The Once and Future Carpenter chords by The Avett Brothers
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Intro 1
(D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 1
I ain't from Texas, (G major)
but I made (E minor) my way from Dal (G major) las
And I know (E minor) the lonesome
sound (A major) is following
(D major) I ain't a gam (G major) bler,
but I can recognize (E minor) a hand (G major)
And when to hold, (E minor) when the queens are staring (A major) back at
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Interlude 1
me
(D major) (B minor) (F sharp minor) (B minor) (F sharp minor) (B minor) (F sharp minor)
(D major) (G major) (A major)
Verse 2
(D major) Once I was a car (G major) penter,
man (E minor) my hands were cal (G major) loused
I could swing (E minor) a metal mal
(A major) let sure and straight (D major)
But I took to the high (G major) way,
a poet (E minor) young and hungry (G major)
And I left (E minor) the timbers
(A major) rotting where they lay
(D major)
Verse 3
Forever (G major) I will move like the world (G minor)
that turns beneath me
And when I lose (D major) my direc (B minor) tion
I'll (A major) look up to the sky
And when the black (G major) cloak
drags upon the ground
I'll be (G minor) ready to surrender,
and remem (D major) ber
Well we're all (B minor) in this together (A major)
If I live (G major) the life I'm given,
(G minor) I won't be scared to die
(D major)
Verse 4
(D major) I don't come from De (G major) troit,
but her diesel (E minor) motors pull (G major) me
And I fol (E minor) lowed till I fi (A major) nally lost my way (D major)
And now I spend my days (G major) in search
of a woman (E minor) we called (G major) purpose
And if I (E minor) ever pass back through (A major)
her town I'll stay
(D major)
Verse 5
Forever (G major) I will move like the world
(G minor) that turns beneath me
And when I lose (D major) my direc (B minor) tion
I'll (A major) look up to the sky
And when the black (G major) dress
drags upon the ground
I'll be (G minor) ready to surrender,
and remem (D major) ber
We're all (B minor) in this together (A major)
If I live (G major) the life I'm given, (G minor) I won't be scared to (G major) die
(B minor)
Interlude 2
(F sharp minor) (B minor) (F sharp minor) (B minor) (F sharp minor) (D major) (G major) (A major)
(D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 6
And my (D major) life is but a coin, (G major)
pulled (E minor) from an empty pocket (G major)
Dropped into (E minor) a slot with dreams
of (A major) sevens close behind
(D major) Hope and fear go with (G major) it,
and moon (E minor) and the sun go spin (G major) ning
Like the num (E minor) bers and fruit (A major) s
before my eye (D major) s
Verse 7
Sometimes I (G major) hit,
sometimes (A major) it robs me blind (D major)
Sometimes I (G major) hit,
sometimes (A major) it robs me blind
(D major)
Verse 8
Forever (G major) I will move like the world (G minor)
that turns beneath me
And when I lose (D major) my direc (B minor) tion
I'll (A major) look up to the sky
And when the black (G major) cloak
drags upon the ground
I'll be (G minor) ready to surrender,
and remem (D major) ber
Well we're all (B minor) in this together (A major)
If I live (G major) the life I'm given,
(G minor) I won't be scared to die
Outro 1
(D major)
The Once and Future Carpenter
The Avett Brothers
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