Chords for Phil Ochs - Ballad Of The Carpenter
Tempo:
166.45 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
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A
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jesus [C] was a working [D] man, and a [Am] hero you [A] will hear,
Born [Am] in the [D] town of [A]
Bethlehem, [Dm] at the turning [C] of the year,
[A] At the turning of [Dm] the year.
When Jesus [Cm] was a little [Dm] lad, [C] streets rang with [D] his name,
For he [B] argued [D] with the [A] older men, [Dm] and put them [C] all to shame,
[A] He put them all [Dm] to shame.
He became a [C] wandering
[Dm] journeyman, and he [E] traveled far [D] and wide,
And he [B] noticed how [D] wealth and [A] poverty [F] live always [C] side by side,
[A] Live always side [Dm] by side.
So he said, come all [C] you [Dm] working men, [C] farmers and [D] weavers too,
If [Am] you would [D] only stand [A] as one, [Dm] this world [C] belongs to you,
[A] This world [D] belongs to you.
When the rich men heard [C] what the [Dm] carpenter had done,
To the Roman [C] troops [D] they ran, saying [C] put this [D] rebel [A] Jesus down,
[Dm] He's a menace to [C] God and man, [A] he's a menace to God [Dm] and man.
The commander of [C] the [Dm] occupying troops [C] just laughed and then [D] he said,
There's a [C] cross to [A] spare on Calvary's hill, [Dm] by the weekend [C] he'll be dead,
[A] By the weekend [D] he'll be dead.
Now Jesus [C] walked among [D] the poor, for the [C] poor were his [D] own kind,
And they'd [C] never let [D] them get [A] near enough [Dm] to take him [C] from behind,
[A] To take him from behind.
[Dm] So they hired [C] one of the [Dm] traders trade, and [C] an informer [D] was he,
And he sold [Am] his brother [A] to the butcher's men [Dm] for a fistful of [C] silver money,
[A] For a fistful of [D] silver money.
And [Dm] Jesus sat [C] in the prison [A] cell, and they beat him [C] and offered [D] him bribes,
To [Am] desert the cause [D] of his [A] fellow men, [Dm] to work for the rich [C]
men's tribe,
[A] To work for the rich men's tribe.
[Dm]
And the sweat stood out [C] on Jesus' [D] brow, and the blood [C] was in [D] his eye,
When they [B] nailed his body [D] to the Roman [A]
cross, [Dm] and they laughed as they watched [C] him die,
[A] They laughed as they watched him die.
[Dm]
[D]
Two thousand years [C] have passed [Dm] and gone, [C] many a hero [D] too,
But the [C] dream of [A] this poor carpenter
[Dm] remains in the [C] hands of you,
[A] Remains in the [D] hands of you.
[Dm] [D]
Born [Am] in the [D] town of [A]
Bethlehem, [Dm] at the turning [C] of the year,
[A] At the turning of [Dm] the year.
When Jesus [Cm] was a little [Dm] lad, [C] streets rang with [D] his name,
For he [B] argued [D] with the [A] older men, [Dm] and put them [C] all to shame,
[A] He put them all [Dm] to shame.
He became a [C] wandering
[Dm] journeyman, and he [E] traveled far [D] and wide,
And he [B] noticed how [D] wealth and [A] poverty [F] live always [C] side by side,
[A] Live always side [Dm] by side.
So he said, come all [C] you [Dm] working men, [C] farmers and [D] weavers too,
If [Am] you would [D] only stand [A] as one, [Dm] this world [C] belongs to you,
[A] This world [D] belongs to you.
When the rich men heard [C] what the [Dm] carpenter had done,
To the Roman [C] troops [D] they ran, saying [C] put this [D] rebel [A] Jesus down,
[Dm] He's a menace to [C] God and man, [A] he's a menace to God [Dm] and man.
The commander of [C] the [Dm] occupying troops [C] just laughed and then [D] he said,
There's a [C] cross to [A] spare on Calvary's hill, [Dm] by the weekend [C] he'll be dead,
[A] By the weekend [D] he'll be dead.
Now Jesus [C] walked among [D] the poor, for the [C] poor were his [D] own kind,
And they'd [C] never let [D] them get [A] near enough [Dm] to take him [C] from behind,
[A] To take him from behind.
[Dm] So they hired [C] one of the [Dm] traders trade, and [C] an informer [D] was he,
And he sold [Am] his brother [A] to the butcher's men [Dm] for a fistful of [C] silver money,
[A] For a fistful of [D] silver money.
And [Dm] Jesus sat [C] in the prison [A] cell, and they beat him [C] and offered [D] him bribes,
To [Am] desert the cause [D] of his [A] fellow men, [Dm] to work for the rich [C]
men's tribe,
[A] To work for the rich men's tribe.
[Dm]
And the sweat stood out [C] on Jesus' [D] brow, and the blood [C] was in [D] his eye,
When they [B] nailed his body [D] to the Roman [A]
cross, [Dm] and they laughed as they watched [C] him die,
[A] They laughed as they watched him die.
[Dm]
[D]
Two thousand years [C] have passed [Dm] and gone, [C] many a hero [D] too,
But the [C] dream of [A] this poor carpenter
[Dm] remains in the [C] hands of you,
[A] Remains in the [D] hands of you.
[Dm] [D]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Jesus [C] was a working [D] _ man, and a [Am] hero you [A] will _ hear, _
Born [Am] in the [D] town of [A] _
Bethlehem, _ [Dm] at the turning [C] of the year,
_ [A] At the turning of [Dm] the _ year. _ _
_ _ _ When Jesus [Cm] was a little [Dm] _ lad, [C] streets rang with [D] his _ name,
For he [B] argued [D] with the [A] older men, _ [Dm] and put them [C] all to _ shame,
[A] He put them all [Dm] to shame. _ _ _
He became a _ [C] wandering _
[Dm] _ journeyman, _ and he [E] traveled far [D] and wide,
_ And he [B] noticed how [D] wealth and _ [A] poverty _ _ [F] live always [C] side by _ side,
[A] Live always side [Dm] by _ _ _ side.
_ So he said, come all [C] you _ [Dm] working men, _ [C] farmers and [D] weavers too,
_ _ If [Am] you would [D] only stand [A] as one, _ [Dm] this world [C] belongs to you,
_ [A] This world _ [D] belongs to you. _ _ _ _
When the rich men heard [C] what the [Dm] carpenter had done,
_ To the Roman [C] troops [D] they _ ran, _ saying [C] put this [D] rebel [A] Jesus down,
_ _ [Dm] He's a menace to [C] God and man, [A] he's a menace to God [Dm] and man. _ _
_ _ The commander of [C] the [Dm] occupying troops _ [C] just laughed and then [D] he said,
_ There's a [C] cross to [A] spare on _ Calvary's hill, [Dm] by the weekend [C] he'll be dead,
[A] By the weekend _ [D] he'll be dead. _ _ _ _ _
Now Jesus _ [C] walked among [D] the poor, for the [C] poor were his [D] own kind,
And they'd [C] never let [D] them get [A] near enough [Dm] to take him [C] from _ behind, _
[A] To take him from _ behind.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ So they hired [C] one of the [Dm] traders trade, and [C] an informer [D] was he,
_ And he sold [Am] his brother [A] to the butcher's men [Dm] for a fistful of [C] silver money,
_ [A] For a fistful of [D] silver money. _ _ _
_ _ _ And [Dm] Jesus sat [C] in the prison [A] cell, _ and they beat him [C] and offered [D] him bribes, _
To [Am] desert the cause [D] of his [A] fellow men, [Dm] _ to work for the rich [C]
men's tribe,
[A] To work for the rich men's tribe.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ And the sweat stood out [C] on Jesus' [D] brow, _ and the blood [C] was in [D] his eye,
_ When they [B] nailed his body [D] to the Roman [A]
cross, [Dm] and they laughed as they watched [C] him die,
_ [A] They laughed as they watched him die.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Two thousand years [C] have passed [Dm] and gone, _ [C] many a hero [D] _ too,
_ But the [C] dream of [A] this poor _ carpenter _ _
_ [Dm] remains in the [C] hands of you,
_ _ [A] _ Remains in the [D] hands of you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Jesus [C] was a working [D] _ man, and a [Am] hero you [A] will _ hear, _
Born [Am] in the [D] town of [A] _
Bethlehem, _ [Dm] at the turning [C] of the year,
_ [A] At the turning of [Dm] the _ year. _ _
_ _ _ When Jesus [Cm] was a little [Dm] _ lad, [C] streets rang with [D] his _ name,
For he [B] argued [D] with the [A] older men, _ [Dm] and put them [C] all to _ shame,
[A] He put them all [Dm] to shame. _ _ _
He became a _ [C] wandering _
[Dm] _ journeyman, _ and he [E] traveled far [D] and wide,
_ And he [B] noticed how [D] wealth and _ [A] poverty _ _ [F] live always [C] side by _ side,
[A] Live always side [Dm] by _ _ _ side.
_ So he said, come all [C] you _ [Dm] working men, _ [C] farmers and [D] weavers too,
_ _ If [Am] you would [D] only stand [A] as one, _ [Dm] this world [C] belongs to you,
_ [A] This world _ [D] belongs to you. _ _ _ _
When the rich men heard [C] what the [Dm] carpenter had done,
_ To the Roman [C] troops [D] they _ ran, _ saying [C] put this [D] rebel [A] Jesus down,
_ _ [Dm] He's a menace to [C] God and man, [A] he's a menace to God [Dm] and man. _ _
_ _ The commander of [C] the [Dm] occupying troops _ [C] just laughed and then [D] he said,
_ There's a [C] cross to [A] spare on _ Calvary's hill, [Dm] by the weekend [C] he'll be dead,
[A] By the weekend _ [D] he'll be dead. _ _ _ _ _
Now Jesus _ [C] walked among [D] the poor, for the [C] poor were his [D] own kind,
And they'd [C] never let [D] them get [A] near enough [Dm] to take him [C] from _ behind, _
[A] To take him from _ behind.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ So they hired [C] one of the [Dm] traders trade, and [C] an informer [D] was he,
_ And he sold [Am] his brother [A] to the butcher's men [Dm] for a fistful of [C] silver money,
_ [A] For a fistful of [D] silver money. _ _ _
_ _ _ And [Dm] Jesus sat [C] in the prison [A] cell, _ and they beat him [C] and offered [D] him bribes, _
To [Am] desert the cause [D] of his [A] fellow men, [Dm] _ to work for the rich [C]
men's tribe,
[A] To work for the rich men's tribe.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ And the sweat stood out [C] on Jesus' [D] brow, _ and the blood [C] was in [D] his eye,
_ When they [B] nailed his body [D] to the Roman [A]
cross, [Dm] and they laughed as they watched [C] him die,
_ [A] They laughed as they watched him die.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Two thousand years [C] have passed [Dm] and gone, _ [C] many a hero [D] _ too,
_ But the [C] dream of [A] this poor _ carpenter _ _
_ [Dm] remains in the [C] hands of you,
_ _ [A] _ Remains in the [D] hands of you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _