If I Were A Carpenter Chords
by Al Martino
If I Were A Carpenter by Al Martino is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, C/B, Am, Am7/G and Am/G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D C C/B Am Am7/G D
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
C C/B Am Am7/G D
Would you marry me anyway, would you have my baby
D C C/B Am Am7/G D
If a tinker were my trade, would you still love me
D C C/B Am Am7/G D
Carrying the pots I made, following behind me
Bridge
C D
Save my love through loneliness
C D
Save my love for sorrow
D C C/B Am
I've given you my onliness
Am/G D
Give me your tomorrows
D C C/B Am Am7/G D
If I worked my hands in wood, would you still love me
C C/B Am Am7/G D
Answer me, babe, yes, I would, I would put you above me
D C C/B Am Am7/G D
If I were a miller at a mill wheel grinding
D C C/B Am Am7/G D
Would you miss your colored box, your soft shoes shining
C D
Save my love through loneliness
C D
Save my love for sorrow
D C C/B Am
I've given you my onliness
Am/G D
Give me your tomorrows
D C C/B Am Am7/G D
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
C C/B Am Am7/G D
Would you marry me anyway, would you have my baby
D C C/B Am Am7/G D
If a tinker were my trade, would you still love me
D C C/B Am Am7/G D
Carrying the pots I made, following behind me