IF I WERE A CARPENTER

 

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1.    If I were a carpenter       and you were a lady,

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    would you marry me anyway,     would you have my baby?

                       C                 - G                           D

    If a tinker were my trade,      would you still love me?

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    Carrying the pots I made,       following behind me.

 

  G                                D                G                         D

Save my love through loneliness, save my love for sorrow.

                            C         - G                                          D

I've given you my onliness,     come and give me your tomorrows.

 

    D                           C                   - G                          D

2.     If I worked my hands in wood,      would you still love me?

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    Answer me, baby, yes, I would,       I'd put you above me.

                        C    - G                             D

    If I were a miller,       at a mill wheel grinding,

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    would you miss your colored box,    your soft shoes shining?

 

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   D                    C           - G                             D

3.    If I were a carpenter       and you were a lady,

 \                                     C      -  G                                   D

    would you marry me anyway,     would you have my baby?

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    Would you marry me, anyway,   would you have my baby.

 

    (Bobby Darrin)