Song For A Carpenter

C G F G C G F G C C G Oh, he makes his life as a carpenter F G He works his hands in wood C G And he lives the way his granddad F G Might have liked and understood C G He goes to work each morning F G And he comes home every night C Cmaj9 Am G And the time that passes in between F G C He knows has been spent right C G F G C C G A child in South Ohio F G A man in Northern Maine C G He took his dream to the end of the world F G And he brought it back again C G Here he met his sweet Rebekah F G Here he came to make his stand C Cmaj9 Am G In a house he built in the piny woods F G C Where the ocean meets the land C G F G C And it's hey ho, steady as you go F G C Sing for the love of the land F G Am Hey ho, blessed is the home F G C Born of the carpenter's hand C G F G C C G Oh, his hair is rough and curly F G And his legs they reach the ground C G And his eyes are full of living F G And his back is broad and brown C G And his heart is sure and stubborn F G And his pride's too strong to bend C Cmaj9 Am G And somewhere in his life he found F G C The time to be my friend C G F G C And it's hey ho, steady as you go F G C Sing for the love of the land F G Am Hey ho, blessed is the home F G C Born of the carpenter's hand C G F G C G F G C G C G Oh, he loves his sweet Rebekah F G He'll love her 'til his death C G And she gave to him a bonny son F G And they named the child Seth C G And now they are a family F G A community of three C Cmaj9 Am G Living in the piny woods F G C Where the soil meets the sea C G F G C And it's hey ho, steady as you go F G C Sing for the love of the land F G Am Hey ho, blessed is the home F G C Am Born of the carpenter's hand F G C Born of the carpenter's hand C G F G C G F G C C G C