The Carpenter

       Em                          
Let us now praise a carpenter &
 D
 the things that he made
        C                       
And the way that he lived by the 
 D
tools of his trade
      Em                           
I can still hear his hammer singin'
 D
 ten penny time
C                            D
Workin' by the hour till the day he 
died


[Chorus 1]
       G
He was tough as a crowbar, he was 
quick as a chisel
D                   C         G
Fair as a plane and true as a level
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       G
He was straight as a chalkline and 
right as a rule
       D                           
He was square with the world he 
       C           G
took good care of his tools


[Verse 2]
       Em                          
He worked his hands in wood from 
 D
the crib to the coffin
        C                        D
With a care and a love you don't see
 too often
      Em                       
He built boats out of wood, big 
     D
boats workin' in a shipyard
C                            D
Mansions on the hill and a birdhouse
 in the backyard


[Chorus 2]
       G
He said anything that's worth 
cuttin' down a tree for
D                   C         G
Is worth doin' right, don't the Lord
 love a two by four
       G
If you ask him how to do somethin', 
he'll say just like Noah built the 
ark.
       D                           
You got to hold your mouth right 
       C           G
son and never miss your mark.