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If I Were a Carpenter  

Tim Hardin     

 

 

D               C          G                      D

If I.. were a carpenter          and you were a lady,

D                   C        G                     D

would you marry me anyway?      Would you have my baby?

D            C              G                    D

If a tinker were my trade       would you still love me?

D             C            G               D   

Carrying the pots I made       following behind me.

 

 C                     D           G                D

Save my love through loneliness,  Save my love for sorrow,

D                 C         G                    D

I'm given you my ownliness,     Come give your tomorrow.

        

D               C              G                   D

If I worked my hands in wood,    Would you still love me?

D                 C           G                  D

Answer me babe, "Yes I would,     I'll put you above me."

D            C       G                    D

If I were a miller,      at a mill wheel grinding,

D                    C          G                  D           

would you miss your colored box,   your soft shoe shining?

 

 C                     D           G                D

Save my love through loneliness,  Save my love for sorrow,

D                 C         G                    D

I'm given you my ownliness,     Come give your tomorrow.

        

 

D               C          G                      D

If I   were a carpenter          and you were a lady,

D                   C        G                     D

would you marry me anyway?      Would you have my baby?

D                   C        G                     D

would you marry me anyway?      Would you have my baby?