The Once And Future Carpenter Uke tab by The Avett Brothers

# On the guitar in the song, the capo is put on the 4th fret. So it's not played in the first position. Here are the chords the way I like to play.

    E   A  F#m  B   Am C#m  Fm
G#--8---5---5---7---4---5---4---------------|
D#--5---6---6---8---6---5---5---------------|
B --5---5---7---7---5---5---6---------------|
F#--5---7---7---9---6---7---6---------------|


Intro Riff
G#-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5---------------------------------------------------|
D#--------------------8---8-5-8-5-------5-8-5-----------5-----------5-------|
B --------------------------------7-5-7-------5-7-4-5-5---0-0-2-5-5---0-0-2-|
F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1
E            A            F#m              A
I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
      F#m               B             E      B
And I know the lonesome sound is following
E         A                F#m           A
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
            F#m                      B               E     B
And when to hold when the queens are staring back at me


G#-8-7-5--5-----------7--|
D#--------7----8-7-5--5--| 3X  Then E A B
B --------6-----------4--|
F#--------7-----------5--|

Verse 2
E      A     F#m A
Once I was a carpenter, and man my hands were calloused
F#m       BE  B
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
E   A      F#m      A
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
      F#mB    E    B
And I left the timbers rotting where they lay


Chorus
A                            Am
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
           E       C#m            B
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
             A                                 
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
        Am                      E
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
           Am            G
Well we're all in this together
F                             Fm                         E B E B
If I live the life I'm given,    I wont be scared to die


Verse 3
E   A    F#m        A
I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
      F#m       BE     B
And I followed till I finally lost my way
    E    A F#m  A
And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose
 F#m BE     B
And if I ever pass back through her town I'll stay

Chorus

G#-8-7-5--5-----------7--|
D#--------7----8-7-5--5--| 3X  Then E A B E E
B --------6-----------4--|
F#--------7-----------5--|

G#-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5-------------|
D#--------------------8---8-5-8-5-----|
B --------------------------------7-5-|
F#------------------------------------|

Verse 4
E  A       F#m      A
My life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
  F#m        B    E     B
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
    E      A   F#m A
And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
 F#m      B E     B
Like the numbers and fruits before our eyes

E           A        B                E
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
E           A        B                E
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind

Chorus

Outro
G#-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5---------------------------8-|
D#--------------------8---8-5-8-5-------5-8-5-------5-|
B---------------------------------7-5-7-------5-7-4-5-|
F#--------------------------------------------------5-|