Jesus Was A Carpenter
Johnny Crash
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D D7 G Jesus was a carpenter and heA7 worked with a saw and a hammerD D7 And his hands could form a tableG A7 true enough to stand foreverD G And he might have spun his lifeD A7 out in the coolness of the morningsD G But he put aside his tools and heD G walked the burning highwaysD To build a house from folks likeA7 you and me [Verse]D D7 And he found them as they wanderedG A7 through the wild Judean mountainsD D7 And he found them as they pulledG A7 their nets upon the Sea of GalileeD G And for a thousand evenings whileD A7 the day behind him emptiedD G He walked among the poor and heD G stopped to touch the dyingD And he built his house from peopleA7 just like these [Verse]Continúa después del anuncioD D7 It was on a shining Sunday when heG A7 rode to old JerusalemD D7 And the palms they cast before himG A7 were the crimes they laid against himD G It was on a stormin’ Friday whenD A7 he climbed the streets of CalvaryD G And where he died today whyD G they're sellin' beads and postcardsD And they tell us too that that wasA7 long ago [Verse]D D7 But would he stand today upon theG A7 sands of CaliforniaD D7 Or walk the sweating blacktop inG A7 New York and MississippiD G Where the mighty churches riseD A7 above the screaming citiesD G Would he be a guest on Sunday aD G vagrant on a MondayD With the doors locked tight againstA7 his kind you know [Verse]D D7 G Come again now Jesus be aA7 carpenter among usD D7 There are chapels in ourG A7 discontent cathedrals in our sorrowsD G And we dwell in golden mansionsD A7 with the sand for our foundationsD G And the raging water's rising andD G the thunder's all around usD Won't you come and build a house onA7 rock again [Verse]D D7 G Jesus was a carpenter and heA7 worked with a saw and a hammerD D7 And his hands could form a tableG A7 true enough to stand foreverD G And he might have spun his lifeD A7 out in the coolness of the morningsD G But he put aside his tools and heD G walked the burning highwaysD To build a house from folks likeA7 you and me