Chords for The Four Tops - ♫ If I Were a Carpenter ♫ (1968)

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If [F] I were a carpenter _ [C] and you [G] were a lady, _ now would you marry [F] me _ _ [C] anyway?
Would you have my [G] baby? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ If I [F] take on a tinker's trade, [C] _ would you [G] still buy me?
_ Oh, carry [F] a part I made, [C] following close [G] up behind _ _ _ _ me.
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[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ Shade my love through loneliness, _ [F] shade my love [G] for sorrow,
cause I have given you [F] my holiness, _ [C] give me part of your [G] tomorrow.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ If I were [F] a handmaiden, _ [C] _ would you [G] still love me?
_ Now answer me [F] baby, yes I would, [C] _ I would place [G] you high above me. _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ If I [F] were a miller, _ [C] _ at a mill [G] we're grinding,
now would you miss your [F] color box, _ [C] _ _ soft [G] and cute and shiny?
_ _ _ If I were [F] a carpenter _ [C] and you were [G] a lady, _ _ girl would you marry [F] me anyway? _
_ [C] I want you to have [G] my baby.
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_ [F] _ _ _ [C] a _ carpenter [G] _ and you were a _ lady, [F] now would you marry [C] me anyway? _
[G] Would you have my baby? _
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