If I Were a Carpenter

D         C       C/B  Am    Am7/G      D  
If I were a carpenter        and you were a lady  
  
                     C    C/B  Am       Am7/G     D  
Would you marry me anyway,     would you have my baby?  
  
  
 D           C            C/B  Am      Am7/G       D  
If a tinker were my trade,        would you still love me?  
  
D              C     C/B Am  Am7/G        D  
Carrying the pots I made,    following behind me  
  
  
 
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C                     D  
Save my love through loneliness,  
  
C                  D  
Save my love for sorrow;  
  
      D            C   C/B  - Am  
I've given you my onliness--  
  
Am/G            D        
Give me your tomorrows.  
  
  
D                C          C/B Am     Am7/G         D  
If I worked my hands in wood,      would you still love me  
  
                  C      C/B   Am        Am7/G    D  
Answer me, babe, yes, I would,   I would put you above me  
  
  
   D           C  C/B  Am       Am7/G         D  
If I were a miller          at a mill wheel grinding  
  
D                    C     C/B  Am       Am7/G       D  
Would you miss your colored box,    your soft shoes shining?  
  
  
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