If I Were A Carpenter Tab

Minstrel71@yahoo.com (Stephen Mabry)
Oct.22, 2001
Did not find a listing for this, so I
sat down and figured it out.
 
No capo:  Key of D
If I Were A Carpenter
Words & Music:  Tim Hardin
 
 
[Intro]
 
D  C  G  D
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D               C          G                      D
If I.. were a carpenter          and you were a lady,
D                   C        G                     D
would you marry me anyway?      Would you have my baby?
 
D            C              G                    D
If a tinker were my trade       would you still love me?
 
D             C            G               D
Carrying the pots I made       following behind me.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 C                     D           G                D
Save my love through loneliness,  Save my love for sorrow,
D                 C         G                    D
I'm given you my ownliness,     Come give your tomorrow.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
D               C              G                   D
If I worked my hands in wood,    Would you still love me?
D                 C           G                  D
Answer me babe, "Yes I would,     I'll put you above me."
D            C       G                    D
If I were a miller,      at a mill wheel grinding,
D                    C          G                  D
would you miss your colored box,   your soft shoe shining?
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 C                     D           G                D
Save my love through loneliness,  Save my love for sorrow,
D                 C         G                    D
I'm given you my ownliness,     Come give your tomorrow.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
D               C          G                      D
If I.. were a carpenter          and you were a lady,
D                   C        G                     D
would you marry me anyway?      Would you have my baby?
D                   C        G                     D
would you marry me anyway?      Would you have my baby?
 
 
[Outro]
 
D  C  G  D
 
 
(Melody line)
 
   If I were a  car-pen-ter  and u were a  lady
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0---2---2---0---0----0--0--2---4--4-2---------|
D|-4--4------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
   w'ld u marry me anyway    w'ld u have my baby
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--4---4--4-2--0---2-0--------------0---2--2-0--------|
A|----------------------3------2--2--------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
 
   if I tink'r were my trade  w'ld u still love me
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0--2----2---0---0------0--2---4-----4---2-----|
D|-0--4------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
  carry'n the pots I made   follow'n behind me 
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-2----0---2---0--------------0---2--2---0--------|
A|----------------------3----2--2----------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------
 
   Save my luv thr'gh lonelyness save my luv for sorrow
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--1----1--3-----5----3-------------------------------|
G|------------------------2--2----0----0---2--4---2----|
D|---------------------------------------------------4-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
Check-out my Edie Brickell posting for "Circle"
And my "Kate Wolf" postings.
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