If I Were a Carpenter

Bobby Darin

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

BDiagram coming soon

Am7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
                 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 
 
 
Bridge: 
 
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? 
 
 
Repeat Bridge: 
 
 
Repeat First Verse:

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Chord set

D · C · B · Am · Am7 · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.