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The Once And Future Carpenter by The Avett Brothers - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            [Intro] Opening riff that I am yet to derive. Then:

C G C G

[Verse 1]
C              F           Dm                F
I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
       Dm                 G          C - G
and I know the lonesome sound is following
C           F                    Dm       F
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
             Dm                      G            C - G
and when to hold, when queens are staring back at me

[Interlude]

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B|--------1--------0----|
G|--------2--------0----|
D|--------2--------2----|
A|-3-2-0--0--------2----|
E|-----------3-2-0-0----| x3

C - F - G

[Verse 2]
C                F      Dm                F
Once I was a carpenter, man my hands were calloused
        Dm            G               C - G
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
C                 F          Dm             F
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
      Dm               G                  C - G
And I left the timbers rotting where they lay

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

[Verse 3]
C                   F              Dm                 F
I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
      Dm              G               C - G
And I followed till I finally lost my way
C                  F                   Dm              F
And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose
         Dm             F                     C - G
And if I ever pass back through her town I'll stay

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

[Interlude]

e|--------0--------0----|
B|--------1--------0----|
G|--------2--------0----|
D|--------2--------2----|
A|-3-2-0--0--------2----|
E|-----------3-2-0-0----| x3

C - F - G

[Verse 4]
C                    F            Dm            F
And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
               Dm                  G            C - G
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
C                F            Dm                  F
Hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
         Dm          G                C - G
Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes

[Bridge]
C           F        G                C
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
C           F        G                C
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind

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

We also have 28 songs by The Avett Brothers

• Back Into The Light
• February Seven
• Head Full Of Doubt - Road Full Of Promise
• I And Love And You
• I Go To My Heart
• I Shouldve Spent The Day With My Family
• I Wish I Was
• I Would Be Sad
• If Its The Beaches
• January Wedding
• Laundry Room
• Live And Die
• Morning Song
• Murder In The City
• No Hard Feelings
• November Blue
• Paranoia In Bb Major
• Shame
• Swept Away
• The Ballad Of Love And Hate
• The Fire
• The Once And Future Carpenter
• The Weight Of Lies
• Untitled 4
• Victory
• When I Drink
• Will You Return
• Women Like You

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