The Once And Future Carpenter
The Avett BrothersVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Opening riff that I am yet to derive. Then:
I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
and I know the lonesome sound is following
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
and when to hold, when queens are staring back at me.
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A|-3-2-0--0--------2----|
E|-----------3-2-0-0----|x3
Use chords from first verse).
Once I was a carpenter, man my hands were calloused
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
and I left the timbers where they lay
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
and when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die
Verses 3+4. (Same as first two.)
And I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
and I followed till I finally lost my way
And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose
And if I ever pass back through here town I'll stay
Same as first).
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
and when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die
(Interlude again then that cool little riff).
And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
Same as first two).
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
and when the black cloak drags upon the ground
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
well we're all in this together
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die
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Readable chord sheet for The Once And Future Carpenter by The Avett Brothers
Opening riff that I am yet to derive. Then: [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]I ain't from Te[F]xas, but I m[Dm]ade my way from Da[F]llas and I k[Dm]now the lonesome so[G]und is foll[C]owin[G]g [C]I ain't a ga[F]mbler, but I can reco[Dm]gnize a h[F]and and when to h[Dm]old, when queens are sta[G]ring back at [C]me. [G] e|--------0--------0----| B|--------1--------0----| G|--------2--------0----| D|--------2--------2----| A|-3-2-0--0--------2----| E|-----------3-2-0-0----|x3 [C] [F] [G] Use chords from first verse). Once I was a carpenter, man my hands were calloused I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry and I left the timbers where they lay For[F]ever I will move like the w[Fm]orld that turns beneath me and when I l[C]ose my dir[Am]ection I'll lo[G]ok up to the sky and when the bl[F]ack cloak drags upon the ground I'll be re[Fm]ady to surrender, and rem[C]ember well we're [Am]all in this tog[G]ether If I l[F]ive the life I'm given,[Fm] I wont be scared to die Verses 3+4. (Same as first two.) And I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me and I followed till I finally lost my way And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose And if I ever pass back through here town I'll stay Same as first). Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky and when the black cloak drags upon the ground I'll be ready to surrender, and remember well we're all in this together If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die (Interlude again then that cool little riff). And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes [C]Sometimes I h[F]it, someti[G]mes it robs me bl[C]ind Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind Same as first two). Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky and when the black cloak drags upon the ground I'll be ready to surrender, and remember well we're all in this together If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die