If I Were A Carpenter - Ramblin' Jack Elliott Chords
Chords: D, D/C, D/B, D/Bb, D/F, C, G, D:, B-3, G-2
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Genre: folk, country, blues
[Intro]
D D/C D/B D/Bb D D/F 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 find me?
D C G D
Carrying the pots I made following behind me.
[Chorus]
D C 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]
D C 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?
[Chords]
Ultimate Guitar doesn't show the chords for double drop D so here they are:
D:
d-0
B-3
G-2
D-0
A-0
D-0
C:
d-0
B-1
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