If I Were a Carpenter Chords
by Robert Plant
If I Were a Carpenter by Robert Plant is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO
D (C G D) 2X
D C G D
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
D C G D
Would you marry me anyway, would you have my baby?
D C G D
If a tinker were my trade, would you still love me?
D C G D
Carrying the pots I made, following behind me
Refrão
C D
Save my love through loneliness,
C D
Save my love for sorrow;
D C Am
I've given you my onliness--
G D
Give me your tomorrows.
D C G D
If I worked my hands in wood, would you still love me
D C G D
Answer me, babe, yes, I would, I would put you above me
D C G D
If I were a miller at a mill wheel grinding
D C G D
Would you miss your colored box, your soft shoes shining?