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.
