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If I Were a Carpenter
Keeper Of The Flame
Bram Manck (bram.manck@zonnet.nl)
D A D F# A D (Dmaj tuning)
The original chords are just a little lower then the Dmaj tuning, but
not as low as a C#.. The lyrics are also somewhat different
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If I Were a Carpenter
Chords:
D Dsus4 C G D(2nd) Em A
D ---0--------0-------0-------0------0-------0------0
A ---0--------0-------0-------0------0-------0------0
F# ---3--------3-------10------5------12------1------7
D ---4--------5-------0-------0------0-------2------0
A ---5--------5-------10------5------12------2------7
D ---0--------0-------10------5------0-------2------7
C G D Dsus4 D
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
C G D Dsus4 D
Would you marry me anyway, would you have my baby?
C G D Dsus4 D
If I were a miller at a mill wheel grinding
C G D Dsus4 D
Would you miss your colored blouse, your soft shoes shining?
D(2nd)
Save my love through loneliness
C D(2nd)
Save my love for sorrow
C
I've given you my onliness
G D Dsus4 D
Please give me your tomorrows
2 x
D -----------------------
A -----------------------
F# -------------[3-4-5]---
D ---[2-3-4]-----------2-
A -----------------------
D -----------------------
{ between [] means sliding the tone}
Em A
D -----------------------
A ---------------------5-
F# -------------[3-4-5]---
D ---[2-3-4]-------------
A -----------------------
D -----------------------
D Dsus4 D
C G D Dsus4 D
If a tinker , would you come and find me?
C G D Dsus4 D
Would you carry the things I'd made, walk along aside me
C G D Dsus4 D
If I worked my hands in wood, could you still love me
C G D Dsus4 D
Would you answer me "yes I would", would you be above me
D(2nd)
Save my love from loneliness
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Save my love from sorrow
C
I've given you my onliness
G D Dsus4 D
Please give me your tomorrows
D(2nd)
Save my love from loneliness
C D(2nd)
Save my love from sorrow
C
I've given you my onliness
G D
Please give me your tomorrows
C G D
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady