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If I Were a Carpenter

Tim Hardin, 1966· Songs Well-Known in America · p.169

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Intro: D C G D 2x
 
D C G D
If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady
 
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 find me?
 
C G D
Carrying the pots I made, following behind me?
 
C D C D
Save my love for loneliness, save my love for sorrow
 
C G D
I give you my only-ness, come give me your tomorrow
 
D C G D
If I worked my hands in wood, would you still love me?
 
C G D
Answer me, babe: yes I would, - I'd put you above me
 
D C G D
If I were a miller, - at a mill wheel grinding
 
C G D
Would you miss your colored blouse, - your soft shoes shining
 
Instrumental: D C G D C G D
 
D C G D
If I were a carpenter, - and you were a lady
 
C G D
Would you marry me anyway? - Would you have my baby?
 
C G D
Would you marry me anyway? - would you have my baby?