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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

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
-
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