the carpenter Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
John [D]Conlee
Miscellaneous
The Carpen[Em]ter (1987)
Let us now praise the carpenter and
[D]the things that he made
And the [C]way that he lived by
[D]the tools of the trade
I can [Em]still hear his hammer
singing [D]ten- penny time
[C]Working by the hour till [D]the day
that he [C]died[Bm]
[Am]He was

[Verse 2]
[G]tough as a crowbar,
he was quick as a chisel
[D]Fair as a plane and [Em]true as [D]a level
He [G]was straight as a chalk
line and right as a rule
He [D]was square with the world he took
good [Em]care of [G]his tools
[D]

[Verse 3]
[Em][D]
He [Em]worked his hands in wood from
[D]the crib to the coffin
[C]With a care and a love that
[D]you don't see too often
He built [Em]boats out of wood, big boats,
he [D]worked in a shipyard
[C]Mansions on the hill and a bird
[D]house in the backyard
[C]

[Verse 4]
[Bm]
[Am]He was t[G]ough as a crowbar,
he was quick as a chisel
[D]Fair as a plane lord and [Em]true as a [D]level
He was [G]straight as a chalk
line and right as a rule
He was [D]square with the world he took good [Em]care

[Interlude 1]
of his tools
[Em][G][D][G][D][G][D][Em]
[D][G][D][Em]
[D]
He [Em]said

[Verse 5]
anything that's worth
cut[D]ting down a tree for
Is [C]worth doing right don't the
[D]lord love a two by four
If you [Em]asked him how to do something
he said like [D]Noah built the Arc
You've [C]got to hold your mouth right son
and [D]never miss the mark
[C]

[Verse 6]
[Bm]
And [Am]you'll was [G]tough as a crowbar,
you'll was quick as a chisel
[D]Fair as a plane and [Em]true as [D]a level
You'll [G]was straight as a chalk
line and right as a rule
You'll be [D]square with the world you
be good [Em]care of his [G]tools

[Verse 7]
And you'll was [G]tough as a crowbar,
you'll was quick as a chisel
[D]Fair as a plane and [Em]true as a [D]level
You'll was [G]straight as a chalk
line and right as a rule
You'll be [D]square with the world you be
good [Em]care [G]of his[Em] too[G]ls

[Outro 1]
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