{"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":2739432,"song":"It Took A Carpenter","artist":"Randy Matthews","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11628016-it-took-a-carpenter-chords-by-randy-matthews/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2739432?type=chord","rating":0.07505,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt took a carpenter to tear down my walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt took a stronger hand than mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when He looked at me you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe made me see, I was blind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe put my feet on the ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI put my eyes to the sky and then I realized[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt took a carpenter to tear down my walls.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, I was living' from night to night[/tab]\r\n\r\nGetting' high just getting' by, ain't right\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n(oo) I was buildin' up walls and hidin' from the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile I was sleepin' in the summer shade[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe was watchin' every move I made\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n(oo) In my house on the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nYou know I'd be there still[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt took a carpenter to tear down my walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt took a stronger hand than mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when He looked at me you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe made me see, I was blind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe put my feet on the ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI put my eyes to the sky and then I realized[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt took a carpenter to tear down my walls.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was a fortress, I was made of stone[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn a house that never was my home\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n(oo) He kept chippin' away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Till He made me see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThat the stone was clay— He made me say.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt took a carpenter to tear down my walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt took a stronger hand than mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when He looked at me you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe made me see, I was blind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe put my feet on the ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI put my eyes to the sky and then I realized[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt took a carpenter to tear down my walls.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Key Change]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt took a carpenter to tear down my walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt took a stronger hand than mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when He looked at me you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe made me see, I was blind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe put my feet on the ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI put my eyes to the sky and then I realized[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt took a carpenter to tear down my walls.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC \n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF  C  F\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\nGetting' high just getting' by, ain't right\n\n\n\nHe was watchin' every move I made\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF  C  F\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\nIn a house that never was my home\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF  C  F\n\n[Key Change]","chords":["C","G","E","Am","D","F","Bm","Em","A","Eb","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}