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

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Song: Once and Future Carpenter Album: The Carpenter Artist: The Avett Brothers Tabbed By: Shannon This shows the basic chords plus the intro and fill-ins. Listen to the song to get the strum/picking patterns. [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---0-2---2---0-------0----------0-------|
A|----------------------------------3---------3---2-3-3-------0-3-3------0-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------3-3--------3-3---|
[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 G And when to hold when the queens are staring back at me
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B|---------1-----------0--|
G|---------2-----------0--|  x3  Then, C F G
D|---------2-----------2--|
A|--3-2-0--0-----------2--|
E|--------------3-2-0--0--|
[Verse 2] Once I was a carpenter, and man my hands were calloused I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry 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] And I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me And I followed till I finally lost my way And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose And if I ever pass back through here town I'll stay [Chorus]
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B|---------1-----------0--|
G|---------2-----------0--|  x3  Then C F G C C
D|---------2-----------2--|
A|--3-2-0--0-----------2--|
E|--------------3-2-0--0--|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|--1-3-1-0-1-0---0--------------------|
G|--------------2---2-0-2-0---0--------|
D|--------------------------2---2-0----|
A|----------------------------------3--|
E|-------------------------------------|
[Verse 4] And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning Like the numbers and 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] [Outro]
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B|--1-3-1-0-1-0---0---------------------------------1--|
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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