If I Were A Carpenter
Tim Hardin (1967)


    Carter Style Fingerpicking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
      1    2 & 3    4 &
  
Intro
| [D]   | [D]   | [C]  [G]   | [D]   |
| [D]   | [D]   | [C]  [G]   | [D]   |
| [D]   | [D]   |

| [D] If I were a | [C] carpenter |
| [G] And you were a | [D] lady |
| [D] Would you marry me | [C] anyway? |
| [G] Would you have my | [D] baby? | [D] |

| [D] If a tinker | [C] were my trade |
| [G] Would you still | [D] find me? |
| [D] I'd be carryin' the | [C] pots I made |
| [G] Followin' be- | [D] hind me? |
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |

Chorus
| [C] Save my love through | [D] sorrow |
| [C] Save my love through | [D] lonely |   
| [D] I've given you | [C] my tomorrow |
| [G] Love me | [D] only |
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |

| [D] If I worked my | [C] hands in wood |
| [G] Would you still | [D] love me? |
| [D] Answer me babe, | [C] "Yes I would" |
| [G] I'll put you a- | [D] bove me. |
| [D] | [D] |

| [D] If I were a | [C] miller |
| [G] at a mill wheel | [D] grinding |
| [D] would you miss your | [C] colored box |
| [G] your soft shoe | [D] shining? |
| [D] | [D] |

Chorus
| [C] Save my love through | [D] loneliness |
| [C] Save my love for | [D] sorrow |
| [D] I'm givin' you my | [C] onliness |
| [G] Come give your to- | [D] morrow. |
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |

| [D] If I were a | [C] carpenter |
| [G] and you were a | [D] lady |
| [D] Would you marry me | [C] anyway? |
| [G] Would you have my | [D] baby? |
| [D]   | [D]   | [C]  [G]   | [D]   |
| [D]   | [D]   | [C]  [G]   | [D↓]


#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 9/28/18 JJ
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