The Once And Future Carpenter Tab uke di The Avett Brothers

# On the guitar in the song, the capo is put on the 4th fret. So it's not played in the first position. Here are the chords the way I like to play.

    D#   G#  Fm  A#   G#m Cm  Em
G#--8---5---5---7---4---5---4---------------|
D#--5---6---6---8---6---5---5---------------|
B --5---5---7---7---5---5---6---------------|
F#--5---7---7---9---6---7---6---------------|


Intro Riff
G#-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5---------------------------------------------------|
D#--------------------8---8-5-8-5-------5-8-5-----------5-----------5-------|
B --------------------------------7-5-7-------5-7-4-5-5---0-0-2-5-5---0-0-2-|
F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1
D#            G#            Fm              G#
I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
      Fm               A#             D#      A#
And I know the lonesome sound is following
D#         G#                Fm           G#
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
            Fm                      A#               D#     A#
And when to hold when the queens are staring back at me


G#-8-7-5--5-----------7--|
D#--------7----8-7-5--5--| 3X  Then E A B
B --------6-----------4--|
F#--------7-----------5--|

Verse 2
D#      G#     Fm G#
Once I was a carpenter, and man my hands were calloused
Fm       A#D#  A#
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
D#   G#      Fm      G#
A#ut I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
      FmA#    D#    A#
And I left the timbers rotting where they lay


Chorus
G#                            G#m
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
           D#       Cm            A#
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
             G#                                 
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
        G#m                      D#
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
           G#m            F#
Well we're all in this together
E                             Em                         D# A# D# A#
If I live the life I'm given,    I wont be scared to die


Verse 3
D#   G#    Fm        G#
I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
      Fm       A#D#     A#
And I followed till I finally lost my way
    D#    G# Fm  G#
G#nd now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose
 Fm A#D#     A#
And if I ever pass back through her town I'll stay

Chorus

G#-8-7-5--5-----------7--|
D#--------7----8-7-5--5--| 3X  Then E A B E E
B --------6-----------4--|
F#--------7-----------5--|

G#-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5-------------|
D#--------------------8---8-5-8-5-----|
B --------------------------------7-5-|
F#------------------------------------|

Verse 4
D#  G#       Fm      G#
My life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
  Fm        A#    D#     A#
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
    D#      G#   Fm G#
And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
 Fm      A# D#     A#
Like the numbers and fruits before our eyes

D#           G#        A#                D#
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
D#           G#        A#                D#
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind

Chorus

Outro
G#-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5---------------------------8-|
D#--------------------8---8-5-8-5-------5-8-5-------5-|
B---------------------------------7-5-7-------5-7-4-5-|
F#--------------------------------------------------5-|