{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1847787,"song":"The Carpenter","artist":"John Conlee","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11409400-the-carpenter-chords-by-john-conlee/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1847787?type=chord","rating":4.92321,"votes":5,"content":"The Carpenter\r\nBy John Conlee\r\nWritten By Guy Clark\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nLet us now praise a carpenter & the things that he made[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd the way that he lived by the tools of his trade [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can still hear his hammer singin' ten penny time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWorkin' by the hour till the day he died[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was tough as a crowbar, he was quick as a chisel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFair as a plane and true as a level[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was square with the world he took good care of his tools[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHe worked his hands in wood from the crib to the coffin[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWith a care and a love you don't see too often[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe built boats out of wood, big boats workin' in a shipyard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMansions on the hill and a birdhouse in the backyard[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said anything that's worth cuttin' down a tree for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs worth doin' right, don't the Lord love a two by four[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you ask him how to do somethin', he'll say just like Noah built the ark.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou got to hold your mouth right son and never miss your mark.[/tab]","plain_text":"The Carpenter\nBy John Conlee\nWritten By Guy Clark\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]","chords":["Em","D","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}