The Avett Brothers – The Carpenter chords
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This is a collection of chords from the latest effort by the Avett Brothers titled 'The Carpenter' (2012) The following are all 12 songs as tabbed by a variety of UG members. Each body of work belongs to its' respectful owner and credit is given to each contributing work. Artist: The Avett Brothers Album: The Carpenter (2012) Tracks: 1. The Once and Future Carpenter (EADGBE CAPO 4) 2. Live and Die (EADGBE CAPO 4) 3. Winter In My Heart (EADGBE) 4. Pretty Girl From Michigan (EADGBE) 5. I Never Knew You (EADGBE CAPO 2) 6. February Seven (EADGBE CAPO 4) 7. Through My Prayers (EADGBE CAPO 3) 8. Down With the Shine (EADGBE) 9. A Father's First Spring (EADGBE CAPO 4) 10.Geraldine (EADGBE) 11.Paul Newman Vs. The Demons (EADGBE) 12.Life (EADGBE CAPO 4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Once and Future Carpenter Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed By: I_am_BilliamCool Intro Riffe|-------------------------------------------------------0------|B|--1-3-1-0-1-0---0--------------------------------------1------|G|--------------2---2-0-2-0---0----------------0---------0------|D|--------------------------2---2-0-2-0---0h1h2--0-------2------|A|--------------------------------------3----------3-2-3-3------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------|C G C G Verse 1C F Dm F I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from DallasDm G C - G and I know the lonesome sound is followingC F Dm FI ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a handDm G C - Gand when to hold, when queens are staring back at me.Interludee|--------0--------0----|B|--------1--------0----|G|--------2--------0----|D|--------2--------2----|A|-3-2-0--0--------2----|E|-----------3-2-0-0----|x3C - F - G Verse 2 (Use chords from first verse). Once I was a carpenter, man my hands were calloused I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry and I left the timbers where they layF Fm Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath meC Am Gand when I lose my direction I'll look up to the skyF and when the black cloak drags upon the groundFm CI'll be ready to surrender, and rememberAm Gwell we're all in this togetherF FmIf I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to dieVerses 3+4. (Same as first two.) And I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me and I followed till I finally lost my way And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose And if I ever pass back through here town I'll stay Chorus 2 (Same as first). Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky and when the black cloak drags upon the ground I'll be ready to surrender, and remember well we're all in this together If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die (Interlude again then that cool little riff). And my life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes BridgeC F G CSometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blindSometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind Chorus 3 (Same as first two). Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me and when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky and when the black cloak drags upon the ground I'll be ready to surrender, and remember well we're all in this together If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Live and Die Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed By: hopefor2013 Intro: G. Bm. C. D. x 2G. Bm. C. GAll it will take is just one moment andG. Em. C. Dyou can say goodbye to how we had it plannedG. Bm. C. GFear like a habit run like a rabbit out and awayG. Em. C. Dthrough the screen door to the unknownEmand I want to love you and moreAmI want to find you and moreC. Gcan you tell that IBm. Cam alive let me prove it.Chorus:G. EmYou and I we're the sameC. Dlive and die we're the sameG. Emhear my voice know my nameC. Dyou and I we're the sameVerse IIG.Live like a pharaohBm. C. Gsing like a sparrow anywayG. Em. C. Deven if there is no land or love in sightG. Bm. C. Gwe bloom like roses lead like moses out and awayG. Em. C. G.through the bitter crowd to the daylightPre-chorusEmand I want to love you and moreAmI want to find you and moreC. Gcan you tell that IBm. Cam alive let me prove it to ya.Chorus IIG. EmYou and I we're the sameC. Dlive and die we're the sameG. Emyou rejoice I complainC. Dbut you and I we're the sameG. Emlive and die we're the sameC. Dyou and I we're the sameG. Emhear my voice know my nameC. Dyou and I we're the sameG. Bm. C. D. x 2 Pre-chorusEmI want to love you and moreAmI want to find you and moreC. Gwhere do you resideBm. Cwhen you hide how can I find yaEmcause I wanna save you and moreAmI wanna tempt you and moreC. G. Bm. Ccan you tell that I am alive let me prove itG. EmYou and I we're the sameC. Dlive and die we're the sameG. Emyou rejoice I complainC. Dbut you and I we're the sameG. Emlive and die we're the sameC. Dyou and I we're the sameG. Emhear my voice know my nameCyou and IDyou and IG. C. G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Winter In My Heart Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: JohncoyneAIt must be Winter in my heart,A C#mThere's nothing warm in there at all.C#m BmI've missed the Summer and the Spring,D AThe floating yellow leaves of fall.AA million colors fill my eyes,C#mThe roman candles and the stars.C#m Bmcalendar says July Fourth,D ABut it's still Winter in my heart.A C#m D Athey say flowers bloom in spring,F#m A D ERed and gold and blue and pink.A C#m D AThey say seasons turn in time,F#m A D Etheirs are changing why won't mine.AIt must be winter in my heart,A C#mthere's nothing warm in there at all.C#m BmI've missed the Summer and the Spring,D AThe floating yellow leaves of fall.AThe air in there is frigid cold,A C#mI don't know what the reasons are.C#m BmCalendar says August One,D ABut it's still Winter in My Heart.Theremin (?) Solo A - C#m - Bm - DA C#m D Athey say flowers bloom in spring,F#m A D ERed and gold and blue and pink.A C#m D AThey say seasons turn in time,F#m A D Etheirs are changing why won't mine.AIt must be Winter in my heart,A F#mIt must be Winter in my heart,F#m AIt must be Winter in my heart,A F#mIt must be Winter in my heart,AI don't know what the reasons are,A F#mIt must be Winter in my heart,F#m AIt must be Winter in my heart,A F#mIt must be Winter in my heart,F#m AI don't know what the reasons are,A F#mIt must be Winter in my heart,F#m AIt must be Winter in my heart,End on F#m. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Pretty Girl From Michigan Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: JohncoyneC EmCan you not see what you've done?F GYou gave your heart away like that.C EmI didn't want to fall in love,F Gwith anyone but you, dear.C EmI can still hear the song,F Gthe melody behind the kiss,C Emyou gave me, you were wrong,F GI was right so I walked away,C Emand left you there, alone,F GI got so tired of talking on theC Emtelephone,F Ghow many times would we say the words, "Good bye?"RIFF*C EmI made mistakes, and one,F Gwas telling you that I'd be there whenC Emtelling time (?) had come,F GI should have said I didn't care.C EmAll the time I would have saved,F GIf I had been less willingC Emto accommodate,F Gyou'd been a little less likely to cry.RIFF*Am GYou go back to the high life,Am Gand I'll go back to the low.FI should have known,GBut now I know.C EmThere'll be no word from you,F Gdescribing how it felt to go throughC Emwhat I put you throughF GIt all makes perfect senseC Emthe way you cut the ropeF Gthat kept you dangling from suchC Empitiful amounts of hope,F GI would have cut it, too.RIFF ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. I Never Knew You Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: horsescreamer INTRO D G CHORUSG DWell I guess it's kinda funny howG CI loved you so way back when.G DYou say I wouldn't know you now,C D GWell I didn't even know you then.EmWe take (we take)Bm A lot (A lot)C GAnd no one here can stopEmThat train (that train)BmBefore (before)C GIt gets to where it's goin'.DAnd aaaahhhCHORUSG DWell I guess it's kinda funny howG CI loved you so way back when.G DYou say I wouldn't know you now,C D GWell I didn't even know you then.EmI heard (I heard)BmAbout (about)C GThe company you're keepingEmAnd from (and from)BmSomeone (someone)C GWho didn't have much interestDIn keeping us apart.CHORUSG DWell I guess it's kinda funny howG CI loved you so way back when.G DYou say I wouldn't know you now,C D GWell I didn't even know you then.Em Bm Em Am EmAnd so I go out friday night and talk to anyone I can.Bm Em CIf they can see me they can hear me run my mouth.Em Bm Em AmI tell them all I'd love to see you once againEm G Am Or maybe just run into you hanging out,D Hanging out.EmYou know (you know)BmI lie (I lie)C GSo it comes as no surpriseEmWhen I (When I)BmCan't hide (Can't hide)C DDon't really want to reunite.ChorusG DWell I guess it's kinda funny howG CI loved you so way back when.G DYou say I wouldn't know you now,C D GWell I didn't even know you then.G DWell I guess it's kinda funny howG CI loved you so way back when.G DYou say I wouldn't know you now,C D GWell I didn't even know you then.C D GNo, I didn't even know you then.C D GNo, I didn't even know you then.----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. February Seven Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed By: agentguerry Intro: C C/B C/A G F G X2 Verse:C C/B C/A G F G I went on the search for something trueC C/B C/A G F G I was almost there when I found youC C/B C/A G Sooner then my fate was wroteF G A perfect blade, it slit my throatC C/B C/A G F G And beads of lust released into the airF GWhen I awoke you were standing thereBreak: C C/B C/A G F G X2 Verse:C C/B C/A G F G I was on the mend when I fell throughC C/B C/A G F G The sky around was anything but blueC C/B C/A G I found as I regained my feetF G A wound across my memoryC C/B C/A G F G That no amount of stitches would repairF GBut I awoke and you were standing thereBreak: C G/B F G X2 Chorus:C C/B C/A G F G There's no fortune at the end of the road that has no endC C/B C/A There's no returning to the spoilsG F G Once you've spoiled the thought of themC C/B C/A There's no falling back asleepG F G Once you've wakened from the dreamC C/B C/A G Now I'm rested and I'm ready,F G I'm rested and I'm ready to beginC C/B C/A G F G I'm ready to beginBreak: C C/B C/A G F G Verse:C C/B C/A G F G I went on the search for something realC C/B C/A G F G Traded what I know for how I feelC C/B C/A G But the ceiling and the walls collapsedF G Upon the darkness I was trappedC C/B C/A G F G And as the last of breath was drawn from meF G The light broke in and brought me to my feetBreak: C C/B C/A G F G Chorus:C C/B C/A G F G There's no fortune at the end of the road that has no endC C/B C/A There's no returning to the spoilsG F G Once you've spoiled the thought of themC C/B C/A There's no falling back asleepG F G Once you've wakened from the dreamC C/B C/A G Now I'm rested and I'm ready,F G I'm rested and I'm readyC C/B C/A G Yeah I'm rested and I'm readyF G I'm rested and I'm readyC C/B C/A G Yeah I'm rested and I'm readyF G I'm rested and I'm readyN.C.To beginBreak: C G/B FG CI'm ready to begin.End: C C/B C/A G F G C ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Through My Prayers Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 3 Tabbed By: lanster47introe-----3h5h3-------------------------------------------------------------|B--3p5-----55h3---------------------------------------------------------|G-5--------------2/4/2-5-2h0--------------------------------------------|D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|e-----3h5h3--------------5h3--------------------------------------------|B--3p5-----55h3---------------------------------------------------------|G-5--------------2/4/2-5------------------------------------------------|D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|(Verse pattern)C GHard to believe I won't see you againAm Em7We were just fighting when winter beganF G C GThe coldness of our words competing with the wind from the north.C GStill they make me shiver but in a very different wayAm Em7The pages of the calendar kept turning awayF G C GI have some better words now but it's too late to say them to you.My dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes Is only to tell you and make sure you know How much I love you and how much I always did. And yes I know you loved me, I can see it in your eyes And it was in your struggle and it was in your mind And it was in the smile you gave me when I was a kid (Chorus)C Am GFeels like no one understandsC Am GAnd now my only chanceF G C Em7 AmTo talk to you is through my prayers.F G CI only wanted to tell you I cared(Verse pattern) Every night after and every day since, I found myself crying when the memory hit. Sometimes it knocks me down, sometimes I just put it away. Down in my mind where I don't care to go The pain of a lesson is letting me know If you have love in your heart let it show while you can Yes now I understand But now my only chance To talk to you is through my prayers. I only wanted to tell you I cared. I only wanted to tell you I cared. (Outro Repeat intro rift) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Down With the Shine Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Unregistered & Macheeoo Chorus:G Am C DDown with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mindG Am C D GI get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shineVerse 1:G Am C It's in with the new; out with the old; out with the warm andDin comes the coldG Am C D GIt's the most predictable story told ... in with the young out with the oldChorus:G Am C DDown with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mindG Am C D GI get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shineVerse 2:G Am C D GA belly full of high dollar wine... a fat hand a fat wallet tooG Am CThings change and get strange with the movement of time - it's happeningD Gright now to youChorus:G Am C DDown with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mindG Am C D GI get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shineBridgeD D7 GIt's a real bad time to bring up the truthD D7 G Tough we searched we found no fountain of youthB7Not in SpainEm B7 C D D7No where near - any where close to hereVerse 3:G AmNothings good because nothing lastsC DAnd all that comes it comes here to passG Am I would voice my pain but the change wouldn't lastC D GAll that comes it comes here to passChorus:G Am C DDown with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mindG Am C D GI get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shine----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. A Father's First Spring Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed By: UnregisteredINTROe|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|---4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0-4---0-4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4-----------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|-0-2/4-2-0-2--0-2-4-2-0----2-----------------------------------|D|-------------------------2-------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|--5-4-5/7-5-4-2-0----------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|VERSEGSweetest surrender of winterGShe put up her flag, it is wavingAm GThe thunder of summer is rumbling inGAnd I haven't seen you in daysGAnd my, how that feeling has changedAm GOh, I have been homesick for you since we metAmI have been homesick for youINTRO VERSEGI've got to take to the skyGAnd I'll tell you what that means for you and IAm GIf I die it's for youAm GIf I die it's for youC GI never lived 'til I lived in your lightAm C DAnd my heart never beat like it does at the sightC GOf you baby blue, God blessed your lifeAm C GI do not live 'less I live in your lightAm C G I do not live 'less I live in your lighte|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|---4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0-4---0-4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4-----------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|GThe realest thing I ever feltGWas the blood on the floor and the love in your yellAm GI was a child beforeAmThe day that I met EleanorSOLOe|--2/3-----2------------------3/5----3--------------------------|B|------3-0---3-------------------5-1---3------------------------|G|--------------2-2/4----0-----------------4-5---4h5p4/2p0-------|D|-------------------------4-------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|e|--2/3-----2------------------3/5----3--------------------------|B|------3-0---3-------------------5-1---3------------------------|G|--------------2-2/4----0-----------------4-5-4-5-7-5-4-0-------|D|-------------------------4-------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|GKiss of the wind in the hillThe clearness of morning, the late evening thrillAm GBlurry and gray like the roarAm GThe wheels on the highway, above them I soarGWhen I'm in the sweet daughter's eyesGMy heart is now ruined for the rest of all timeAm GThere's no part of it left to giveAm GThere's no part of it left to giveC GI never lived 'til I lived in your lightAm C DAnd my heart never beat like it does at the sightC GOf you baby blue, God blessed your lifeAm C GI do not live 'less I live in your lightAm C G I do not live 'less I live in your lightAm C GI do not livee|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|---4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4-----------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.Geraldine Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Interivan7 Intro:F Bb x3f...... here you play an f chord following the rythim on the song.verse:F BbI come from a placeFWhere every nameBbAnd every placeF BbSeem so familiarF Bb In came this progress In her black dress Look at the mess She is a killer F Bb chorus:CMuch like you and IBbAnd every case that's madeF BbThere has to be a traitorF Bb verse:F It's me this timeBb FAnd I'm trading fun for rightBb F BbWill I regret the notion later?f-f-f. (here you play the f note as sounds at the intro)Geraldine's the name that comes to mind When I go back to reminiscing Abilene's a woman for my childhood I spent the evenings kissing F Bb chorus:C BbI'm a fool for treating her aliveF Bb And loving something cold and rockyF Bb verse: The homophobic gentlemen They'll barricade but their efforts couldn't stop me chorus:C In came this progressBbIn her black dressLook at the messF BbShe is a killerF BbC In came this progressBbIn her black dressLook at the messF BbShe is a killerF BbC In came this progressBbIn her black dressLook at the messF BbShe is a killerF BbOh-ohF Bboh-ohF Bboh-oh----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.Paul Newman Vs. The Demons Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Macheeoo Tuning: StandardIntro: (faint barred acoustic guitar) C B Em Be|----8-----7-----7-----7------|B|----8-----7-----8-----7------|G|----9-----8-----9-----8------|D|----10----9-----9-----9------|A|----10----9-----7-----9------|E|----8-----7-----X-----7------|Verse: Electric Guitar part C B Em Be|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---33-333-33-333---22-222-22-222---77-777-77-777---22-222-22-222-------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| x4Acoustic Guitar verse C Be|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|------8----8---------8----8--------7---7---7---7-8-7-----------------------|G|-----9----9----9----9----9----9---8---8---8----------8---------------------|D|---10---10---10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9---------9-------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Em Be|-----7---7-------7---7-----------------------------------------------------|B|----8---8---8---8---8---8----------7---7---7----7-8-7----------------------|G|---9---9---9---9---9---9----------8---8---8-----------8--------------------|D|---------------------------------9---9---9---9----------9------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|Chorus: Electric Guitar part 1 Em A Be|-----------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------|D|---2---7---9-------------------2---|A|---2---7---9-------------------2---|E|---0---5---7---7-8-7-5-7-5-3-2-0---| x2Chorus: Electric Guitar part 2 Em B C G F#e|-----------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------|D|---2---9---10--5-4-----------------|A|---2---9---10--5-4-----------------|E|---0---7---8---3-2-----------------| x2Repeat Verse Repeat Chorus Repeat Quite Verse Repeat LOUD Chorus Lyrics: You may have to drag me away from my demons Kicking and screaming It's been so long now, I've been with them Don't know where they stop and I begin We draw a line in the sand Will you cross it? Oh, will you die for this? Got nothing to tell you that you don't Through your sadness below, already know Yeah, yeah, yeah Live through the past again How many times must I live through the past again? No more Truth beyond truth and by our design It is very fine like Newman's wine Oh, to be like him and walk a path To lend a hand, do something worth a damn Yeah, yeah, yeah Live through the past again How many times must I live through the past again? No more, wait You may have to drag me away from my demons Kicking and screaming Yeah, yeah, yeah Live through the past again How many times must I live through the past again? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.Life Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed By: darkhorse09 Intro: G D Em C (Repeat once)G D Em COne comes of it, love it, love itG D Em CLet go of it, love comes from itG D Em CWe're not of this world for long.G D Em CFaith and promise keep me honestG D Em CWhen starvation, falls upon usG D Em CDaylight told me he would be.G D Em CG D Em CGone with cold words, spoke among hersG D Em CWretched is the tongue of their worldG D Em CWe're not of that world at allG D EmWe will never be.Cm G D EmWouldn't it be fine to standBm C G Dbehind the words we say in the best of times?G D EmOh and you and I know all too wellBm C G Bm C Dabout the hell and paradise right here on Earth.G DKeep it use itEm CBuild it move itG D Em CFlames can't touch how time will prove itG D Em CWatch us fly as loud as we canG D Let her heart beatEm C DChange what I am now.C G D EmWouldn't it be fine to standBm C G Dbehind the words we say in the best of times?G D Em Oh and you and I know all too wellBm C G Bm Cabout the hell and paradise right here on Earth.Cm G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- END!