The Once and Future Carpenter Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D][A][D]

[Verse 1]
I ain't from [G]Texas,
but I [Em]made my way from [G]Dallas
And I [Em]know the lonesome
[A]sound is following
[D]I ain't a gamble[G]r,
but I can re[Em]cognize a [G]hand
And when to [Em]hold, when the queens [A]are staring back at

[Interlude 1]
me
[D][Bm][F#m][Bm][F#m][Bm][F#m]
[D][G][A]

[Verse 2]
[D]Once I was a [G]carpenter,
[Em]man my hands were call[G]oused
I could [Em]swing a metal mal
[A]let sure and [D]straight
But I took to the [G]highway,
[Em]a poet young and [G]hungry
And I [Em]left the timbers
[A]rotting where they lay
[D]

[Verse 3]
[G]Forever I will move like the [Gm]world
that turns beneath me
And when I [D]lose my direc[Bm]tion
I'll [A]look up to the sky
And when the black [G]cloak
drags upon the ground
I'll be [Gm]ready to surrender,
and remem[D]ber
Well we're [Bm]all in this t[A]ogether
If I [G]live the life I'm given,
[Gm]I won't be scared to die
[D]

[Verse 4]
[D]I don't come from Det[G]roit,
but her [Em]diesel motors [G]pull me
And I fol[Em]lowed till I fi[A]nally lost my [D]way
And now I spend my [G]days in search
[Em]of a woman we [G]called purpose
And if I [Em]ever pass back [A]through
her town I'll stay
[D]

[Verse 5]
[G]Forever I will move like the world
[Gm]that turns beneath me
And when I [D]lose my direc[Bm]tion
I'll [A]look up to the sky
And when the black [G]dress
drags upon the ground
I'll [Gm]be ready to surrender,
and remem[D]ber
We're [Bm]all in this [A]together
If I [G]live the life I'm [Gm]given, I won't be scared to [G]die
[Bm]

[Interlude 2]
[F#m][Bm][F#m][Bm][F#m][D][G][A]
[D][A][D]

[Verse 6]
[D]And my life is but a [G]coin,
pulled [Em]from an empty [G]pocket
Dropped into [Em]a slot with dreams
of [A]sevens close behind
[D]Hope and fear go with it,[G]
and [Em]moon and the sun go [G]spinning
Like [Em]the numbers and fruit[A]s
before my eye[D]s

[Verse 7]
Sometimes I [G]hit,
some[A]times it robs me [D]blind
Sometimes I [G]hit,
some[A]times it robs me blind
[D]

[Verse 8]
[G]Forever I will move like the [Gm]world
that turns beneath me
And when I [D]lose my direc[Bm]tion
I'll [A]look up to the sky
And when the black [G]cloak
drags upon the ground
I'll [Gm]be ready to surrender,
and remem[D]ber
Well we're [Bm]all in this t[A]ogether
If I [G]live the life I'm given,
[Gm]I won't be scared to die

[Outro 1]
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