The Once And Future Carpenter Uke tab by The Avett Brothers

10 Chords used in the song: E, A, F#m, B, Am, C#m, Fm, D#, G, F

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Album: 
Year:  2012
Difficulty: 
4.8
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords and Tablature
Original key: -0.5 step(s) (original tuning)
Chord progression arranged for the Ukulele
# 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.

E E A A F#m F#m B B Am Am C#m C#m Fm Fm
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
E E A A F#m F#m A A
I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
F#m F#m B B E E B B
And I know the lonesome sound is following
E E A A F#m F#m A A
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
F#m F#m B B E E B B
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
E E A A F#m F#m A A
Once I was a carpenter, and man my hands were calloused
F#m F#m BE B B
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
E E A A F#m F#m A A
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
F#m F#mB B E E B B
And I left the timbers rotting where they lay


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


Verse 3
E E A A F#m F#m A A
I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
F#m F#m BE B B
And I followed till I finally lost my way
E E A A F#m F#m A A
And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose
F#m F#m BE B B
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
E E A A F#m F#m A A
My life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
F#m F#m B B E E B B
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
E E A A F#m F#m A A
And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
F#m F#m B B E E B B
Like the numbers and fruits before our eyes

E E A A B B E E
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
E E A A B B E E
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-|

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