The Avett Brothers – The Once And Future Carpenter (Guitar)

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Song: Once and Future Carpenter Album: The Carpenter Artist: The Avett Brothers Tabbed By: IanSan ! [Intro Riff]
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B|----1--3--1--0--1--0-----0---------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------2-----2--0--2--0----0-------------------0--------------|
D|----------------------------------------2----2--0----0--1--2-----2--0--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------3-------------------2--3---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
C            F            Dm               F
I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas

      Dm                G              C      G
And I know the lonesome sound is following

C         F                  Dm          F
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand

            Dm                   G               C    
And when to hold when queens are staring back at me

[Interlude]
           Am          Em
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B|---------1-----------0--|
G|---------2-----------0--|  x3  
D|---------2-----------2--|
A|--3-2-0--0-----------2--|
E|--------------3-2-0--0--|
C F G [Verse 2]
C            F              Dm                 F
Once I was a carpenter, and man my hands were calloused

        Dm            G               C       G
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight

    C             F          Dm             F 
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry

      Dm               G                  C     G
And I left the timbers rotting where they lay
[Chorus]
   F                         Fm
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me

           C         Am           G
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky

             F                                 
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground

       Fm                         C
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember

           Am                  G
Well we're all in this together

     F                        Fm                         C G C G
If I live the life I'm given,    I wont be scared to die
[Verse 3]
C                  F               Dm            F
I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me

      Dm              G               C     G
And I followed till I finally lost my way

    C              F                   Dm              F
And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose

         Dm             G                     C     G
And if I ever pass back through her town I'll stay
[Chorus]
   F                         Fm
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me

           C         Am           G
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky

             F                                 
And when the black dress drags upon the ground

       Fm                         C
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember

           Am                  G
Well we're all in this together

     F                        Fm                         
If I live the life I'm given,    I wont be scared to die

[Interlude]
          Am          Em
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B|--------1-----------0--|
G|--------2-----------0--|  x3
D|--------2-----------2--|
A|-3-2-0--0-----------2--|
E|-------------3-2-0--0--|
C F G C C
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B|-1-3-1-0-1-0---0--------------------|
G|-------------2---2-0-2-0---0--------|
D|-------------------------2---2-0----|
A|---------------------------------3--|
E|------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
    C                F            Dm            F
And my life is but a coin pulled from an empty pocket

          Dm                       G              C        G
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind

C                     F           Dm                  F
Hope and fear go with it, and the moon and the sun go spinning

         Dm              G                 C
Like the numbers and the fruits before our eyes

C           F        G                C
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind

C           F        G                C
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
[Chorus]
   F                         Fm
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me

           C         Am           G
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky

             F                                 
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground

       Fm                         C
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember

           Am                  G
Well we're all in this together

     F                        Fm                         C
If I live the life I'm given,    I wont be scared to die

[Outro]
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G|-------------2---2-0-2-0---0-----------0---------0--|
D|-------------------------2---2-0---0-2---2---0---2--|
A|---------------------------------3---------3---2-3--|
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