The Once And Future Carpenter Chords by The Avett Brothers

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Opening riff that I am yet to derive. Then:

C G C G

Verse 1

CI ain't from TeFxas, but I mDmade my way from DaFllas

and I kDmnow the lonesome soGund is follCowinGg

CI ain't a gaFmbler, but I can recoDmgnize a hFand

and when to hDmold, when queens are staGring back at Cme. G

Interlude

C F G

Verse 2

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

ForFever I will move like the wFmorld that turns beneath me

and when I lCose my dirAmection I'll loGok up to the sky

and when the blFack cloak drags upon the ground

I'll be reFmady to surrender, and remCember

well we're Amall in this togGether

If I lFive 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

Chorus 2

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

Bridge

CSometimes I hFit, sometiGmes it robs me blCind

Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind

Chorus 3