The Carpenter

       C#m                       
Let us now praise a carpenter and 
       B
the things that he made
        A                       
And the way that he lived by the 
 B
tools of his trade
       C#m                         
I can still hear his hammer singing
 B
 ten penny time
A                              B
Working by the hour till the day he 
died

[Chorus]

E
Oh he was tough as a crowbar quick 
as a chisel
B                    C#m       B
Fair as a plane and true as a level
E
He was straight as a chalkline and 
right as a rule
B                                 
He was square with the world he 
        C#m         B
took good care of his tools

[Verse 2]

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         C#m                 
He said anything that's worth 
             B
cuttin' down a tree for
     A                          B
Is worth doin' right don't the Lord 
love a two by four
          C#m                
Well they asked him how to do 
           B
something he'd say just like Noah 
built the ark
            A                      
You got to hold your mouth right 
      B
son and never miss your mark

[Chorus]

E
Oh he was tough as a crowbar quick 
as a chisel
B                    C#m       B
Fair as a plane and true as a level
E
He was straight as a chalkline and 
right as a rule
B                                 
He was square with the world he 
        C#m         B
took good care of his tools

[Verse 3]

      C#m                          
Oh he worked his hands in wood from
     B
 the crib to the coffin
        A                          
With a care and a love you don't 
  B
see too often
         C#m                       
He built boats out of wood big 
  B
boats working in a shipyard
 A                         B
Mansions on the hill and a birdhouse
 in the backyard

[Chorus]

E
Oh he was tough as a crowbar quick 
as a chisel
B                    C#m       B
Fair as a plane and true as a level
E
He was straight as a chalkline and 
right as a rule
B                                 
He was square with the world he 
        C#m         B
took good care of his tools