{"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":2216551,"song":"The Carpenter","artist":"Guy Clark","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11468988-the-carpenter-chords-by-guy-clark/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2216551?type=chord","rating":4.33817,"votes":4,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]                              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nLet us now praise a carpenter and the things that he made[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the way that he lived by the tools of his trade[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI can still hear his hammer singing ten penny time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWorking by the hour till the day he died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh he was tough as a crowbar quick as a chisel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nFair as a plane and true as a level[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                         [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe was square with the world he took good care of his tools[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]                              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe said anything that's worth cuttin' down a tree for[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIs worth doin' right don't the Lord love a two by four[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C#m[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWell they asked him how to do something he'd say just like Noah built the ark[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou got to hold your mouth right son and never miss your mark[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh he was tough as a crowbar quick as a chisel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nFair as a plane and true as a level[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                         [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe was square with the world he took good care of his tools[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOh he worked his hands in wood from the crib to the coffin[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWith a care and a love you don't see too often[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe built boats out of wood big boats working in a shipyard[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMansions on the hill and a birdhouse in the backyard[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh he was tough as a crowbar quick as a chisel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nFair as a plane and true as a level[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                         [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe was square with the world he took good care of his tools[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C#m","B","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}