The Once And Future Carpenter Chords - The Avett Brothers

Intro

E B E B

Verse 1

E A F#m A I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas F#m B E - B and I know the lonesome sound is following E A F#m A I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand F#m B E - B and when to hold, when queens are staring back at me

Interlude

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E - A - B

Verse 2

E A F#m A Once I was a carpenter, man my hands were calloused F#m B E - B I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight E A F#m A But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry F#m B E - B And I left the timbers rotting where they lay

Chorus

A Am Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me E C#m B and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky A and when the black cloak drags upon the ground Am E I'll be ready to surrender, and remember C#m B well we're all in this together A Am If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die

Verse 3

E A F#m A I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me F#m B E - B And I followed till I finally lost my way E A F#m A And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose F#m A E - B And if I ever pass back through her town I'll stay

Chorus

Interlude

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Verse 4

E A F#m A And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket F#m B E - B Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind E A F#m A Hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning F#m B E - B Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes

Bridge

E A B E Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind E A B E Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind

Chorus