Chords for A Carpenter's Son
Tempo:
141.3 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Gm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb]
[Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gm] [Ab]
[Bb] They [Eb] were adding on to the country club, [Ab] but the carpenter's son didn't measure up.
And [Eb] those rich boys kept turning their [Bb] heads.
[Eb] They laughed and fun and made their jokes, but [Ab] young Billy just let them blow their smoke.
[Eb] When they got done, he turned to [Bb] them [Eb] and said,
[Ab]
Yes I am [Eb] a carpenter's son, [Bb] working with my daddy till [Eb] the job gets done.
[Ab]
Working with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail.
[Gm] [Ab] Bill was the love that [Eb] never failed.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Ab] [Bb]
And [Eb] he told them a story that came from [Ab] above, about a man whose only crime was love.
[Eb] Yet they nailed him to a tree.
[Bb] He [Eb]
said he was the son of an average [Ab] joe, but every man would have lost his soul,
[Eb] if he hadn't [Bbm] died on [Eb] account of him.
[Ab] Yes he was [Eb] a carpenter's son, [Bb] working with his daddy till [Eb] the job got [Ab] done.
Working with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail.
[Bb] [Ab] Bill was the [Eb] love that never failed.
[Gm]
You should [Cm] never judge [Ab] a man by what [Eb] his job is here on earth.
Cause if you're looking on [Bb] the outside, it's [Eb] hard to see what he's worth.
[Ab]
Let this be [Bb] a lesson [Eb] for the whole [Bb] world [Cm] to see.
When [F] you're talking to a stranger, [C] you never know [Bb] who it might be.
[F] Yes he [Eb] is a carpenter's son, working [Bb] with his father [Eb] till the job gets [Ab] done.
He worked with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail.
[Bb] [Ab] Died on the [Eb] wood with the hammer [Fm] and nail.
[Eb] [Ab] But he builds with the [Eb] love that never failed.
[Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] Was a [Eb] carpenter's son.
[Gm] Oh, [Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Ab] carpenter's son.
[Bb]
[Eb] Carpenter's son.
[Gm] [Ab] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gm] [Ab]
[Bb] They [Eb] were adding on to the country club, [Ab] but the carpenter's son didn't measure up.
And [Eb] those rich boys kept turning their [Bb] heads.
[Eb] They laughed and fun and made their jokes, but [Ab] young Billy just let them blow their smoke.
[Eb] When they got done, he turned to [Bb] them [Eb] and said,
[Ab]
Yes I am [Eb] a carpenter's son, [Bb] working with my daddy till [Eb] the job gets done.
[Ab]
Working with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail.
[Gm] [Ab] Bill was the love that [Eb] never failed.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Ab] [Bb]
And [Eb] he told them a story that came from [Ab] above, about a man whose only crime was love.
[Eb] Yet they nailed him to a tree.
[Bb] He [Eb]
said he was the son of an average [Ab] joe, but every man would have lost his soul,
[Eb] if he hadn't [Bbm] died on [Eb] account of him.
[Ab] Yes he was [Eb] a carpenter's son, [Bb] working with his daddy till [Eb] the job got [Ab] done.
Working with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail.
[Bb] [Ab] Bill was the [Eb] love that never failed.
[Gm]
You should [Cm] never judge [Ab] a man by what [Eb] his job is here on earth.
Cause if you're looking on [Bb] the outside, it's [Eb] hard to see what he's worth.
[Ab]
Let this be [Bb] a lesson [Eb] for the whole [Bb] world [Cm] to see.
When [F] you're talking to a stranger, [C] you never know [Bb] who it might be.
[F] Yes he [Eb] is a carpenter's son, working [Bb] with his father [Eb] till the job gets [Ab] done.
He worked with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail.
[Bb] [Ab] Died on the [Eb] wood with the hammer [Fm] and nail.
[Eb] [Ab] But he builds with the [Eb] love that never failed.
[Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] Was a [Eb] carpenter's son.
[Gm] Oh, [Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Ab] carpenter's son.
[Bb]
[Eb] Carpenter's son.
[Gm] [Ab] [Bb]
[Eb]
Key:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Gm
Cm
Eb
Ab
Bb
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] They [Eb] were adding on to the country club, [Ab] but the carpenter's son didn't measure up.
And [Eb] those rich boys _ kept turning their [Bb] heads. _ _ _
[Eb] They laughed and fun and made their jokes, but [Ab] young Billy just let them blow their smoke.
[Eb] When they got done, he turned to [Bb] them [Eb] and said,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
Yes I am [Eb] a carpenter's son, [Bb] working with my daddy till [Eb] the job gets done.
[Ab]
Working with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail. _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] Bill was the love that [Eb] never failed. _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
And [Eb] he told them a story that came from [Ab] above, about a man whose only crime was love.
[Eb] _ _ Yet they nailed him to a tree.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ He [Eb]
said he was the son of an average [Ab] joe, but every man would have lost his soul,
[Eb] if he hadn't [Bbm] died on [Eb] account of him.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Yes he was [Eb] a carpenter's son, [Bb] working with his daddy till [Eb] the job got [Ab] done.
Working with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] Bill was the [Eb] love that never _ failed.
_ _ [Gm] _
You should [Cm] never judge [Ab] a man by what [Eb] his job is here on earth.
Cause if you're looking on [Bb] the outside, it's [Eb] hard to see what he's worth.
_ [Ab]
Let this be [Bb] a lesson [Eb] for the whole [Bb] world [Cm] to see.
_ When [F] you're talking to a stranger, _ [C] you never know [Bb] who it might be. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Yes he [Eb] is a _ carpenter's son, working [Bb] with his father [Eb] till the job gets [Ab] done.
He worked with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ Died on the [Eb] wood with the hammer [Fm] and nail. _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] But he builds with the [Eb] love that never _ failed. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Was a _ [Eb] carpenter's _ son. _
[Gm] Oh, [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] carpenter's _ son.
_ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ Carpenter's son.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] They [Eb] were adding on to the country club, [Ab] but the carpenter's son didn't measure up.
And [Eb] those rich boys _ kept turning their [Bb] heads. _ _ _
[Eb] They laughed and fun and made their jokes, but [Ab] young Billy just let them blow their smoke.
[Eb] When they got done, he turned to [Bb] them [Eb] and said,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
Yes I am [Eb] a carpenter's son, [Bb] working with my daddy till [Eb] the job gets done.
[Ab]
Working with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail. _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] Bill was the love that [Eb] never failed. _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
And [Eb] he told them a story that came from [Ab] above, about a man whose only crime was love.
[Eb] _ _ Yet they nailed him to a tree.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ He [Eb]
said he was the son of an average [Ab] joe, but every man would have lost his soul,
[Eb] if he hadn't [Bbm] died on [Eb] account of him.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Yes he was [Eb] a carpenter's son, [Bb] working with his daddy till [Eb] the job got [Ab] done.
Working with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] Bill was the [Eb] love that never _ failed.
_ _ [Gm] _
You should [Cm] never judge [Ab] a man by what [Eb] his job is here on earth.
Cause if you're looking on [Bb] the outside, it's [Eb] hard to see what he's worth.
_ [Ab]
Let this be [Bb] a lesson [Eb] for the whole [Bb] world [Cm] to see.
_ When [F] you're talking to a stranger, _ [C] you never know [Bb] who it might be. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Yes he [Eb] is a _ carpenter's son, working [Bb] with his father [Eb] till the job gets [Ab] done.
He worked with the [Eb] wood and [Cm] hammer and nail. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ Died on the [Eb] wood with the hammer [Fm] and nail. _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] But he builds with the [Eb] love that never _ failed. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Was a _ [Eb] carpenter's _ son. _
[Gm] Oh, [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] carpenter's _ son.
_ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ Carpenter's son.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _