

Here he came to make his stand

In a house he built in the piney woods

Where the ocean meets the land

Verse 4
G 
A 
D 
And it's hey-ho, steady steady as you go
G 
A 
D 
Sing for the love of the land
G 
A 
Bm 
Hey-ho, blessed blessed is the home
G 
A 
Born of the carpenter's
D 
hand
A 
G 
A 

Verse 5
D 
A 
D 
A 
Oh his hair is rough and curly
G 
A 
And his legs they reach the ground
D 
A 
And his eyes are full of living
G 
A 
And his back is broad and brown
D 
A 
And his heart is sure and stubborn
G 
And his pride's too strong
A 
to bend
D 
A 
Bm 
And somewhere in his life
A 
G 
A 
D 
He found the time to be my friend

Verse 6
G 
A 
D 
And it's hey-ho, steady steady as you go
G 
A 
D 
Sing for the love of the land
G 
A 
Bm 
Hey-ho, blessed blessed is the home
G 
A 
D 
Born of the carpenter's hand
A 

Interlude 1

Oh he loves

Verse 7
D 
A 
his sweet Rebeckah
G 
A 
He'll love her 'til his death
D 
A 
And she gave to him a bonny son
G 
A 
And they named the child Seth
D 
A 
And now they are a family
G 
A 
A community of three
D 
A 
Bm 
A 
Living in the piney woods
G 
A 
D 
Where the soil meets the sea

Verse 8
G 
A 
D 
And it's hey-ho, steady steady as you go
G 
A 
D 
Sing for the love of the land
G 
A 
Bm 
Hey-ho, blessed blessed is the home
G 
A 
D 
Bm 
Born of the carpenter's hand
G 
A 
Born of the carpenter's
D 
hand