The Carpenter chords by Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell

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Verse 1
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Let us now praise the carpenter
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and the things that he made
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And the way that he lived
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by the tools of the trade
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I can still hear his hammer
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singin' tenpenny time
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Workin' by the hour till
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the day that he died
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He was tough as a crowbar,
he was quick as a chisel
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Fair as a plane, Lord,
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and true as a love
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He was straight as a chalk line,
right as a rule
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Square with the world,
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he took good care of his
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tools
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he worked his hands and wood
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from the crib to the coffin
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with a care and a love
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that you don't see too often and
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he built boats out of wood
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big boats working in a shipyard
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Mansions on the hill
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and a birdhouse in the backyard
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He was tough as a crowbar,
he was quick as a chisel
C 
Fair as a plane, lord
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and true as a love
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He was straight as a chalk line,
right as a rule
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Square with the world,
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he took good care of his two
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He said anything that's worth
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cuttin' down a tree for
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Is worth doin' right,
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don't the Lord love a two -by -four?
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And if you ask him how to
do something
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me say just like noah built the ark
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you got to hold your mouth
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right son and never miss your mark
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be tough as a crowbar
you be quick as a chisel
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fair as a plane
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lord and true as a level
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be straight as a chalk line
right as a rule
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square with the world
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you take good care of your tooth
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You'd be tough as a crowbar,
quick as a chisel,
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Fair as a plane, Lord,
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and true as a letter.
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You'd be straight as a chalk line,
bright as a roof,
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Swear with the world
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you'd take good care of your crew.
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Gsus4 
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Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
a little bit of bottom off guys guitar.
Yeah. I got a little EQ thing here.
What's that thing making all that racket?
Hey, I wanted to ask pertinent
question.
F 
There was a bunch of people lined up outside in
the rain just looking real lonesome.
Let them in.
Let those people in.
It's cold out there.
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I see little hands out there.
Open the door, Richard.
Yeah, yeah.
All right, we're starting to roll now.
There we are, there we are.
All right, this is another new song.
I get my passion for new songs
out of the way
and then do some old ones.
I think I remember these, the new ones.
I don't remember the old ones.