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IF I WERE A CARPENTER
Robert Plant
"Fate of Nations"

(Tim Hardin)

CAPO 1

INTRO:
D        C         G         D
D        C         G         D

VERSE:
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 find me?
D	     C		  G		   D
Carrying the pots I made, following behind me

CHORUS:
C		     D		 C		      D/F#
Save my love through loneliness, save my love through sorrow
D	      C		G	       D	
I give you my onlyness, give me your tomorrow

VERSE:
D	       C		G		D
If I worked my hands in wood oh would you still love me?
D		 C	       G	     D
Answer me babe, "Yes, I would, I'll put you above me"

D	    C		  G		   D
If a miller were my trade I'd a mill wheel grinding
D		    C	       G	         D
Would you miss your color box? Would you have my child?

CHORUS


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