Song: The Once and Future Carpenter
Album: The Carpenter
Artist: The Avett Brothers
Tab Type: Guitar (Chords)



Intro:

E|-0-2-0---0-------|-----------------|------------------||
B|-------4---4-2-4-|-2-0-2-0---0-----|---------0--------||
G|-----------------|---------1---1---|-----0-1---1------||
D|-----------------|---------------4-|-2-4---------4-1--||
A|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||

Followed by this chord progression: E  B  E  B

Verse 1:

E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)        F#m (244222@1)              AI (x02220@1)ain't fom Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
      F#m (244222@1)               B (x2444x@1)           E- (022100@1)B- (x2444x@1)E- (022100@1)Band (x2444x@1)I know the lonesome sound is following
E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)             F#m (244222@1)         AI (x02220@1)ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
             F#m (244222@1)                 B (x2444x@1)           E- (022100@1)B- (x2444x@1)Eand (022100@1)when to hold when queens are staring back at me

Transition riff:
         C#m (x13321@4)             Abm (133111@4)E|-----|-------4---4-----|------4---4--||
B|-----|-------5---5-----|------4---4--||
G|-----|-------6---6-----|------4---4--||
D|-----|-----6-----------|------6---6--||
A|-7-6-|-4---------------|----6--------||
E|-----|-------------7-6-|-4-----------|| x3

Followed by: E  A  B  B

Verse 2:

E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)           F#m (244222@1)              AOnce (x02220@1)I was a carpenter, and man my hands were calloused
         F#m (244222@1)          B (x2444x@1)             EI (022100@1)could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)        F#m (244222@1)          ABut (x02220@1)I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
       F#m (244222@1)             B (x2444x@1)               Eand (022100@1)I left the timbers rotting where they lay

Chorus:

A (x02220@1)                          Am (x02210@1)                      
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
            E (022100@1)       C#m (x13321@4)      Band (x2444x@1)when I move my direction I look up to the sky
              A (x02220@1)            
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
         Am (x02210@1)                    E (022100@1)          C#m (x13321@4)          BI'll (x2444x@1)be ready to surrender and remember we're all in this together
      A (x02220@1)                       AmIf (x02210@1)I live the life I'm given
                           E- (022100@1)B- (x2444x@1)E- (022100@1)BI (x2444x@1)won't be scared to die

Verse 3:

E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)              F#m (244222@1)         AI (x02220@1)don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pulled me
       F#m (244222@1)           B (x2444x@1)             Eand (022100@1)I followed till I finally lost my way
E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)                F#m (244222@1)           ANow (x02220@1)I spend my days in search of a woman we call purpose
          F#m (244222@1)              B (x2444x@1)                Eand (022100@1)if I ever passed back through her town I'd stay

[Play Chorus here]

Instead of playing E - B - E - B at the end of the chorus, play
the transition riff.

Verse 4:

E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1)        F#m (244222@1)           AMy (x02220@1)life is but a coin pulled from an empty pocket
           F#m (244222@1)                  B (x2444x@1)              Edropped (022100@1)into a slot of dreams of sevens close behind
E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1)             F#m (244222@1)                AHope (x02220@1)and fear go with it, and the moon and the sun go spinning
          F#m (244222@1)            B (x2444x@1)              ELike (022100@1)the numbers and the fruits before our eyes

Bridge:

E (022100@1) E/F# (222100@1)   E/G# (143121@4) A (x02220@1)               B (x2444x@1)       ESome (022100@1)- times  I    hit, sometimes it robs me blind
E (022100@1) E/F# (222100@1)   E/G# (143121@4) A (x02220@1)               B (x2444x@1)       ESome (022100@1)- times  I    hit, sometimes it robs me blind

[Play Chorus here]

End on E chord.